Prop 8 and moving ahead
John Corvino has written another (IMO) brilliant column on how to move forward after the defeat of prop. 8. My favorite bit (from a rhetorical standpoint) is:
For every time the “Yes on 8” campaign showed that little girl telling her mom how she learned in school about two princes who got married, I wish “No on 8” would have shown a little girl asking her mom why Aunt Ellen and Aunt Portia can’t get married. Or a little boy asking his two adoptive dads-who sacrifice to make his life better-why they can’t get married.
I’m guessing that focus groups showed that images of actual gays turn off swing voters (which, if true, would be further evidence of the stigma we still face). I’m skeptical about focus-groups-focus groups, after all, gave us New Coke.
The rest of the article, while less pithy, is well thought out, and well written.
The full text is here.
For every time the “Yes on 8” campaign showed that little girl telling her mom how she learned in school about two princes who got married, I wish “No on 8” would have shown a little girl asking her mom why Aunt Ellen and Aunt Portia can’t get married. Or a little boy asking his two adoptive dads-who sacrifice to make his life better-why they can’t get married.
I’m guessing that focus groups showed that images of actual gays turn off swing voters (which, if true, would be further evidence of the stigma we still face). I’m skeptical about focus-groups-focus groups, after all, gave us New Coke.
The rest of the article, while less pithy, is well thought out, and well written.
The full text is here.