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qtip at 10:44am on 21/01/2004
qtip at 10:44am on 21/01/2004at least for a brief moment. For those of you who took the time to go to the AFA website and vote in their marriage poll I say thanks. For those of you who didn't...shame on you. This is a direct result of the small action that each of you took...it made a big difference. In light of George W's speech last night, I 'd like to encourage each of you to get involved locally with your gay and lesbian organizations if you aren't already. If you don't know of one near you, let me know and I'll do my best to get you info on someplace as close to you as possible. The article below shows that YOU can make a difference, so get started you never know what else you could change.
From the Flint Journal (Flint MI)
January 20, 2004
Family group not counting on marriage poll results
By Marjory Raymer, Journal Staff Writer
Maybe this one will be a case of "ask, but don't tell."
The American Family Association, a leading force in defining marriage
nationwide as between one man and one woman, originally said on its Web
site that it intended to report to Congress the results of its Internet
poll on gay marriage.
But now it is "probably not" going to follow through, a spokesman said,
after nearly 60 percent of the more than 825,000 votes tallied expressed
support of gay marriage.
"Homosexual activist groups went to the trouble of skewing this
particular poll," said Gary Glenn, director of the AFA of Michigan,
located in Midland. "Perhaps it is some comfort to them."
The organization considered pulling the poll off its Web site, but
decided instead to leave it as a wake-up call to "traditional American
families (who) do not realize the seriousness of this threat," said
Buddy Smith, executive assistant to the chairman of the AFA.
"We were surprised they hijacked the poll," said Smith.
Mary Scholl, president of the local chapter of Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays, said she voted in the poll and encouraged
many others to, but still is surprised at the results.
"I know it is not a scientific poll, but I still love to look at the
numbers," Scholl said.
The poll is located on the AFA's Web site at www.afa.net.
From the Flint Journal (Flint MI)
January 20, 2004
Family group not counting on marriage poll results
By Marjory Raymer, Journal Staff Writer
Maybe this one will be a case of "ask, but don't tell."
The American Family Association, a leading force in defining marriage
nationwide as between one man and one woman, originally said on its Web
site that it intended to report to Congress the results of its Internet
poll on gay marriage.
But now it is "probably not" going to follow through, a spokesman said,
after nearly 60 percent of the more than 825,000 votes tallied expressed
support of gay marriage.
"Homosexual activist groups went to the trouble of skewing this
particular poll," said Gary Glenn, director of the AFA of Michigan,
located in Midland. "Perhaps it is some comfort to them."
The organization considered pulling the poll off its Web site, but
decided instead to leave it as a wake-up call to "traditional American
families (who) do not realize the seriousness of this threat," said
Buddy Smith, executive assistant to the chairman of the AFA.
"We were surprised they hijacked the poll," said Smith.
Mary Scholl, president of the local chapter of Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays, said she voted in the poll and encouraged
many others to, but still is surprised at the results.
"I know it is not a scientific poll, but I still love to look at the
numbers," Scholl said.
The poll is located on the AFA's Web site at www.afa.net.
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that's so accurate.
i'm making my own LJ poll and if it's anti-marriage, i'm calling the New York Times.
J
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i'm not the activist type, but dammit, 2 things would get me out in the street- 1. proposing to overturn roe v wade and 2. proposing a constitutional ammendment to "protect marriage"
my boyfriend brought this up a while ago, and it's been bugging me ever since.
how would such an ammendment define 'man' and 'woman'? by chromosomes? by appearance?
well... i have a roommate who is XO. is she biologically a woman? can she get married? how about XXY? man or woman?
say you're a post-op transexual? or hell, someone who simply presents female? strip search?
will i have to get a DNA test when applying for my marriage lisence?
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http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?name=Surveys&pollID=55