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Tuesday, February 24, 2009


'Gay' Omitted From New EQCA
Gay Marriage Push

Over the four months since gays lost marriage equality in California, the moneyed elite controlling EQCA has claimed they've heard the loud criticism about how they designed and executed the No on 8 campaign.

Geoff Kors and his colleagues have repeatedly stated they've learned from their errors of the campaign, and that their advocacy is radically different. Allow me to call them on their b.s.

As we all know, the No on 8 executive committee, at the direction of EQCA and their leader's fundraising prowess, produced a closeted and fearful poster and button campaign, one that many gays and queers simply didn't own politically or emotionally.

You may recall my posts way before the election, objecting to No on 8 omitting the words 'gay' and 'lesbian' and even 'same-sex' from their posters and t-shirts. Click here for a refresher in what EQCA/No on 8 was peddling all summer and fall.

(Official No on 8 window signs.)
Recently, the Let California Ring affiliate of EQCA launched an ever-so-slight variation on their losing signage and language - "vow" and "I do" - and is getting an all-out, you'll pardon my use of the word out, push. Click here if you feel like spending your gay dollars on promoting the closet and ineptness of EQCA and its many affiliates.

Out. That simple word, and loaded philosophy, is not in the DNA of EQCA and the people who run it. The new t-shirts and signs and buttons will be a great boon to the unions producing the materials, but they will be as effective as the No on 8 signs.

No. More. Closeted. Campaigns.
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3 comments:

  1. Jeff Barbose4:38 PM

    Super duper. You go. Get in their faces and Yes on 8 will thank you contributing to their now-documented winning strategy.

    Do you want to law-backed equality in a time considered short by mammals, or do you want to swan in on a Silence Equals Death bedazzlered float, through the front door with having "committed" no personal compromises and and no legwork, no lobbying (JoinTheImpact protests don't count), no political-insider game-playing sometime in 2063?

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  2. Anonymous6:53 PM

    "Get in their faces and Yes on 8 will thank you contributing to their now-documented winning strategy."

    Historically, 'in their face' actisism has been far more successful than appeasement and the soft sell. Anti-gay rhetoric is entirely 'in your face', and has been very effective.

    One would almost conclude that you work for Yes on 8.

    Our message should include the fact that the religious oppression of a minority inevitably becomes the religious oppression of everyone, and those with the most freedom now, have the most to lose if the religious right continues to be successful.

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  3. Anonymous4:02 AM

    well, at least they're using the word "marriage" so people know what the discussion is about. Nice start. :)

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