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In response to "i understand she has no legal ground, but, i stll admire the stance. -- nm" by Andie

I think that if she got the right people following her, it could get interesting.

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 7 '08, 11:47

People like Geffen and Ellen not paying taxes would be impacting, particularly if they got straight friends to go along with it. This is a separate but equal ruling and that would be a novel way to challenge the law.

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- I'm not talking about one person. I'm talking about a hundred. - David Nov 7, 11:54 6
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    - And the same could be said of any civil/feminist rights issue in the past. That's the point of civil disobedience: to point out legal injustices. -- nm - David Nov 7, 12:01
    - I do like how she makes it an issue of citizen's rights plain and simple. - Amy Nov 7, 12:01
    - Every gay person could move to MA and Prop 8 would still be Prop 8. So how is moving a better protest? (nm) - musubi Nov 7, 12:01 2
      - moving doesn't end you up in jail... -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 12:02 1
        
        it also doesn't bring any attention to the issue. civil rights have gotten as far as they have because people have willingly broken laws in order to - Andie Nov 7, 12:03
- but, that's like saying to a black person "well, if you don't like being discriminated against here, move somewhere else." - Andie Nov 7, 11:53 5
  - Agreed. Some people just don't understand how dehumanizing it is to be discriminated against. (nm) - musubi Nov 7, 11:59
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    - Zero relation isn't true. She's a tax paying citizen of california, but CA is now discriminating against her. - musubi Nov 7, 12:03
    - i'm sure that's her reasoning for blogging that. bringing attention to the issue. -- nm - Andie Nov 7, 11:56
  - Exactly. It's just some "biblically justified" modern spin on separate but equal. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:54
ultimately if they followed through they'd go to jail which would be really interesting. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:48 5
- Oh, I think that's a requisite step but civil disobedience might be needed to stop this sort of nonsense from getting put on ballots. -- nm - David Nov 7, 11:49 4
  - Mormons gonna get boycotted -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:51 2
    - This is on the shortlist of most hypocritical religious acts I've ever seen. - David Nov 7, 11:51 1
      - *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Nov 7, 12:01
  - Agreed...I don't know if she (or I) have that sort of courage. - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:50
looks like i've been doing my part since 2006! -- nm - pigby Nov 7, 11:48

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I think that if she got the right people following her, it could get interesting.

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