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Written by Rob Power
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:49 |
The national executive committee of Outright Libertarians has voted to sign onto the LoveHonorCherish.org letter explaining why putting a repeal of California's Prop 8 on the 2012 ballot is a mistake. This letter is a response to a letter circulated by a small but powerful group in the LGBT activist community intending to postpone the repeal of Prop 8 until 2012.
We believe that our community's experience of having marriage equality sacrificed at the altar of a Democratic Party White House win makes it clear that if there's any chance to win a repeal of Prop 8 in 2010, then we really ought to go for it. If there's absolutely no chance of winning in 2010, then 2014 is a better choice than 2012. We simply disagree that a 2010 campaign is unwinnable, and we instead believe that there are other motives for delaying to 2012 that have more to do with advancing partisan Democratic Party interests and less to do with advancing LGBT equal rights.
Recently, a letter was circulated in the activist community entitled “Prepare to Prevail: Why We Must Wait in Order to Win.” This letter, which was signed by about 30 organizations, some small and some large, argued that 2010 is too soon to seek the repeal of Prop 8. It gave eight reasons. Here are the reasons, and the response to each
Read the full letter here.
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