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This is why the āinitiative and Referendaā movement has lived past itās sell-by date
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The measure would require killing anyone who has engaged in homosexual
activity via ābullets to the head or by any other convenient method.ā
And this passes muster in CA for ballot initiatives?
Would Kill All Blacks pass muster as well?
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Unfortunately, it would. ANYTHING can be proposed.
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Whenever I go to Orange County, I thank God ā I live in Manhattan Beach.
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What about the āIcepick Murder Orange County attorney Matt McLaughlin Actā?
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American exceptionalism on display yet again. How does such vicious murderous hatred come into being?
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And itās everywhere even as media tells us how kind, generous and wonderful we areā¦aw, puppies!!!
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I dunno. Here in Oregon signatures gathered for ballot measures are public records. I would like to know who in my neighborhood would back this kind of thing.
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This seems that it would be illegal on its face; I donāt see how Harris has to permit it to circulate.
Orange County, land of the āOrange County Mafiaā whence we got Richard Nixon, and later Ronnie Reagan (bankrolled him)ā¦ itās the weirdest place Iāve ever been.
One of my students called it an urbanity without cities; it is the most anomic and alienated place, because everything is so strictly over regulated by corporations and real estate interests. You canāt even choose the color of your own drapes or have certain plants in your yardā¦
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Hereās the full article from the SF Chronicle. Itās seems to be a freedom of speech issue and legal eagles say it canāt be blocked, but if I ever see someone carrying one (I live in SF), I will have to talk with him or her about their very deeply imbedded stupidity. Since the people who carry the petitions get paid typically $1.00 for each signature, they should take that money and buy life insurance for themselves.
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As insane, offensive, and clearly unconstitutional as this is, I canāt see under what principle Harris could block it. She has zero discretion under the law to review proposed ballot initiatives.
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Con-se-quen-ces. This is the kind of free speech for which there are almost invariably consequences. Mores are enforced more stringently than laws, for the most part, and this clown just bought himself instant pariah status. I hope the joke was worth it.
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Donāt forget though, a sponsor must collect the number of signatures equal to five percent of the number of votes in the most recent gubernatorial election, which in this case is about 365,880 signatures.
This will never even get to the point of being on the ballot.
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According to Wonkette, this guy is a mystery lawyer with zero digital footprint.
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And even if it did, it wouldnāt pass. And even if it passed, it would be struck down in court. The authorās just trying to get attention (the author of the ballot initiative, that is).
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Does Oily Tanitz have a son?
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After reading this article, I could use a Manhattan. Rye, please, and go easy on the vermouth.
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Ah. He would do well to stay that way, if he can. But after reading the Wonkette piece it seems this may be less a hateful joke and, unsurprisingly, more a mental illness thing.
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Well, when I read anti-gay crusading loon/lawyer, I immediately thought he was tied to Scott Lively who was Lon Mabonās second in command here in Oregon back in the 80s and 90s who was behind the multiple anti-gay ballot measures.
Lively left Oregon after the OCA (Mabonās political hate group) went to pieces and he lost a court case stemming from an incident where he assaulted a lesbian reporter who was actually invited to cover an OCA event.
He moved to California and only paid the judgement against him in the assault case in order to be cleared to get a law licence in California. He then went on to infamy in being a major player in pushing the anti-gay law overseas in Uganda.
He also is the author of the clownishly bad and notoriously pathetic book āThe Pink Swastikaā which argues that homosexuals were the driving force of the Nazi leadership and their rise to power.
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