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Originally Posted By dshyates Google ad whatever searches your cookies to determine what sites you visit. Then pick from their ad catalog to find what fits your taste best. A little intrusive if you ask me. It also knows where you are so if you don't live in CA you won't be getting the YES/ NO on 8 stuff.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The Google big brother is watching me... And he's obviously not gay.
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Originally Posted By Daannzzz All the Disney Message boards I visited today have the Yes on * adds popping up.
Originally Posted By Elderp "BTW, I've been clicking like crazy on that Yes on 8 ad. Can't hurt." Go ahead, it's not hurting, maybe your finger, but not the campaign.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>All the Disney Message boards I visited today have the Yes on * adds popping up.<< All the EVERYTHING I've visited today has Yes on 8 ads popping up. There's a crane next to my freeway exit that has a gigantic "Yes on 8" sign hoisted 30 feet in the air. There are businesses with large banners. Cars with bumper stickers and flags. So many yard signs that the grass is dying from lack of sun. You folks outside CA have NO IDEA what them Mormons and Focus on the Family (don't forget them!) are hitting us with.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "When will we lose this small-minded idea and start to just have "Restrooms."" Well, some places already have unisex restrooms, so it's not that far-fetched, or maybe you just haven't run accross any...
Originally Posted By mawnck They've been targeting gay and lesbian websites with their Google ads: >>At first I thought it was a fluke. I visited Lez Get Real to see what the other ladies have posted recently, and to my dismay there was a banner ad for Yes on Prop. 8 right there on the homepage, under our featured blog post. All I could think was - YUCK. I immediately changed our Google Ad settings to avoid having these ads display on our blog, and changed our ad from a 'text/image' based ad space to a 'text only' ad space. I figured that this would eliminate the banner ad from displaying on our blog, and I was right. However, it didn't stop the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign from running it's misleading ads on our site in 'text only' form. They are running ads with the header "Gay Marriage" and "Support Marriage Rights", which suggest that visiting their website will give you information on supporting gay marriage. Of course when you click on these ads and visit the website, ProtectMarriage.com, they proceed to push the idea that marriage should "only be between a man and a woman". << <a href="http://lezgetreal.com/2008/10/yes-on-8-ads-target-gay-and-lesbian.html" target="_blank">http://lezgetreal.com/2008/10/...ian.html</a>
Originally Posted By Elderp or the Catholics, or the Evangelist, or practically the whole city of San Diego..... I find it interesting at this point it is only "the Mormons," like we raised all this effort ourselves. We only represent 2% of California, trust me, we have lots of help. My guess is it is easy to vilify "the Mormons," because you don't know many of us, but you probably know many Catholics or Protestants, very intersting.
Originally Posted By mawnck Looks like Elderp is right about clicking. >>There has been a suggestion this blog and/or other gay blogs were making money off of the Yes on 8 campaign. That is painful and nothing could be further from the truth. Google Ads is our tertiary advertising platform, and at most, the Yes on 8 ads revenue is measured in cents not dollars.<< <a href="http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2008/10/if-youve-seen-y.html" target="_blank">http://rodonline.typepad.com/r...n-y.html</a>
Originally Posted By Elderp "However, it didn't stop the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign from running it's misleading ads on our site in 'text only' form." Well, you could stop running Google Ads. I am really suprised the "no on 8" campaign didn't do the same thing.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster elderp: "I find it interesting at this point it is only "the Mormons," like we raised all this effort ourselves." Not all but most of the money supporting the campaign comes from "the Mormons." "We only represent 2% of California, trust me, we have lots of help." Please. It has been well documented that a substantial portion of the funds have come from out-of-state Mormons. The Mormons church is the backbone of this campaign and I don't think anyone could disagree with that. "My guess is it is easy to vilify "the Mormons," because you don't know many of us, but you probably know many Catholics or Protestants, very intersting." So far, only Mormons have come on this board and proudly claimed that their moral values are superior to other people's rights. Until this campaign, many people had a generally positive view of the religion. Your words, and the words of a few other here, have changed that opinion for many people. You are promoting discrimination but you feel you are the one whose rights are threatened. Your actions, in the name of your religion, have frightened people here and as such you have brought your religion under attack. You can't use a set of beliefs to tell other people they are inferior to you and not have that set of beliefs questioned and attacked. Sorry.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster <a href="http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=3774&ptid=9" target="_blank">http://www.camajorityreport.co...4&ptid=9</a>
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster "The LDS Church, from its very top, is waging war on the civil rights of gay Americans and gay Californians. If you want to do something to resist the organization behind 77 percent of the funding of this Proposition, you can donate to the fight for civil equality here. I might add that if gay Californians actually cared about this as much as straight Mormons appear to, the race would not be close. " The rest of the article: <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/mormons-vs-civi.html" target="_blank">http://andrewsullivan.theatlan...ivi.html</a>
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf "My guess is it is easy to vilify "the Mormons," because you don't know many of us, but you probably know many Catholics or Protestants, very intersting." Um, I started a whole thread about Catholic support of Prop 8 so it's not just the Mormons being singled out. However, you LDS folks have been by far the staunchest supporters of Prop 8 on these boards. Wouldn't you agree? And at least one of you has tried to justify your position by claiming to follow true prophets of god. That's a tough pill to swallow for the gay folks that also happen to believe in god themselves. Surely you get that, right? Bottom line is, none of your rights are being threatened hear. Yet you are advocating a right be taken away from the gay crowd. You're going to stir up the wrath of quite a few people doing that. And if you do that in the name of your religion, expect your religion to come under the gun.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt For those of you against Prop 8 who are California voters please visit the official site and use the email tool to forward the vote no message to family and friends: <a href="http://www.noonprop8.com/messages" target="_blank">http://www.noonprop8.com/messages</a>
Originally Posted By mele <<"My guess is it is easy to vilify "the Mormons,"<< Yes, that's right. You're the ones being vilified and mistreated and your rights are the ones in danger. Happy times in Bizarro World.
