Comstock Films “No On Prop 8” Fundraiser
From Tony’s blog:
It’s going to be from Tuesday, Oct. 28, 12AM Eastern to Oct. 29 3AM Eastern. For 27 hours, 100% of the purchase price on our erotic documentary DVDs (excluding S&H) is going to the No On Proposition 8 Campaign to preserve marriage equality in California.
So get your blog on. Get your Twitter and your Facebook and your MySpace on. Text a friend, e-mail a loved one. Tell them that if they buy any Comstock Films DVD on October 28, 100% of the purchase price will go helping stop Ballot Measure 8 in California.
I don’t follow California politics, but I’m pretty sure this is a good cause. The view from thirty thousand feet (as an old B-52 crewman I used to know was wont to say) is that Prop. 8 will amend the California constitution to eliminate the current right, as recognized by the California courts, for gay people to marry. As such, it appears to me (from 30,000 feet, remember?) to be one of those ugly “culture war” initiatives that serves no real purpose but to give cultural conservatives an excuse to slap people they don’t like around and put ’em back in their place.
So, if you were planning on buying any of Comstock Film’s excellent and award-winning porno for grownups, you couldn’t pick a finer day (in my humble opinion) to do it.
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As a fan of Tony’s films, I wish I could spare the cash right now. This would actually be a good way for people who aren’t currently living in the USA to support their causes back home, by purchasing some cool schwag that benefits the cause.
Not only will it eliminate the current right of same-sex couples (regardless of their sexual orientation, mind you!) to get married, but it declares that California will no longer recognize the marriages of the ones who have already gotten married in the state.
And the poll numbers for this are currently close enough that it’s not at all clear whether we’ll have a majority of voters to oppose this nonsense or not.
(To those out of state: Yes, it is in fact possible to amend the California state constitution with a simple majority vote.)
Ah, California. I find the whole thing rather interesting considering California is one of the most liberal states in the union. Also, if anyone’s interested, I know several “mainstream” companies have donated to the anti-proposition 8 people, the most notable one (that I know of) being Apple.
Thanks for the shout out!
I’ve lived in california most of my life, and the thing I’m most struggling with is the idea the pro-8 people have that they have the authority to take away a civil right. Sure, I understand the fundamentalist core of the pro-8 movement; it’s all about power and control. But the average rank-and-file who are sticking ‘yes on 8’ signs on their lawns seem to have no grasp that they’re amending the state’s constitution to facilitate bigotry.
I can’t get my head around how they think this is a good idea.
Keep in mind that this thing is mostly funded by LDS donations.
> they’re amending the state’s constitution to facilitate bigotry.
> I can’t get my head around how they think this is a good idea.
Pretty simple, really..
“Bigotry” is the name you give someone else’s intolerance. Your own intolerance is called “taking a stand”.
I heard someone make an argument that the state has no business recognizing “marriage” at all, since that in itself is discriminatory. It has me thinking…