Sunday, August 14, 2005
Soccer Moms Hit The Roof
An article in the August 5 edition of the Dallas Voice has the Rapture Republicans admitting they're behind in the public relations battle over gay marriage in Texas.
Let's take two of the more interesting quotes. The first is from Reed Bogle, a board member of the Lesbian, Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, and the full time staffer hired to coordinate the "No Nonsense in November" campaign in the Dallas area.
Bogle said she believes that the only people who are really aware of the ballot measure are the "fundamentalists and us." As the opposition campaign educates fair-minded people about the measure and the Legislature's failures this year, more support will be gained, she said.
"The soccer moms don't know what is on the ballot," Bogle said. "When you tell them this is what they did instead of fixing education, they just hit the roof."
Now, here's the other side.
Cathie Adams, president of the Dallas-based Texas Eagle Forum, said the proponents of the measure have not yet organized or started raising funds.
"I have been very impressed by the speedy way that the opponents of this have organized," said Adams, whose organization lobbied in Austin this year for the anti-gay-marriage amendment. "Definitely, they have a head start."
Voters go to the polls on November 8, 2005.
Let's take two of the more interesting quotes. The first is from Reed Bogle, a board member of the Lesbian, Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, and the full time staffer hired to coordinate the "No Nonsense in November" campaign in the Dallas area.
Bogle said she believes that the only people who are really aware of the ballot measure are the "fundamentalists and us." As the opposition campaign educates fair-minded people about the measure and the Legislature's failures this year, more support will be gained, she said.
"The soccer moms don't know what is on the ballot," Bogle said. "When you tell them this is what they did instead of fixing education, they just hit the roof."
Now, here's the other side.
Cathie Adams, president of the Dallas-based Texas Eagle Forum, said the proponents of the measure have not yet organized or started raising funds.
"I have been very impressed by the speedy way that the opponents of this have organized," said Adams, whose organization lobbied in Austin this year for the anti-gay-marriage amendment. "Definitely, they have a head start."
Voters go to the polls on November 8, 2005.
