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By Luke Thomas
October 27, 2008
Assemblymember Mark Leno attended a press conference and rally Sunday to support Proposition H, the San Francisco Clean Energy Act, and to oppose Proposition 8, a measure on the state ballot that would “eliminate same-sex marriages” in California.
“What Prop H does is lays out a process,” Leno said, “so experts will testify, reports will be written, and the PUC (San Francisco Public Utilities Commission) will make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. That’s all Prop H does.”
On Proposition 8, Leno said: “It would repeal constitutionally guaranteed rights for law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.”
“So what these two measures have in common is that our adversaries can’t sell their message honestly because it’s not a message that voters like,” Leno said. “They have to reinvent it and, in fact, try to sell the voters a less than truthful message, some might even call them lies.”
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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October 27, 2008 at 7:07 am
Lies about propostion 8? Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Sarah Palin all agree that same sex marriage should not be legalized and that marriage should be defined as being between a man and a woman. If this is a civil right then why is not Obama defending it as such? Could it be his christian religion? Ask yourself: Which parent – the father or the mother – should a child be denied? Pretty easy isn’t it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Hmdcy_lvQ