Reply #108: This is the central point of disagreement.

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dsc:
"One, I will say this, if you voted for prop 8 and meant to do so (ie you weren't confused as to what a yes vote meant) you are a bigot, plain and simple."

What proof do you have of bigotry, if you don't know the motivations of the voter?

No one knew then or now, as they haven't been surveyed to my knowledge, what the reasoning was behind the black voter's choices. The assumption you, and many others, are making is that the voters were motivated by hatred of gays, and not other concerns. Without proof, however, you are indulging in pre-judgement, the very definition of prejudice. And to my mind and others, if one accuses someone of being a bigot without proof, the one accusing is themself being a bigot. That is my exact problem with those accusing the black voters. There was a rush to judgement without proof.