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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 10:36 AM
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A proposal for a new tactic
Every time a gay person has to go to court to protect their rights, it costs someone time, money and resources.

1) The municipality that has to fight against it.
2) The anti-gay groups that for some reason think they have a stake in the issue.

So, here is my proposal:

Simultaneously, on the same day, a WHOLE BUNCH of gay couples all file civil rights cases in MULTIPLE JURISDICTION AND MULTIPLE STATES for the right to marry.

These jurisdictions will be selected in favor of those that are:

1) The most conservative, most likely to object (also has punitive value).
2) The least likely to have the resources to defend themselves.

A dirt-poor community would need the most help from the anti-gay activist groups.

These civil rights cases would all be filed pro-se (without a lawyer).

The goal is to become a burden on THEIR resources without spending any of our own.

The strategy would be to target ultra-conservative-anti-gay-dirt-poor communities that can't bear the burden of a defense which will also over-whelm the logistical resources of the anti-gay fundie groups that seem to have way too much time to make gay people miserable.

Call it a legal "Shock and Awe" campaign.
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