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Remember those Yes on Prop 8 people, the same ones who threatened business leaders?
Well, it seems there is a bit of a backlash in the aftermath of Proposition 8 being voted in. Surprisingly, an entire group of people who just had their rights taken away are not too happy about this. That being the case, there have been protests and boycotts taking place.
Then again, this is the same Frank Schubert who used pictures of children over the objection of their parents in his little campaign, so I can't say I'm surprised to see him whining like this, either.
Well, it seems there is a bit of a backlash in the aftermath of Proposition 8 being voted in. Surprisingly, an entire group of people who just had their rights taken away are not too happy about this. That being the case, there have been protests and boycotts taking place.
Proponents of Proposition 8 have labeled the activities "mob justice" and decried the donor boycotts as "McCarthyism." The measure had passed 52-48 percent.
"People have the right to protest, but when you go over the line deciding to send out blacklists and boycotts because you lost, that is wrong; that is intolerable,'' said Frank Schubert, manager of the pro-Proposition 8 campaign. "It's a political mob as bad as McCarthy was."
No one in California political circles has ever seen such a speedy response to a single political event. And it's spreading across the country. More than 10,000 rallied in New York City on Wednesday evening. By Thursday afternoon, dozens of postings encouraging boycotts could be found on Facebook, MySpace and other Web sites, suggesting which businesses should be targeted. Most were in Southern California.
"People have the right to protest, but when you go over the line deciding to send out blacklists and boycotts because you lost, that is wrong; that is intolerable,'' said Frank Schubert, manager of the pro-Proposition 8 campaign. "It's a political mob as bad as McCarthy was."
No one in California political circles has ever seen such a speedy response to a single political event. And it's spreading across the country. More than 10,000 rallied in New York City on Wednesday evening. By Thursday afternoon, dozens of postings encouraging boycotts could be found on Facebook, MySpace and other Web sites, suggesting which businesses should be targeted. Most were in Southern California.
Then again, this is the same Frank Schubert who used pictures of children over the objection of their parents in his little campaign, so I can't say I'm surprised to see him whining like this, either.