I have contributed to the stupidity of this thread, in some ways intentionally (and in other ways it probably just comes naturally to me). I am not apologizing though.
I just don't take it seriously. Why should I? I see it as more Mormon-bashing. Were Mormons the only ones who voted for Prop 8 (as if all of THEM vote the same way)? Were they the only ones who donated money? I have seen no calls to boycott Latino businesses, even those that donated in support of Prop 8. No protests at black churches. None. Yet both groups helped decide the vote even more than Mormons. The focus is on a rather small convenient minority. If there had been no Mormons in California, guess what? No difference. Those other two groups...well...let's not go there.
But I will go there. Perhaps it is because both blacks and Latinos tend to vote Democratic, and the Prop 8 opponents don't want to anger their usual allies. If that is the case and you are unwilling to speak out as forcefully against your usual allies, the issue must not be that important. Other issues are apparently more important to you so I will join you in those issues first. Pardon me if I do not admire your courage and join your cause. I see too much convenience and temporizing.
There is just this obsessive blaming of Mormons (how many times have "Mormons" been mentioned in this thread as if they were some alien creatures?). If you need any evidence of that, look at post #22 of this thread. A link to boycottmormonbusiness.com. A list of people of a certain religion. Lists like that make me nervous. The people who make lists like that, and those who follow them, make me even more nervous. Notice it is not "boycott those who opposed Prop 8." Just the Mormons, even if they individually took no position at all in the vote or voted against. It is a boycott of a religion. I see no lists of other groups that favored Prop 8. Hmmm...if there was a list of gay businesses...what would be the reaction...
Why isn't there a list of Nation of Islam businesses? I already know the answer. We all know the answer.
There are roughly 500,000 Mormons in California. That's about 1% of the state. I doubt that either their voting power or their powers of persuasion tipped the vote on Prop 8. Yet they are being blamed. Over and over again in this thread, it has been mentioned that Card is a Mormon. That is not even central to this issue so why mention it? Unless it is to identify him as someone different. And we have to oppose people who are different, don't we? He may be doing the same thing even if he was a black Muslim.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/its_time_to_speak_out_against.html
I don't disagree with your right to boycott. I disagree with the selectivity of the boycott. That is why I think it is a joke.
Pardon me if I do not praise you for your convictions. If you're really serious, go tell the Nation of Islam what you think of them. Go protest their meetings. Try to cut off their funds too.