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This title is disingenuous. He donated to a candidate, and responded with the following statement in less then 24 hours. "decade ago, I made a contribution to

This title is disingenuous. He donated to a candidate, and responded with the following statement in less then 24 hours. "decade ago, I made a contribution to Representative Chris Cannon because he was the ranking Republican on the House subcommittee that oversaw the Internet and Intellectual Property, matters important to my business and our industry. I accept responsibility for not knowing where he stood on gay rights in particular; I unequivocally support marriage equality and I would not make that contribution again today. However, a contribution made to a candidate with views on hundreds of issues has no equivalence to a contribution supporting Prop. 8, a single issue that has no purpose other than to affirmatively prohibit gay marriage, which I believe is a basic civil right."

briantakita 13y ago
> During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions. The Congressman Cannon took a strong anti-gay stance & supported legislation allowing job discrimination against homosexuals. The title seems accurate. > However, a contribution made to a candidate with views on hundreds of issues Obviously the rights of homosexuals was not that important to Yagan.
- gobots 13y ago
  Donating to a congressman who took a strong anti-gay stance is hardly the same as "donating to an anti-gay campaign".
  - briantakita 13y ago
    It's pretty similar. Actually, it's worse since the congressman is a lawmaker that can influence other lawmakers with his agenda & draft bills. Yagan is also rewarding the Cannon for his stance on the issues.
    - lsiebert 13y ago
      "Rewarding" instead of "Rewarded" implies that he's continuing to do so. He stated pretty clearly that he wouldn't make the donation again. And donating to support a specific law is definitely worse then supporting a law maker more generally.
      - briantakita 13y ago
        Whatever. These witchhunts are distasteful & hypocritical. Bleh! Then again, I've always been a fan of Jesus' saying "let him who is without sin cast the first stone". Oops, I can't say Jesus, or "him", because it's against the new "progressive" order. I fear I will soon have angry atheists & feminists demanding that I step down from my job for uttering a religious phrase. Infringing on the atheists' human right to be free of religion & feminists' human right to be free of the patriarchy & "rape culture". Does this make me look like a bigot? Please, I want to hold on to my "privilege, not right", to have a job. It's like modern "civil rights movements", "progressive movements", blah blah blah, are corrupted to be the new oppressors and promoting new speak. It's really sad :-( MLK & Ghandi would be sad. Feminism has been preaching sexism for a long time. Their tactic of demonizing anybody who dares to disagree with them are well known and advanced. It sucks to be a heterosexual male in America. I can't step outside without getting accused of "promoting rape culture". I hear that will soon become "hate speech" with jail time. I don't want to get married. I don't want to live with a woman in america. I already got screwed with that nonsense. My only choices are to grow a mangina or be gay :-P Anyways, I guess the "Gay rights" movement has a template to follow. So all of you can feel better for judging others who are less "progressive" than you. I wonder if there will be a progressive 1%, because the progressive middle class is getting hollowed out. That's ok I guess. All good things get tired and must end. Franchises & knock offs happen. The quality gets diluted. There will be a new revolution to move us forward. --- Btw, did you know that Jesus was really a feminist who died to save us from the patriarchy? j/k

briantakita 13y ago

> During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions. The Congressman Cannon took a strong anti-gay stance & supported legislation allowing job discrimination against homosexuals. The title seems accurate. > However, a contribution made to a candidate with views on hundreds of issues Obviously the rights of homosexuals was not that important to Yagan.

gobots 13y ago
Donating to a congressman who took a strong anti-gay stance is hardly the same as "donating to an anti-gay campaign".
- briantakita 13y ago
  It's pretty similar. Actually, it's worse since the congressman is a lawmaker that can influence other lawmakers with his agenda & draft bills. Yagan is also rewarding the Cannon for his stance on the issues.
  - lsiebert 13y ago
    "Rewarding" instead of "Rewarded" implies that he's continuing to do so. He stated pretty clearly that he wouldn't make the donation again. And donating to support a specific law is definitely worse then supporting a law maker more generally.
    - briantakita 13y ago
      Whatever. These witchhunts are distasteful & hypocritical. Bleh! Then again, I've always been a fan of Jesus' saying "let him who is without sin cast the first stone". Oops, I can't say Jesus, or "him", because it's against the new "progressive" order. I fear I will soon have angry atheists & feminists demanding that I step down from my job for uttering a religious phrase. Infringing on the atheists' human right to be free of religion & feminists' human right to be free of the patriarchy & "rape culture". Does this make me look like a bigot? Please, I want to hold on to my "privilege, not right", to have a job. It's like modern "civil rights movements", "progressive movements", blah blah blah, are corrupted to be the new oppressors and promoting new speak. It's really sad :-( MLK & Ghandi would be sad. Feminism has been preaching sexism for a long time. Their tactic of demonizing anybody who dares to disagree with them are well known and advanced. It sucks to be a heterosexual male in America. I can't step outside without getting accused of "promoting rape culture". I hear that will soon become "hate speech" with jail time. I don't want to get married. I don't want to live with a woman in america. I already got screwed with that nonsense. My only choices are to grow a mangina or be gay :-P Anyways, I guess the "Gay rights" movement has a template to follow. So all of you can feel better for judging others who are less "progressive" than you. I wonder if there will be a progressive 1%, because the progressive middle class is getting hollowed out. That's ok I guess. All good things get tired and must end. Franchises & knock offs happen. The quality gets diluted. There will be a new revolution to move us forward. --- Btw, did you know that Jesus was really a feminist who died to save us from the patriarchy? j/k