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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:33 PM
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(California first lady) Shriver against a ban on gay marriage
Source: Associated Press

California's first lady says she is voting against a ballot initiative that would prohibit same-sex couples from getting married in California.

Maria Shriver said in an interview with KNBC-TV in Los Angeles that she is voting no on Proposition 8.

Shriver said, "I believe in people's right to choose a partner that they love, and that's a decision that I have come to, and I have felt that way for a long time."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/25/state/n184827D63.DTL&tsp=1
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:36 PM
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1. Thank you Maria
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:37 PM
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2. I saw her on Oprah last week. She said that one of the people in her family
was going to be very disappointed after election day, and it sure was not going to be her...

I will never understand what she saw in that big, dumb blond guy.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:39 PM
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3. arnold Said he was against and has done NOTHING to oppose it - nt
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:46 PM
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4. I would much prefer MARIA as governor to her overinflated ego of a husband.
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:51 PM
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5. Good on her. I always liked her.
n/t
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:53 PM
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6. Maria is and always has been too good for Arnold.
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JJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:00 PM
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7. Didn't Ahhhhnold already come out against 8
So to speak.
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:00 PM
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8. i lived in CA when idiot ah-nuld became the
governator. i did not support the recall at all, but when all was said and done, i was at least happy maria was the first lady of CA. it dampened the blow, i guess.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 12:31 AM
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9. Thanks
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 02:35 AM
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10. Maria and Ahnold are show biz people as well as politicians. I think that influences their attitude
... toward gays. Sure you can be a homophobe in Hollywood, but it must make daily life kinda hard.

I am very glad that ultimately neither has sold their soul for the expedience of pandering to the right wing religious vote on this issue.

Hekate
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BobTheSubgenius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 03:28 AM
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11. Well, she IS a Shriver........
I think the first clause in her statement above says it all. We shouldn't judge her on the awful, awful choice she made, because it is HER choice.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:39 AM
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12. Her father is Opus Dei
Nice to see Maria has a mind of her own.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 08:51 AM
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13. Sargent Shriver is Opus Dei?
How did he end up being a decent fellow and not a rabid right-wing nut like Antonin Scalia and others?
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 09:02 AM
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14. Not necessarily
He might just be into doing 'God's work.' Not all Opus Dei are rabid right-wing reactionaries.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-08 09:39 AM
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15. So Arnold can't keep the Kennedys down. Way cool! Brava Maria!
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