Reply #2: Did you see "Milk"?

[CreekDog]

Labor and Gays in 1970's were not natural allies even in San Francisco.

When presented with an opportunity to build his coalition by partnering with a labor union on a boycott, he helped both groups.

which teaches the lesson: find the common ground and stand there. do you have any idea the amount of time LBJ focused on racist, Southern Democratic Senators in trying to pass Civil Rights? Some would have shunned them --he did not.

That's my point. When you write people off, fair though it may be, you often lose your influence with them.

There are people in my circle that voted for Prop. 8 that *could* be convinced to vote otherwise. Now, if we write them off, we lose them entirely. I'm not writing them off.