Burnt Orange Report

OverSeen at the OverPass

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

Saw this over at Austin MetroBlogging and I was reminded that many people have seen this group before. They have shown up from time to time out on the 12th Street overpass along I-35 holding a big banner that says "Say NO to Gay Marriage".

People have asked me as well as Glen Maxey, director of the statewide No Nonsense in November campaign fighting Prop 2, if we should be worried or do something about it. Nope. Heck, let people think that they can say no by voting no on Amendment 2 (even though they should anyways since it puts Texas Marriage into legal limbo if this passes according to front page Dallas news).

This guy is actually Mark Weaver and I have a little story about him that I was just sent.

"mark weaver who stands out on the 35 bridge holding a for prop 2 sign and is that ultra conservative asshole...calls kvue to say "i am outraged! my phone is ringing off the hook. all my congregation has been calling me to say 'i thought you said we were supposed to vote FOR this, what do we do, i am confused!' and what is WORSE, is that some people who wanted to vote for 2 already voted and voted against because of the call!"

Well, that is what 2 million phone calls will do, from a preacher (who is real contrary to Republican Bloggers, retired minister here in Austin). You'd expect more organization or concern from this Pro-2 side, but they got too comfortable. Even before the revelation that this Amendment has the potential to void all marriage in Texas and any of the media and GOTV that is going on now, the other side was polling 55/45, only a 10 point margin of yes to no. It's losing in Baxter's district as well as Martha Wong's.

This will be a nail biter but one in which we have already won in one sense, we were never expected to do better than the State of Oregon. Plus we could very easily be minus a few more Republican state reps next fall.