Comments on: Banking on Language http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2008/12/27/banking-on-language/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:22:24 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: laurastrand http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2008/12/27/banking-on-language/#comment-276 laurastrand Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:08:35 +0000 http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2008/12/27/banking-on-language/#comment-276 <p>Lisa, Prop (h)8 will not pass judicial scrutiny. Fundamental civil rights are not subject to the whims of the electorate. Read the Supreme court’s decision and the separate opinions. The decision is a thing of beauty. The arguments supporting the Court’s decision are sound and will provide a roadmap for the current legal proceedings. Even the AG has come to believe that (h)8 cannot stand.<br /> Regarding credit unions - I love mine!</p> Lisa, Prop (h)8 will not pass judicial scrutiny. Fundamental civil rights are not subject to the whims of the electorate. Read the Supreme court’s decision and the separate opinions. The decision is a thing of beauty. The arguments supporting the Court’s decision are sound and will provide a roadmap for the current legal proceedings. Even the AG has come to believe that (h)8 cannot stand.
Regarding credit unions – I love mine!

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2008/12/27/banking-on-language/#comment-271 Teddy Partridge Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:53:14 +0000 http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2008/12/27/banking-on-language/#comment-271 <p>It’s a good start, though, Lisa - -perhaps you showed some credit union employees how hurtful Prop 8’s passage was, in ways they never thought about. We need to wage the fight for marriage equality every place it rears its head.</p> <p>I have to wonder if a for-profit bank would have been responsive, but I’ve been among the un-banked for ten years now. Hurray for credit unions!</p> It’s a good start, though, Lisa – -perhaps you showed some credit union employees how hurtful Prop 8’s passage was, in ways they never thought about. We need to wage the fight for marriage equality every place it rears its head.

I have to wonder if a for-profit bank would have been responsive, but I’ve been among the un-banked for ten years now. Hurray for credit unions!

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