http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/blog_rss/mitchelloster Mitchell Oster is a Deputy Field Organizer on the Northern California team. Right now, he is organizing San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Solano counties. I think we did a lot of good in Maine. I really do. But I'm left wondering how long it will take to change enough hearts and minds that we win one of these ballot initiatives? I talked to dozens and dozens of voters over GOTV weekend and the Yes on 1 folks are not bad people. They really believe that it's not about gay rights. Many of them are for making civil unions/domestic partnerships equal to marriage--even at the federal level. And they really believe that they are called by their god to protect traditional marriage. They aren't trying to be bigoted. But they are. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mitchelloster/C2ZX http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mitchelloster/C2ZX/commentary#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:39 PST http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mitchelloster/C2ZX Mitchell Oster http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/bb8885e2a72589310a_5gm6iingi.jpg Mitchell Oster 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2ZX/ It's late Friday night and we're finally at GOTV. This is the day where everything we've been working towards will finally come into view. It's always exciting. But this time feels a little more so. It's so important that we win here in Maine. The forces of hatred and bigotry will never rest. Neither can we. We must continue to work until we live in a just society where everyone enjoys equal protection under the law. I'm so proud of the work the Courage Campaign team is doing out here. We've been welcomed by the No on 1 staff and we are working side by side to protect Marriage Equality. It's not too late to get involved: http://www.ProtectMaineEquality.org/CallForMaine http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mitchelloster/C2ZC http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mitchelloster/C2ZC/commentary#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:29:33 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mitchelloster/C2ZC Mitchell Oster http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/bb8885e2a72589310a_5gm6iingi.jpg Mitchell Oster 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2ZC/