Monday, June 16, 2014

Bigots demand recount in Idaho gay rights ordinance referendum

A while ago the town of Pocatello ID decided to ban anti-gay discrimination in employment and certain public accommodations, but of course the conservative clown car rolled into town hall and demanded a recall of the ordinance and to put it up for a vote in the upcoming election to "let the people decide." The thought behind that was that they thought they could garner enough confusion (since these type of referendums can lead to confusion of whether to vote "yes" or "no") and just plain ole' God Hates Fags types to turn out to vote and deny gay people of the town any protection because of freeeeeeeeeeedoooom ya'll.

Well the bigots got their wish and the voters of the town took to the ballot and voted on the issue. But unfortunate for these anti-gay warriors the voters didn't bite and in fact approved of the anti-discrimination ordinance by a small margin of votes, but not enough for an automatic recount (around an 80 vote margin of victory). One would think that's that and we can then move on right? WRONG!:
A committee working to repeal Pocatello’s non-discrimination ordinance is seeking a recount in a close May vote that kept the law in place.  
The Vote Yes Pocatello committee applied on Monday for a recount of the votes that were cast in 20 of Pocatello’s 39 precincts on May 20, along with early and absentee votes, according to Bannock County election officials. 
Vote Yes Pocatello representatives confirmed Monday that they made the request and are planning to release additional information about their decision later this week.
Isn't that ironic? I mean these are the same clowns that rage about the "will of the people" and "let the people vote." But when they lose like this all of sudden fuck the will of the people, they obviously made a mistake! We demand a recount! This is not right!

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