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Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:57:38 +0000

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By: Flip

Flip — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:02:27 +0000

@Claude Ravel: No, that is false. Separation of church and state is not a one way street. No one religion should dictate the law, plain and simple. I think you need to brush up on your civics.

Furthermore, Do you want to know what’s “fucked up the ass”? A society which in which one of the most natural acts in the world is taboo in education. If you feel strongly about making sure your kids are uneducated about human sexuality, send them to a private school. Plus, I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t in a sex education class till I was 13 years old. I highly doubt any public schools are showing first graders how to put on condoms.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:50:06 +0000

Thank you, Peter, for the detailed thought and description around this issue. Your response and stand against institutionalized discrimination is appreciated.

This is not over.

By: Deirdre Saoirse Moen

Deirdre Saoirse Moen — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:03:11 +0000

I’m really incensed at Google, in part because several Google execs put money on the No vote. They could have opted not to take the pro-8 money, but they did.

Then they placed the ads not just here, but all over the place. I saw it on creditboards.com, for example. They don’t allow any political content unless it’s directly about credit reporting or debt collection.

Anyhow, I think that this issue — and others — may hurt Google in the long run, but I will never forgive them for helping push the vote the other direction.

By: aWi

aWi — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:10:20 +0000

There's a new blog post on the adsense blog: political ads on adsense sites . It looks like they will be adding to the Ads Review Center the ability to block categories of ads.

By: Swami Digital

Swami Digital — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:12:33 +0000

A concise description of the issues. Thanks for posting the whole story. It’s really disappointing that Google is behaving this way. Their opaque method of dealing with this clearly makes them come across like a corporate giant not in touch with their customers or community, which is something they claim to strive not to be.

-D

By: Barry Threw

Barry Threw — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:52:27 +0000

The amount of backwards arguments trying to justify opposition to gay marriage are breathtaking.

It is a civil rights issue, period. Give people their rights. If you don’t want to be gay, then don’t be.

By: StefÃ¡n

StefÃ¡n — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:22:39 +0000

@Edmond:

Education Code section 51933 specifies that schools that teach â€œcomprehensive sex educationâ€ have to teach â€œrespect for marriage and committed relationshipsâ€. This is something no school district can get around.

So why didn’t Proposition 8 supporters just write a proposition to amend the education code? Obviously because “think of the children” is a wedge tactic — as it usually is — to bypass voters’ rational faculties so they’ll support odious legislation.

Even if it weren’t supporting codified bigotry, the ad would still be insulting to the audience’s intelligence with the “protect your children” angle. I think most bloggers would rather carry ads that respect their readers.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:16:38 +0000

@AnotherReader: Okay, this is getting old.

The ads were not relevant to this site.
They violated Google’s own policy for advertising.
They advocated against a group of people in a way that many readers and I felt was inappropriate on the site.

The sweatshop example has nothing to do with advertising or Proposition 8. I’m sensitive to that issue; that’s why we’ve done discussion with the Monome creators about sustainable parts and (where possible) domestic development, prototyping, and assembly. But you’ve just changed the subject entirely, which suggests to me you didn’t really read my argument, which has to do with how Google administers their ad service — not just for this one ad, but in general.