THE BIG BLOG BY TRAVI$

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TUESDAY NOV 4th ELECTION DAY..... SOON to be a short film as soon as I get it edited... So you can see Manda nad I go pull the lever for change....

SO.....

Wow, what a week, I have been pretty involved with politics as of late and we, Manda and I have been all over Los Angeles as a result. First of All CONGRATS TO BARACK. Awesome, and I just want to say that I finally feel like I will have a guy in the White House that I identify with... A young guy if you consider 47 young, that has some great ideas, and a backing from the Democratic Controlled House and Senate, hopefully he will work with the GOP and get this place straightened out. I think he can be a great unifier, and if the Boomers will just give this guy an chance we will see some results.

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT NOV 5th

MICHELE AND WILL IN SUNSET PLAZA---NO on 8!!!!! NO to HATE!!!!

Now on a completely different note...I was shocked and really utterly disappointed with the State of California's voters decision to ban Gay Marriage in the state. I think that it is truly unfortunate that we as a country, and definitely as a state took such a gigantic leap forward electing Barack Obama President, and then took a giant leap backward to strip the right to marry from the Gays of California. I also am outraged with The Mormon Church and with the Knights of Columbus for backing this proposition. I truly believe that many of the voting public really thought they were voting for Gay marriage when they voted yes on Prop 8. There has been many reports of being misled by the wording of the proposition itself. It is obvious the confusion when even the papers, and the TV news reporters covering the Proposition debate, both before the election, and then in the aftermath, as protesters took to the street, made glaring mistakes explaining the prop's wording, while they tried to explain the outrage produced by its passing. It is also sad to learn that the largest supporters, by demogaphics, for the Prop, came from the Black electorate. They voted overwhelmingly for the Ban... A group finally vindicated with Obama's win, chose to take away rights from Gays, another minority group. Same thing goes for the Hispanics in Los Angeles, a majority voted for it as well. No doubt spurred on by the encouragement of the preachers in the pulpit, both in the Catholic church and in the congregations of Southern Baptists as well. I guess that the Black community will continue to be highly homophobic, and the South will continue to be racist, and the Fly-Overs will continue to be clueless. When will we all finally try and do what is right for all?

WALKING WEST DOWN SUNSET, TRAFFIC WAS TOTALLY SHUT DOWN AND WE TOOJK OVER THE CITY!!!!

MANDA and I made our own Signs....

The main problems with Prop 8, besides the fact that it is discriminatory, is that it was intentionally, deceptively written, funded by religious zealots, and that the the public was inundated with advertisements in the weeks leading up to the election that were deceptive and used kids as their pawns to scare parents. So much so that some of the Pastors at area churches pushed for their congregations to get involved in this Campaign of HATE. From the pulpit they preached discrimination and Hate, and encouraged their congregation to donate to the cause in the form of cash as well as time. One Mormon Family donated over $50,000, their life savings, to Yes on Prop 8, said they prayed on it, and God told them it was the best thing for their kids and their kids better, better than investing the cash? The state of California has allowed the Mormons to insert religion into the state constitution, and the Knights of Columbus are just as guilty. The folks that preached for the Support of Prop 8 are misguided and ignorant at best; ugly and hateful at worst. If your pastor convinced you to vote for Prop 8 you should be ashamed, California should be ashamed, and this battle will go on. I feel so bad for all my friends. I just feel like it is so wrong to take away a group of people's rights. What started as a little rally in WEHO turned into a huge protest, So my Sister and I marched throughout the streets of Los Angeles, and shut down traffic and made sure that all the people in LA, and all the people in California, and all the people in the U.S. had to see that what the Churches (both the Catholics, and the Mormons) did was not right. The protest have continued and have shut down traffic and got the word out not only in WEHO, and Hollywood, and Long Beach, and Westwood, and in Sandeigo, and San Francisco, it has been all over the cable news channels and on Live on all the local affilites. I know that this will be the main Civil Rights issue for this generation to tackle. I also think that when you say you Love Jesus, and that Jesus loves everyone, and is tolerant, and forgiving, and treated those that others deemed unclean, or inhuman, as friends, then you treat others with no respect, and when you are filled with hate, and you try and pick on people based on differences then you should be ASHAMED. That is NOT CHRISTIAN, PERIOD. That is why I do not associate with the Hypocrites that attend organized religious services. Churches are a breeding ground for homophobia, racism, adultery, gossip, and HATE. Not to mention the mind control tactics, and the requests for financial assistance, and let's not leave out the molestation, mainly the Catholic Priests...So when the Mormons, a group that practices polygamy, and the Catholic Church, an institution that covers up the rape of little boys, begins to dictate social policy, and infringes upon the rights of the people of this state, I feel like something has to be done to put the Jesus Freaks back in line. I just hope that the lawsuits and challenges that go forward begin to spur debate, and lead to the eventual reversal of PROP H8TE.

WE STARTED IN WEHO on the corner of San Vicente and Santa Monica, with only a few protestors, but as the night grew the crowd grew.

MANDA gets the crowd going in Sunset Plaza.

COUNTDOWN TO EUROPE STANDS AT 9 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!

LOOK OUT GRASSHOPPER.

I can't wait to get out of the US for a while, and I know that I will be much more popular over-seas now with an Obama win.....THANKS BARACK! Amsterdam is just part of the trip...but isn't it pretty at night?

SEE YA SOON. PEACE.

TRAVI$