Political Yard Signs
 

Not sure if everyone is aware Missouri is voting on Admendment 2 today. This admendment would write into the state constitution that the only recognized marriage in the state would be between a man and a woman.

I have a vote NO sign on Admendment 2 in my front yard. I am married, have two kids, and respect everyone's rights to do with themselves as they please. It is not my right to tell someone else how they may and may not live their lives.

This morning I went outside to leave for work-- my sign is missing--- and the bigger issue is--- someone left a lovely present in my driveway and on my husband's truck.... several large piles of crap!!! Literally 3 or 4 piles of sh!+ in my driveway and on the back of my hubby's truck.

I called the police (keep in mind this is a small town--conservative small town) they came and took a report and as the cop left I was told, well at least today is election day.

Agree or disagree with the gay marriage issue-that is your choice, we live in America---- but you would think in the year 2004 we could be respectful of others opinions!

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According to a few threads on GC the answer is apparently NO!

But seriously, that is one reason why I do not put political signs in my yard (or on my car). There are some "looney toons" supporting both parties (and some folks don't support no one - they just like causing trouble).

I hate signs, buttons, big anything that carries a stupid political message.

-Rudey
--You should get a violent dog

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You would think so. In my opinion, when people do crap like that (literally, in your case) it only makes "their" side look worse. I can respect people who are totally against abortion, but when they start gunning down doctors and blowing up clinics, that's where the buck stops. It makes the 90% of rational anti-abortion people look like nutjobs.

*Cough* Signatures *Cough*

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nooooo freakin doubt!

this is craziness.....you should find out who did this.....then replace their birdbath with a statue of two naked men.

;)

If someone did this simply because of your political stance, I think it’s terrible. People should be able to disagree and leave the disagreement in the arena of thoughts and words. How can you be sure that the sign or your political position are actually motives behind this vandalism? Couldn’t it also have been a random act? Whatever the reason, the individual/s involved should be punished.

Isn't it ironic that the fuckwit that did this was probably doing it thinking it was the Christian thing to do?

hijack...

I know "someone" who has removed political signs from lawns in the middle of the night on the way home from the bars. ;)

A Poli Sci prof I had told us a story about one group of students who collected a bunch of signs and put them aaaaallll in his lawn. "That's what I get for living close to campus" he said.


/hijack

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hahahaha--- we also thought if we find out who the nutjob was we should set his punishment as a night with me and friends at our favorite drag bar!!! i am sure the dragqueens would love to hear about his political stance!!

and while i would never do this, as i would only cause more issues and look like an a$$, i would love to put a sign in my yard that says "I still voted NO, you pile of Sh!T."

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You don't tell people how to live their lives but you will tell them how to vote. :rolleyes:

I don't tell people how to live their lives, either. Vote Yes.

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Explain the logic of that. If you vote "Yes" on an amendment to ban gay marriage, how is that not telling people how to live their lives?

Just curious how you came up with that.

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By expressing my views that is in NO way of telling someone how to vote-- it is a simple expression of my support on this issue.

And as KTSnake pointed out, by voting yes that would be telling someone how they can live their life! Voting no would allow people to live life they choose.

Find someway to boobytrap the sign next time.
I am serious. Smear it with vaseline or something.

Icey-Hot.

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Your logic evade me.

It was probably some homophobic HS football players who mess around with each outer and in attempt to convince themselves that they arent gay do chit like this.

Slightly off topic, but someone who lives near me has a sign in their front yard that says "Re-Defeat Bush." Cracks me up everytime I drive by. :) Oh, and it's been there for about 3 or 4 months and no one has done anything to it.

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That's horrible. At my home we always have political signs up (our property is one of the prime spots to advertise) and we've never had a problem. My guess is that a bunch of homophobic highschoolers did that.

As a former sign-stealer (oh..I have some stories...) these are some steps to help your situation:

1. NEVER go for the cheap paper & wire signs, way too easy to steal.
2. Get the nice big plywood signs. When you run the stakes in the ground, use OLD stakes, you know, the ones with nails sticking out and the wood is very uneven. It hurts like h^ll to try to take one of those outta the ground. Plus they don't fit well in a car trunk.
3. If you can, do what my parents did. Plant poison ivy around where you're going to have the sign at and let it creep up the legs of the sign. :D
4. Have those solar lights shining up on the sign.

Tear gas grenade works, too! Ya don't wanna be accused of cruel and unusual punishment, so claymore mines, 'Bouncing Betties', toe-poppers and punji stakes are outta the question... :D

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ha ha ha... the answer is deffinately no. Sorry this happened to you. People with no sense of propriety very much irritate me as well.

I am sorry that happened to you. While taking the sign was not totally horrible, there was no need to leave the poo behind.


It makes me very sad to see some of our peers not willing to listen or respect what other people believe or say.