Ah well The Phelps are not stupid They are scum sucking asshole bigots but they aren t stupid The proposition was worded so that anyone not carefully parsing it was uncertain of WHICH way to vote Additionally the measure in question did not say that it was to remove workplace protection from homosexuals that would not have been anywhere near as close Phelps managed in his campaign to wrap the issue around the gay marriage issue and that had less than an ice cube s chance in hell in passing in Kansas Remember it was defeated even in Oregon So even tho the proposed ten year ban extended ONLY to guarantees of non discrimination in hiring by city departments the phelps turned it into a family protection issue it made for some rather unlikely bedfellows to as evangelical ministers urged their congregations to vote against an anti gay proposition My home town has some weird politics at times thanks to fred and his crew