By Luke Thomas
November 3, 2008, 2:00 pm
A volunteer for the Joe Alioto for District 3 Supervisor campaign was today discovered promoting a ‘yes’ vote on proposition 8, a measure on Tuesday’s ballot that seeks to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.
While waving a Joe Alioto Jr. campaign sign outside San Francisco City Hall, the volunteer called out to passers by to vote for Joe Alioto and to vote ‘yes’ on proposition 8.
Supervisor Chris Daly, who heard the campaign chant, asked the volunteer why he supports proposition 8.
“I walked by, you said ‘Joe Alioto – Yes on 8.’ Why?” Daly asked.
“It’s a free country,” the volunteer responded.
Reached for comment about his position on proposition 8 and same-sex marriage, Joe Alioto told Fog City Journal:Â “I have supported gay marriage from the beginning and I oppose proposition 8.”
Alioto said he does not know of anyone on his campaign who supports proposition 8 and suggested the volunteer is working for the David Chiu campaign.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, has published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521.
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