Why the Latino community?
AFMs president Matt Daniels gives several reasons why the most critical community in California’s debate over marriage is the Latino community. “First, Hispanics are the fastest-growing demographic group in California and also in the nation. Second, they voted for Prop. 22 by a higher margin (65 percent) than any other group, including African-Americans, who have usually led marriage-protection vote tallies in other states. And third, they are social traditionalists who also command the attention of Democratic pollsters. Rodriguez also pointed out what he believes is another strong point for Latinos in the fight for marriage. “The media have, erroneously I believe, painted those groups as anti-homosexual”. “But the Hispanic community is not known to be anti-homosexual. So when our community says, look, it’s not about having some kind of phobia about another groupit’s about family, it’s about the survival of our communitywe come with credibility.” Immigration and the Family Daniels also
