Please make sure everyone you know votes *NO* on Prop 8!
I would think that most of you who read my blog are already voting No on 8, but I want to do everything I can to make sure we’re all talking to our friends & neighbors about how important this is.
Did you know that should Proposition 8 pass, it will be the first time *in the history of the country* that an amendment had been written into a constitution, eliminating rights from a class of people? Why would anyone want to do that? Why would any human ever want to deny equal protection, let alone pass an amendment to the constitution that *takes away* human writes & discriminates against one group of people? Baffles my mind.
Misty posted this video tonight, and she’s right – it’s a good one:
I love this video because it doesn’t make it all about the gay population. Underneath it all, it’s about human rights, fairness and equality.
What blows me away is the fact that there are so many lives touched by love! Gay couples have friends, children and families who celebrate in their love & their choice to create a sacred union in respect & honor of that love. There is just absolutely no reason that anyone in America today should have their civil rights taken away because of their sexual preference. Seriously, it’s like saying only people who have all 10 fingers can get married. Or only cat lovers can get married. Or you have to be over 5’8″ or something ridiculous. Let’s move forward & not backwards… it’s 2008, people! :)
I was searching around tonight & found this awesome post on CL:
Separation of church and state and religious freedom are pillars upon which American democracy was founded upon, and they are principles that should not so easily be dismissed. Vote NO on 8, and recognize the good sense of our founding fathers.
Simply because you and your church defines marriage in one way, does not mean that marriage must be defined that way by all churches or by those who maintain no religious faith [practice] at all. This is religious freedom is what made and continues to make America such a beacon of hope to others around the world. We are not a theocratic country, rather we are a democracy, founded upon a system of checks and balances designed to protect the rights of all people, including those of a minority status who are unable to always protect their own rights.
To live in a society such as ours, we must compromise, and allow for the existence of religious philosophies that we disagree with, with social advances that we may not agree with, in order to protect the rights of others and create social stability (think of the emancipation of slaves, the right for women to vote, the civil rights struggle of people of color, the rights of those among us of different races to get married, equal rights and oppportunities at the work place for women, and yes, marriage for same sex people).”
I love it!
Please read more about the facts vs fiction, post or email information around so your friends & family in California can be informed on their vote.
Thanks for reading.
UPDATE: I want to thank & give huge props to Apple for donating and doing everything they can to stop Prop 8.
Also, if you can help, please visit my beautiful, loving, smart (and yes, married!) friend’s Hillary & Anna’s donate page. Even $5 helps! You can read more of their story on Hillary’s blog here.
