My husband bovil said it well:

[kproche]

Are you a California voter?

3 years ago, we had a commitment ceremony. It was presided over by a minister. 3 months ago we got married. It was provided over by a minister. California Proposition 8 isn't about religious rights. This is about denying religious rights.

You can't save marriage by destroying marriages.

A vote for California Proposition 8 is a vote to destroy my marriage.

A vote for California Proposition 8 is a vote to destroy my family's life.

A vote for California Proposition 8 is a vote to destroy my friends' lives.

A vote for California Proposition 8 is a vote to ruin the lives of ordinary Californians.

And I'm going to take it personally.

What? You don't vote? It's too hard? It's too inconvenient?

I'm going to take that personally too. An abstention might as well be a vote in favor. Get your sorry ass registered and out to the polls. Read up on the other propositions too. Read up on the candidates for office. Do your fucking civic duty.


And now, a additional note from me (kproche) that you should consider and add to your arsenal of No on 8 information:

You may have heard the Yes on 8 commercials that claim "over 4 million Californians voted to ban same-sex marriage, and activist judges overturned them."
As of September, there were 23,171,364 registered voters in our state. So why should the 17% who are bigoted homophobes be allowed to take away the rights of any of us?

They shouldn't. And that's part of what the courts are for, to protect all of us from denial of our basic rights.

Comments

[ravan.livejournal.com]

I like it. Vote - It Matters!

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Rewrite it, repost it, spread the word.

[holczer13.livejournal.com]

This is one of the most impassioned, well thought-out, beautiful pieces of prose I have seen in a long long time.

If I lived in CA, I would vote against this horrible proposition.

[controuble.livejournal.com]

Just picking a nit, but it should be civic duty, not civil duty.
I would help y'all if I could vote in CA - sadly, they do not allow IL residents to vote in CA.

[kproche.livejournal.com]

point taken. fixed. thanks.

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

I can't say it any better than this first-grader in Ms. Carder's class:

Marriage, 6-year-old Nolan Alexander said Friday, is "people falling in love."
It means, he added, "You stay with someone the rest of your life."

He's right. Marriage should be about love and commitment. It should not be about discrimination and taking away people's rights.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

A note to non-CA residents: Consider sending a dollar or two to the No on 8 campaign. http://www.noonprop8.com/

If Utah residents [with some notable exceptions!] are sending millions to the Yes folks, no one should feel bad for giving if they don't live here.

Donation

[hazelchaz]

Any way to donate with my Paypal account?

Re: Donation

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

I've no clue.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

And what about the even more damn people who have voted against the marriage ban two and three times now? What about my rights? How many times do I have to vote against this crap?

I got a goddamn allergic rash from supporting the No on Knight campaign (people with adhesive allergies should not use political stickers as nipple covers at Folsom, btw). What about my rights?

Folks in most CA jurisdictions can also vote early at your local courthouse or city hall, if voting day itself is a hassle and/or you are wishing you'd asked for an absentee ballot, there's another option.

I'm too sick and crippled to hold even a part-time job, and I'm gonna vote. So anybody else who doesn't vote had better have a damn good excuse!

[fishbliss.livejournal.com]

Amen.

Vote No on Hate.
Vote No on Eight.

[djmermaid.livejournal.com]

hear, hear!

I'm especially looking forward to marking a big NO on 8.

[seekatesew.livejournal.com]

Anything we can do to help? I live out in the boonies and am surrounded by Yes on 8 yardsigns. :(

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

The guy next door (single, rarely even a girl friend) has a Yes on 8 yard sign. He took it down the day a friend came to visit. Guess the friend was gay. Guess the neighbor is a hypocrite or a coward.
*sigh*
No on 8! Because it matters to so many of my friends.

[sharon-masters.livejournal.com]

We do what we can,we pass the word, and we keep standing up against the bigots that are AFRAID of a world they cannot control and mold in the image they are comfortable with.

We have had registration drives at munches over the years, and plan on doing so again-- until every kinky person i know is registered and voting with their heart, voting with an educated viewpoint, and voting with their checkbooks as well.

[gigica.livejournal.com]

That measure is bigotry, pure and simple. Anybody who spouts the "defense of marriage" nonsense at me gets called a bigot. In the nicest possible tone, of course. I don't want to sink to their level.

My ballot is on my desk at home right now. I can't wait to drop it off at my polling place on Nov. 4, and I'll be thinking of you both when I do :)