Prop 8 - weighing in
Nov. 11th, 2008 08:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenProp 8 has moved me for a lot of reasons, most of which everyone in the blogosphere has mentioned, and then further iterated and explained by Keith Olbermann in a YouTube clip (that's on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madlizard's and mondragon's blogs - thanks for sharing, guys). It's sad to note that only just before I left for Florida, I found out about it - Prop 8 seems to have been quickly pushed through without much fanfare or media coverage due to other crises before the election.
Before I left for Florida, I entered my name - last minute, mind you - on a petition that I hope was included with Californians' voices. Nonetheless, there is a place where we can donate and sign a petition to be included with others across the nation in protest against Prop 8.
Here's the information and site:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/repealprop8
If you could (and especially if you're in California), sign the petition, and if you can afford to (anyone reading this), please donate to educate others on what Prop 8 means as a discriminatory amendment and why abolishing the proposition is so greatly needed at this historical time of tangible civil equality.
Marriage between a man and a woman is a religious institution, but in our nation, legal marriage is a legal right (thousands of people get married without a church at all - don't even need a religious figure in this nation to get married). Not one person married today would legally be married without government-based documents stating that their marriage is legal. Those signed marriage documents are not based on belief or religion. Those signed marriage documents are separate from the church and signatures on those documents precede any religious documents substantiating a legal marriage. Therefore, our legal right as gays to be married must be available and accessible and not abolished based on any religious belief or doctrines written into our constitutions.
How can we call ourselves Americans (all of us collectively) if our rights are not supported equally by our nation's and states' constitutions?
madlizard's and mondragon's blogs - thanks for sharing, guys). It's sad to note that only just before I left for Florida, I found out about it - Prop 8 seems to have been quickly pushed through without much fanfare or media coverage due to other crises before the election.Before I left for Florida, I entered my name - last minute, mind you - on a petition that I hope was included with Californians' voices. Nonetheless, there is a place where we can donate and sign a petition to be included with others across the nation in protest against Prop 8.
Here's the information and site:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/repealprop8
If you could (and especially if you're in California), sign the petition, and if you can afford to (anyone reading this), please donate to educate others on what Prop 8 means as a discriminatory amendment and why abolishing the proposition is so greatly needed at this historical time of tangible civil equality.
Marriage between a man and a woman is a religious institution, but in our nation, legal marriage is a legal right (thousands of people get married without a church at all - don't even need a religious figure in this nation to get married). Not one person married today would legally be married without government-based documents stating that their marriage is legal. Those signed marriage documents are not based on belief or religion. Those signed marriage documents are separate from the church and signatures on those documents precede any religious documents substantiating a legal marriage. Therefore, our legal right as gays to be married must be available and accessible and not abolished based on any religious belief or doctrines written into our constitutions.
How can we call ourselves Americans (all of us collectively) if our rights are not supported equally by our nation's and states' constitutions?
