I’ve Added a New Page
In the right hand column under “Blog Pages” I added a new page called, “Vote Yes on Prop 8.” Listed on this page are some posts and articles that illustrate why I feel it is important for every California voter to vote Yes on Prop 8 this November. Obviously I feel very strongly about this issue and will even venture out of my comfort zone knocking doors or making phone calls to help educate my neighbors. If you have any interesting articles to add, let me know. Thanks!
I hope you’ll find this interesting.
I appreciate the importance of strengthening marriage and family (my wife of 12 years and our two kids are #1 in my life).
But Prop 8 is not about my family or your family, it’s about families that we’ll most likely never meet, like Richard’s:
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Just for the record, here in a northern California county, on January 27th, my beloved husband died. We were registered Domestic Partners with the Secretary of State. Had been since 2001. But Domestic Partners really is 2nd class – no it really is no class here.
He died at home so the Deputy Sheriff acted as Coroner. He refused to recognize me as next of kin. He insisted we call a blood relative in New York State to choose a funeral home etc. He wanted to remove all of my beloved’s possesions from our home and ship them back East … including his wedding ring. It was a Sunday night so I could not get the County judge or attorney to set things right (as I did on Monday) I had to lie and weasle to keep our stuff in our home. Because I did not count at all. Our family did not count. We were 2nd class – no class. Because we were not married.
Don’t tell me that Domestic Partnership is just as good as marriage. And don’t tell me that I was not married in my heart AND in my church to my husband. The Court just recognized what is a fact … he and I were married … and it is a civil right.
You have no idea how much it hurt … still hurts … that in 2008, in California, my family was ignored when I needed it to be recognized the most.
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This is a political issue, not a moral one. Religious freedom is very well-protected in our country and nothing about Prop 8 either enhances or threatens that freedom.
Richard pays taxes just like you and me, but can’t get a marriage license. As a matter of fairness and equality before the law, that kind of discrimination is just plain unAmerican.
It saddens me that so many in the LDS church leadership are leading the members to believe that Prop 8 is about defending straight rights and straight marriages. Frankly speaking, nothing could be further from the truth.
Chino Blanco-
I can see that you are solid in your position and don’t think I can sway you by debating, but I would like to make my intentions clear. The articles and opinions posted on this blog are not just about preserving traditional families and marriage. If Proposition 8 fails, homosexuality becomes classified under the laws of anti-discrimination. This opens up a whole new set of law that our country is just not prepared for. The impact will fall most heavily on religious groups as we have already seen. If Prop 8 does not pass it will only be the beginning of a spiral of legal chaos. For example, should public restrooms be separate? That can be seen as discriminatory towards those who feel they should have been born the opposite gender… My support of prop 8 is not about forbidding gay couples to marry. It is about how there will follow many other consequences that are detrimental to our society as a whole.