cannot even fathom

i cannot begin to even get my brain wrapped around how they allowed prop 8 to stand, i really cannot. i hope with all my heart that people will wake up and pay attention the next time it comes to the polls. i whole heartedly agree with barbara boxer. you can NOT have separate rules, you just can't!!

and if you are one of the people that say that civil union is just as good, i encourage you to read this. i mean REALLY READ IT. its not even close to the same. educate yourself people! seriously!

putting a face on gay marriage

they DO deserve to have all the rights and privileges of everyone else. this IS america, is it not?

marriage isn't a religious institution. it is for some people, but it is a LEGAL situation overall. and in this sense, we cannot discriminate against gay people regardless of your individual feelings for them. they ARE people and they ARE americans just as much as the rest of us.

time to fix the wrong that was done. just like we over came slavery, segregation, and women not being allowed to vote. this one is just as important. gays are people too, and they deserve just as much respect and rights as the rest of us.

here's hoping it works!!

Briefing Concludes in Prop 8 Legal Challenge
Nation’s top civil rights groups and legal scholars agree: Invalidate Prop 8

my favorite part:

“Proposition 8 represents the first time that the California initiative process has been wielded to abolish a fundamental freedom for an unpopular minority group and to alter the Constitution so as to mandate governmental discrimination against that group. In this way, Proposition 8 attempts to breach some of the most elemental textual and structural promises of our state Constitution. It revokes a fundamental right that, in the words of the Constitution, is “inalienable.” It dismantles constitutional equality for a single group of Californians a group that, because of its history of oppression and stigma, is entitled to the highest level of constitutional protection against discrimination.”

all i can say is GO GO GOOOOOOOOO!!!

civil union does NOT equal the same thing as marriage!

i can't remember what led me to google this...i had meant to do this ages ago, back in the middle of the whole prop 8 fiasco...finally did.

just as i thought...its NOT the same thing!

Civil Unions vs. Gay Marriage

Civil Unions vs. Civil Marriage

OMG HILARIOUS! Prop 8 the musical!

A friend of mine posted this on twitter...this is friggin HYSTERICAL!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

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YAY!!!

i just read this and feel like there's still hope! YAY!

go go go go gooooooooooo! :)

it still blows my mind that prop 8 could even happen in america, in this day and age!!

blatant discrimination right on par with the segregation laws of the past...just plain mean and outrageous and NONamerican!!

i'm pulling for the EQCA!! :)

well the story isn't over yet...

yesterday i was informed of this statement from the no on prop 8 website:

Roughly 400,000 votes separate yes from no on Prop 8 – out of 10 million votes tallied.

Based on turnout estimates reported yesterday, we expect that there are more than 3 million and possibly as many as 4 million absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted.

Given that fundamental rights are at stake, we must wait to hear from the Secretary of State tomorrow how many votes are yet to be counted as well as where they are from.

It is clearly a very close election and we monitored the results all evening and this morning.

As of this point, the election is too close to call.

Because Prop 8 involves the sensitive matter of individual rights, we believe it is important to wait until we receive further information about the outcome.

YAY! maybe there's still hope! i seriously cannot even believe that california can do this. its just so wrong! as my brother put it yesterday when i talked to him about it "you can't legislate morality" and i know a lot of people said the same thing around this proposition.

so the one thing i was told, but i've not found a link to this info yet...is that in most states it takes 2/3 majority to change the state constitution...not what is looking like a barely passing margin.

oh and here's some more interesting info i just found. and here's info on the lawsuit that's been filed already.

i'm really glad to see people are challenging this. i am so mad at the friggin churches for getting involved in this crap! its because of their money that this even got as far as it did.

come on people, this is america. remember the "all men are created equal" thing? this is NOT equality when you single out gay americans and tell them they don't have the same rights as straights. that's just SO WRONG.

i'm really pulling for the no on 8 people. i hope they get something done!

and, here's a great video that shows what i'm feeling about this whole thing:

i'm seriously ashamed of california now

i was SOOO proud of california when they made it legal for gay couples to marry! and now that's been taken away! goddamn prop 8!! and its absolutely appalling that such a high percentage of californians are that hateful and hurtful! i just can't even fathom it...looking at this map. i just cannot fathom that that many californians are homophobic!

i suppose once all the ballots are done processing its possible there would be a change...but i doubt it. i don't want to get my hopes up.

this doesn't affect me in any way personally...i mean in my life. but it seriously hurts my heart to think that that many californians are that hateful! good lord!