Yes on 8 people need a lesson...
So I got two "Yes on 8" mailings today. I burned the first one right after seeing it. The second one I'm shredding only after I write this..
Obama is on an entire side of the two-sided mailing about his opposition to gay marriage. That would be fine, except that Obama explicitly mentioned in June that he opposed the effort to amend this state's constitution with regards to this situation. So he's not supporting Prop 8 in any way, although he may be opposed to the idea of "gay marriage".
I wish people would realize that. I'm not sure how the hell the Yes on 8 people can get away with printing that...but the Obama campaign wouldn't commit political suicide by doing anything about that. Especially not now.
Other gripes:
Mandatory indoctrination of schoolchildren? Where the fuck did that come from? Has anyone here actually learned anything about marriage throughout their years in school? I sure as hell didn't. This is like one of the huge points Yes on 8 people make, and I have no idea where the fuck it's coming from! When are we EVER taught about marriage in schools? Maybe sex ed, but we're not taught "oh sex is between a man and a woman", it's just sex and how to use condoms, nothing about a man and a woman.
(Also I bet the only ones that DO mention marriages are religious schools and homeschooled kids, and neither the ruling nor voting no on the prop will force them to say anything about it in any circumstance. So I STILL don't get why they're making a big fuss about a nonexistent issue.)
Same sex couples rights vs. "the black experience for civil rights" not being comparable: No comment here..pot calling the kettle black..(no pun intended).
Marriage sacred and worth defending: Okay, please go suggest a constitutional ban on divorces. and make adultery a serious crime. Both of those are insults to the idea of a marriage.
The one statement worth reading: that civil unions/domestic partnerships are still available. Well, you know what, as "equal" as people love to claim this is, it's not. So I wish these Yes on 8 people would go work on making that equal, but they're not. They're just spreading lies.
Obama is on an entire side of the two-sided mailing about his opposition to gay marriage. That would be fine, except that Obama explicitly mentioned in June that he opposed the effort to amend this state's constitution with regards to this situation. So he's not supporting Prop 8 in any way, although he may be opposed to the idea of "gay marriage".
I wish people would realize that. I'm not sure how the hell the Yes on 8 people can get away with printing that...but the Obama campaign wouldn't commit political suicide by doing anything about that. Especially not now.
Other gripes:
Mandatory indoctrination of schoolchildren? Where the fuck did that come from? Has anyone here actually learned anything about marriage throughout their years in school? I sure as hell didn't. This is like one of the huge points Yes on 8 people make, and I have no idea where the fuck it's coming from! When are we EVER taught about marriage in schools? Maybe sex ed, but we're not taught "oh sex is between a man and a woman", it's just sex and how to use condoms, nothing about a man and a woman.
(Also I bet the only ones that DO mention marriages are religious schools and homeschooled kids, and neither the ruling nor voting no on the prop will force them to say anything about it in any circumstance. So I STILL don't get why they're making a big fuss about a nonexistent issue.)
Same sex couples rights vs. "the black experience for civil rights" not being comparable: No comment here..pot calling the kettle black..(no pun intended).
Marriage sacred and worth defending: Okay, please go suggest a constitutional ban on divorces. and make adultery a serious crime. Both of those are insults to the idea of a marriage.
The one statement worth reading: that civil unions/domestic partnerships are still available. Well, you know what, as "equal" as people love to claim this is, it's not. So I wish these Yes on 8 people would go work on making that equal, but they're not. They're just spreading lies.