an open letter - stop the hate
i just sent the following email to many of my out of town friends and family. please help make an impact!
Hey y'all,
Sorry about all of the mass emails, but this is important.
On 4 Nov, we celebrated the win of President-elect Obama (damn that sounds amazing to say), but three states also passed anti-gay ballot measures. The passing of Prop 8 (California), Prop 2 (Florida), and Prop 102 (Arizona) were all devastating losses, funded by out of state "religious" groups (thank you Mormon Church and Knights of Columbus), and were campaigns based on lies, scare tacticts, bigotry, and deception. It saddens me that this country seemed so ready for real change, but then passes these three ballot measures (four, if you count Arkansas' anti-adoption one).
Here in San Francisco, we are not taking this loss as a total defeat. There have been numerous protests since election day, threats of lawsuits (is it really constitutional to discriminate?), and dialogue.
This Saturday (15 Nov), these protests are going NATIONWIDE! Join the Impact has organized simultaneous protests starting at 1030am Pacific Time/1130am MST/1230pm CST/130pm EST at city halls across the country. Here is a list of protests thus far - more will be added throughout the week. ( list of protests here. ).
It would mean a LOT to me and the 48% in California who voted against Prop 8 if you could fit it into your busy schedule to go out to your local protest on Saturday. The more people who show up, the more impact this cause will have. We ALL (gay, straight, bi, trans, etc) need to send a strong message to this nation, to the voters who voted "yes" on these ballot measures, and to the churches/religious organizations who funded this campaign for hate that homophobia, hate, and inequality no longer has a place here.
If this is the one protest you attend this year, I (almost) beg of y'all to do the right thing on Saturday and protest the hate that has won out last week (and celebrate the Obama victory, of course). I will be at the San Francisco one.
Thanks, y'all!
xoxo
Karen
PS- Please pass this on to your friends and relatives.
Hey y'all,
Sorry about all of the mass emails, but this is important.
On 4 Nov, we celebrated the win of President-elect Obama (damn that sounds amazing to say), but three states also passed anti-gay ballot measures. The passing of Prop 8 (California), Prop 2 (Florida), and Prop 102 (Arizona) were all devastating losses, funded by out of state "religious" groups (thank you Mormon Church and Knights of Columbus), and were campaigns based on lies, scare tacticts, bigotry, and deception. It saddens me that this country seemed so ready for real change, but then passes these three ballot measures (four, if you count Arkansas' anti-adoption one).
Here in San Francisco, we are not taking this loss as a total defeat. There have been numerous protests since election day, threats of lawsuits (is it really constitutional to discriminate?), and dialogue.
This Saturday (15 Nov), these protests are going NATIONWIDE! Join the Impact has organized simultaneous protests starting at 1030am Pacific Time/1130am MST/1230pm CST/130pm EST at city halls across the country. Here is a list of protests thus far - more will be added throughout the week. ( list of protests here. ).
It would mean a LOT to me and the 48% in California who voted against Prop 8 if you could fit it into your busy schedule to go out to your local protest on Saturday. The more people who show up, the more impact this cause will have. We ALL (gay, straight, bi, trans, etc) need to send a strong message to this nation, to the voters who voted "yes" on these ballot measures, and to the churches/religious organizations who funded this campaign for hate that homophobia, hate, and inequality no longer has a place here.
If this is the one protest you attend this year, I (almost) beg of y'all to do the right thing on Saturday and protest the hate that has won out last week (and celebrate the Obama victory, of course). I will be at the San Francisco one.
Thanks, y'all!
xoxo
Karen
PS- Please pass this on to your friends and relatives.