No on Prop 8
If Proposition 8 passes, it would add language to the CA State Constitution stating that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
As we go to the polls in a few weeks time, friends, let us please remember to vote NO on Proposition 8. Keep in mind that voting no will allow California's gay and lesbian couples to have the same civil liberties as hetero couples. We are ALL entitled to equality under the law, and for the GLBT community, this above all an issue of morality and human rights. No, Ms. Palin, homosexuality is NOT a choice. We cannot simply be "tolerant" of our gay friends. Tolerant is what you are to the guy picking food from his teeth next to you in the elevator. .
Friends, please think about your own choices this November. Vote No on Prop 8.
This week's notable press bits regarding Prop 8:
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Palin's remarks:
"One of my absolute best friends for the past 30 years happens to be gay ... I love her dearly. She is not my gay friend -- she is one of my best friends. She happens to have made a choice that isn’t a choice that I would have made.” (From the 2nd interview with Katie Couric on CBS Evening News.)
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"To his credit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is now among those opposing Proposition 8. To his discredit, John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, is in favor of restoring marriage discrimination. Barack Obama opposes the initiative, as do California’s senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both Democrats." (From the Opinion page, September 28, 2008, in The New York Times.)
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Google Comes Out Against California's Proposition 8
Search engine behemoth Google does not typically make political endorsements. But it did recently when company cofounder Sergey Brin made a post on a Google blog Friday that stated opposition to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that could take away same-sex marriage rights in California.
Wrote Brin: "As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.
"However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."
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It's interesting to see the little giant give its 2 cents on the matter. Kudos, Google.
In other news, work is a drag sometimes. It's not entirely a bad thing however. The hours just fly by each day and before I know it I'm home waiting for Alan to get home from piano lessons so we can eat dinner. It's quite an adjustment now working 7-3:30p when a large portion of the last school year and nearly all summer I was spending all my free moments swimming or going to Barnes & Noble with Alan, napping, and watching cooking shows when it struck my fancy.
Also, my new little pup Eliot is learning some new commands. I can't wait to enroll her in a doggie obedience class so I can worry less about the possibilities of her running into a busy street and not being able to get her to stay or come back. I bet the cat will love it when I can get Eliot to learn the words "leave it" so the dog stops bothering her. -_- '
Udon, mochi, and pocky night, anyone?
As we go to the polls in a few weeks time, friends, let us please remember to vote NO on Proposition 8. Keep in mind that voting no will allow California's gay and lesbian couples to have the same civil liberties as hetero couples. We are ALL entitled to equality under the law, and for the GLBT community, this above all an issue of morality and human rights. No, Ms. Palin, homosexuality is NOT a choice. We cannot simply be "tolerant" of our gay friends. Tolerant is what you are to the guy picking food from his teeth next to you in the elevator. .
Friends, please think about your own choices this November. Vote No on Prop 8.
This week's notable press bits regarding Prop 8:
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Palin's remarks:
"One of my absolute best friends for the past 30 years happens to be gay ... I love her dearly. She is not my gay friend -- she is one of my best friends. She happens to have made a choice that isn’t a choice that I would have made.” (From the 2nd interview with Katie Couric on CBS Evening News.)
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"To his credit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is now among those opposing Proposition 8. To his discredit, John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, is in favor of restoring marriage discrimination. Barack Obama opposes the initiative, as do California’s senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both Democrats." (From the Opinion page, September 28, 2008, in The New York Times.)
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Google Comes Out Against California's Proposition 8
Search engine behemoth Google does not typically make political endorsements. But it did recently when company cofounder Sergey Brin made a post on a Google blog Friday that stated opposition to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that could take away same-sex marriage rights in California.
Wrote Brin: "As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.
"However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."
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It's interesting to see the little giant give its 2 cents on the matter. Kudos, Google.
In other news, work is a drag sometimes. It's not entirely a bad thing however. The hours just fly by each day and before I know it I'm home waiting for Alan to get home from piano lessons so we can eat dinner. It's quite an adjustment now working 7-3:30p when a large portion of the last school year and nearly all summer I was spending all my free moments swimming or going to Barnes & Noble with Alan, napping, and watching cooking shows when it struck my fancy.
Also, my new little pup Eliot is learning some new commands. I can't wait to enroll her in a doggie obedience class so I can worry less about the possibilities of her running into a busy street and not being able to get her to stay or come back. I bet the cat will love it when I can get Eliot to learn the words "leave it" so the dog stops bothering her. -_- '
Udon, mochi, and pocky night, anyone?