California is really PISSING me off today. More Prop 8 CRAP!!!
Proposition 8 created a confusing, irrational, and unequal situation that has left too many same-sex couples confused about where they stand.
The legal uncertainty around their marriage has left couples like Jason Folkman and his husband Victor Seguritan of San Diego in a precarious situation:
"When we married in 2004 in Massachusetts, we were living in New York. We moved to California in August 2008 as a married couple. At that time, we were considered to be legally married. Now, since Prop. 8 passed, we don't even know the status of our marriage."
Take action so that couples who were married out of state will know where they stand in California.
EQCA is the sponsor of SB 54, the Marriage Recognition and Family Protection Act. Authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), SB 54 will affirm that couples who married outside the state prior to the passage of Prop. 8 are still married- and those who marry out-of-state in the future won’t be treated as complete legal strangers in California.
The bill is squarely in line with the California Supreme Court’s rulings. Yet, anti-equality forces are already hard at work attacking this fair-minded measure. They are trying to defeat this bill with all the might and vigor they can muster.
Email your legislators and the Governor today, and ask them to support SB 54. If you’re a member of EQCA’s Action Center, simply reply to this email. Or, take action online at http://www.eqca.org/takeaction.
Until the freedom to marry is restored for same-sex couples, EQCA will continually try and untangle the legal dilemma Prop. 8 created.
Take action now to stop Prop. 8 from hurting LGBT families more than it already has.
In solidarity,
Geoff Kors
Executive Director
Equality California
P.S. Find our more about the Marriage Recognition and Family Protection Act >