We have our work cut out for us now, here in California. We have five months in which to kick that proposed state constitutional amendment out to the curb, and this is a more conservative state than some folks realize. Our rural sector is conservative, as are huge parts of urban areas of southern California. It's going to be a fight.
Sigh. Yeah. I've heard that from others in CA, and your informed feedback substantiates the rumors: this just isn't gonna be as easy as lefties elsewhere think.
What, in your opinion, can advocates outside the state do, if anything?
Echoing Q's question - are there organizations spearheading the effort to whom we can send money or something?
(Because what I really want to do is go stand outside county courthouses and congratulate the hell out of everybody walking in and out, whether they're getting marriage licenses or paying a traffic citation, but that's less practical.)
Other than that, the only thing I can think of offhand for out of state people to do is to continue to create the climate that it's ridiculous to disallow someone a partner and the legal rights of marriage on account of their sex. Spread the word. Let people who are undecided know about people like Del and Phyllis, and the woman I mentioned in my own LJ who got married while saddled with late-stage breast cancer, and ask why they shouldn't be married, really.
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What, in your opinion, can advocates outside the state do, if anything?
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(Because what I really want to do is go stand outside county courthouses and congratulate the hell out of everybody walking in and out, whether they're getting marriage licenses or paying a traffic citation, but that's less practical.)
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http://www.eqca.org/
Other than that, the only thing I can think of offhand for out of state people to do is to continue to create the climate that it's ridiculous to disallow someone a partner and the legal rights of marriage on account of their sex. Spread the word. Let people who are undecided know about people like Del and Phyllis, and the woman I mentioned in my own LJ who got married while saddled with late-stage breast cancer, and ask why they shouldn't be married, really.
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