pass it on
(Via rubynye)
So in my home state of California, the courts recently decided it is unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples marriage.
I'm still in a state of disbelief, personally- when I first heard about it, for some reason I thought that they were just overturning DOMA: no longer legally defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but still not taking the leap to legalizing gay marriage- a positive step, but effectively changing nothing. But apparently no: on June 14th, 2008, gay couples will actually be able to get married. Like, for real. It hasn't really sunk in; I keep waiting for someone to jump out and yell "Psych!"
Or "Constitutional Amendment!"
The second, of course, is happening- the Governator is getting lots of calls from people who are not terribly keen on The Gays and our perverted desire for legally supported monogamy.
So please, call and give your support for gay marriage. You don't have to be from California; you don't even have to talk to anyone- it's entirely automated and takes about three minutes.
The number is 1-916-445-2841; press 1, 5, 1 to get to the particular issue, then press 1 if you want to support upholding the court decision and are against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. You have to wait until they read the menu options- you can't just press 1-5-1 before hearing anything- but it's still really easy. Please pass this on.
So in my home state of California, the courts recently decided it is unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples marriage.
I'm still in a state of disbelief, personally- when I first heard about it, for some reason I thought that they were just overturning DOMA: no longer legally defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but still not taking the leap to legalizing gay marriage- a positive step, but effectively changing nothing. But apparently no: on June 14th, 2008, gay couples will actually be able to get married. Like, for real. It hasn't really sunk in; I keep waiting for someone to jump out and yell "Psych!"
Or "Constitutional Amendment!"
The second, of course, is happening- the Governator is getting lots of calls from people who are not terribly keen on The Gays and our perverted desire for legally supported monogamy.
So please, call and give your support for gay marriage. You don't have to be from California; you don't even have to talk to anyone- it's entirely automated and takes about three minutes.
The number is 1-916-445-2841; press 1, 5, 1 to get to the particular issue, then press 1 if you want to support upholding the court decision and are against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. You have to wait until they read the menu options- you can't just press 1-5-1 before hearing anything- but it's still really easy. Please pass this on.