No on 8 (California Constitutional Amendment to eliminate the right of same sex couples to marry)

[trolleypup]

I was talking to a passenger a couple days ago, an out gay man, who had been walking a sign around...and he said his parent had been planning on voting for 8. It wasn't until he pointed out that a mere 12 years before he was born, they couldn't legally marry in California, until another activist California court decided on Brown vs. Lippold. My

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[yayskittles]

You know, I've finally managed to convert my mom to being, if not pro-gay marriage, at least not against it... too late, because she voted for the Ohio amendment to ban it, but still.

And in all of the fights I've had with her about it, I NEVER ONCE thought to remind her that the law would have prohibited her from marrying my dad if she had tried it 20 years sooner.

Shame, that.

It just amazes me that, not only was that battle won so recently, but also that this one is still being fought. Just... completely amazes.

[trolleypup]

Yup.

[yayskittles]

Amazement turns to fury:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlItG4raicA

[trolleypup]

Well, the official campaign is using video without the permission of either the owner or the children who appear in it...

[dianyla]

That is so fucking disturbing.

[yayskittles]

I think it qualifies as child abuse.