What we are up to right now is YES ON PROP 8 in California !!!!
Dear Family & Friends,
Please take a minute to watch and study the video clips and articles below. In our state (California) this November, a very important proposition is on the ballot. I am actively working with many others to get as many people to vote YES for Proposition 8. But before you decide, please watch the video clips and read the article to better understand the consequences to your family and mine if Proposition 8 fails.
This proposition is NOT about limiting rights for anyone. In California we have civil unions which guarantee same sex couples are not discriminated against and at least most of the rights of couples in traditional marriage. Legislature has already been proposed to give same sex partnerships equal rights, which is not enough for the groups opposing prop 8. If prop 8 does not pass we will have great infringments on our religious freedom and our rights to raise our children as we see fit.
I have seen several videos and other material on this subject. Below the clips and article are listed six consequences if Proposition 8 fails.
Check out these videos -
Tell your catholic friends to go to - www.catholicvote.com - they have such a fabulous video there, you will love it, it can bring you to tears !!!!!
Go to www.iprotectmarriage.com and this site has lots of stuff but the best is the link at the top that says The Fine Line and it takes you to a 1/1/2 hour church meeting but they say what you need to hear within the 1st 10 minutes. It is pretty impressive.
Another great article on this issue is at -
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-divine-institution-of-marriage
What is happening in Massachusetts and will happen here if Prop 8 doesn't pass - http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1815820715?bctid=1822459319
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko2-EQss0V4 - this one is almost funny
Same sex marriage doesn’t effect me so why should I be against it?
This one is really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy639NFMngM
If you care about your gay friends, you want them to be happy and that might mean marrying the person they love. Telling them they can’t get married isn’t very loving is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C87NqA6-2zg
Why shouldn't homosexuals have the same right to marry according to their orientation?
If people were allowed to marry according to their orientation then
Pedofiles would have to be allowed to be married
Why can’t a man marry his horse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GpoWm89GSY
Isn’t banning homosexual marriage like banning interracial marriage?
A good response to a troubling question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10mNIVhGrnY
Six Consequences If Proposition 8 Fails -
1. Children in public schools will be taught that both traditional marriage and same-sex marriage are okay.
The California Education Code already requires that health education classes instruct children about marriage. (§51890)
Therefore, if the definition of marriage is changed, children will be taught that marriage is a relation between any two adults. There will be serious clashes between the secular school system and the right of parents to teach their children their own values and beliefs.
2. Churches will be sued if they refuse to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their religious buildings that are open to the public. Ask whether your pastor, priest, minister, bishop, or rabbi is ready to perform such marriages in your chapels and sanctuaries.
3. Religious adoption agencies will be challenged by government agencies to give up their long-held right to place children only in homes with both a mother and a father. Catholic Charities in Boston has already closed its doors because of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
4. Religions that sponsor private schools and which provide housing for married students will be required to provide housing for same-sex couples, even if it runs counter to church doctrine, or lose tax exemptions and benefits.
5. Ministers who preach against same-sex marriages will be sued for hate speech and could be fined by the government. It has already happened in Canada, one of six countries that have legalized gay marriage.
6. It will cost you money. A change in the definition of marriage will bring a cascade of lawsuits. Even if courts eventually find in favor of a defender of traditional marriage (highly improbable given today's activist judges), think of the money – your money, your church contributions – that will have to be spent on legal fees.
And think of all the unintended consequences that we cannot even foresee at this time. Where will it end?
It's your children, your grandchildren, your money, and your liberties.
Lets work together to protect them.
With our friends the Ostergars - Alan IV, Jane, Adam, Cathy - at the Long Beach airport.
Calvin James Hale
14 years ago
