Language Change in Prop 8 Begets Lawsuit

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Last week, Attorney General Jerry Brown's office changed the language on Proposition 8, the proposed California constitution amendment change that would ban gay marriage if a majority of voters cast a "yes" ballot for it in November. Now, the Yes on Prop 8 people are planning on filing a suit this morning to block the change.

The language change basically went from Prop 8 saying it was "to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California" to Prop 8 will "eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry."

A Protect Marriage coalition spokeswoman told the LA Times that the new language is "inherently argumentative" and that it could "prejudice voters against the initiative." The coalition's website still states the old language.

But Attorney General Brown says the change was necessary to reflect the legalization of gay marriage before the November ballot. When the proposition was submitted to the state, same-sex marriage was not yet legal and was in the hands of California Supreme Court justices, therefore the wording made sense. Now that it is legal, the wording had to be changed. The lawsuit hopes to reverse it back to the original wording.

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I just got an e-mail from Equality California...

http://www.eqca.org

Saying the Pacific Gas and Electric has donated $250,000 to the No on Prop 8 campaign!

Yea PG&E!!!

We must never forget the following ten reasons to reject same sex marriage;

  1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
  2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
  3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
  4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
  5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
  6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
  7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
  8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
  9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
  10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

I don't remember where I got this, but it rings so true!

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I gotta C&P that one!

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