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The Yes on 8/Protect Marriage campaign that wishes to see Proposition 8 (eliminates same sex marriage) succeed began to put out facts regarding marriage. "From now until November 4 we will be providing you facts and/or talking points to be used in spreading the word about the importance of voting YES on Proposition 8," their e-mail newsletter said. Their first fact is this:
Prop. 8 is About Preserving Marriage; It’s Not an Attack on the Gay Lifestyle. Proposition 8 doesn’t take away any rights or benefits from gays or lesbians in domestic partnerships. Under California law, “domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections and benefits” as married spouses. (Family Code §297.5.) There are no exceptions. Proposition 8 will not change this.
But how true is that? We asked No on Prop 8 campaign manager Campaign Manager Dale Kelly Bankhead, who we quoted for the headline of this post. "There are significant legal differences between domestic partnerships and marriage. For example, public employees cannot obtain long-term health care benefits for their domestic partners, whereas they can do so for spouses," Bankhead explained in an e-mail.
"In our society, domestic partners are not treated with the same automatic recognition and respect as legally married spouses," he continued. "For example, in medical emergencies, it is not at all uncommon for the attending staff to deny a domestic partner the same recognition as a spouse. They may refuse to allow partners to ride in an ambulance or be in the emergency room with their injured or ill loved one, or to make crucial life or death decisions for them. Part of the protection marriage provides is that everyone automatically understands and knows what it means to be married. In contrast, many people do not know or understand what it means to be in a domestic partnership."
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Ron Prentice Gets Rich Fighting Gay Marriage
Ron Prentice is CEO of the California Family Council and Chairman of ProtectMarriage.com, the committee behind Prop 8 (the folks working to ban gay marriage in California).
Ron is set to be be honored at the Values Voter Summit 2008 (September 12-14) with Focus on the Family Action's Family Champion Award.
Justin McLachlan has broken a major story in the Proposition 8 battle: California Family Council contributions have mostly been spent on the generous salaries that Ron pays himself and his staff.
So far, there’ve been about a dozen news and blog pieces that have appeared online referencing Justin’s research into Ron Prentice and his shady management of donor funds.
Folks volunteering for and making contributions to the “Yes on 8″ campaign should be aware that the operatives running the show have a track record of using contributions to generously reward themselves.
Notice how none of these big-timey defenders-of-marriage say nothin'-on-nothin' about halting ACTUAL DIVORCE, which is a REAL threat to EXISTING marriages. They're just a bunch of hypocritical gay-bashers; lots of 'em probably believe in a flat earth, that Fred Flintstone hung out with dinos, and that boughten bread is a sin.
The Bible clearly states that: ( thanks "netamigo )
"I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must remain silent." (I Tim 2:12)
Why isn't the religious right railing to take away the rights of women then?...
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and with sincerity of heart just as you would obey Christ." (Eph. 6:5)
Why isn't the religious right trying to bring back slavery??
I'll tell you why... because it would effect THEM !!...
Gay people have become the target for the religious right... the hypocrisy is OUTRAGEOUS!!... Conveniently though... if the Bible says something that they'd like to ignore... they simply do... and get on with the business of fighting the big bad gays... please... get a life, and let others have theirs...