--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not gay but I am sure voting AGAINST Proposition 8 here in > California. A few years back Californians voted to allow same sex > marriage
"Californians voted to allow..." Bhairitu, that means that Californians voted on a proposition or in a referendum on that question (you didn't write that California's legislature voted to allow it). I was not aware that Californians voted on this question. Could you please tell me when Californians voted to allow same sex marriage? > and now a bunch of religious fundies want to put an amendment > in the California constitution banning it. That is essentially a step > towards destroying equality and taking away given rights from a group. > What harm is there in allowing gays to marry anyway! > > It is pretty much a given that Obama will win this state and I also > believe he'll win the country but if Prop 8 passes then you'll see riots > of a different kind in California. You'll see unnecessary pain being > given to people who genuinely love each other and exercised their right > to marry in this state. Is everyone else getting as tired as I am of a > small group of religious fundamentalists pushing their stinking outdated > beliefs on the public? ( Of course I know I'm preaching to the choir here). >
