Yes, gay people's lives are about to be "voted on" again next week. -- In 2 states.
1.
On Tuesday, November 3, Maine voters go to the ballot box regarding whether or not to repeal gay marriage -- called "Question 1". This was legally passed via state legislature and a governor's signature.
Almost $3 million was raised to run negative ads (most of it centering on children; as in the little girl running home saying "Mommy. mommy, we read a story today where a prince marries a prince... and the teacher said someday I can marry a PRINCESS!"... CUT TO: Mommy's horrified reaction), and over half of this money was given by the National Organization for Marriage -- this is the group that tried to make an Anita Bryant-like spokesperson out of Miss California; and the group that spearheaded CA's "Yes on 8" campaign.
The California Prop 8 / Maine Question 1 "Echo Chamber":
YouTube - Yes on 1 Everything to do with children Echo Chamber
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2.
Washington state is also voting on Nov. 3 on "Referendum 71". The state legislature signed a comprehensive domestic partnership bill into law -- they call it the "everything but marriage" law; meaning, it's not called marriage and I thought that's what some conservatives wanted -- but enough signatures were collected to "vote" on whether domestic partnerships laws, which were legally passed in the first place, should be extended to s/s couples.
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Here's a cute parody of the National Organization for Marriage's commercial "The Gathering Storm":
YouTube - The Best Parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" Ad
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Also: Some guy in CA, John Marcotte, is trying to collect enough signatures to get his "California Protection of Marriage Act" onto the ballot. I think it's a goof, but this ballot measure seeks to ban divorce. His argument is that divorce is a bigger threat to traditional marriage than gay marriage is. It'll be nice to see this actually get enough sigs to qualify.
1.
On Tuesday, November 3, Maine voters go to the ballot box regarding whether or not to repeal gay marriage -- called "Question 1". This was legally passed via state legislature and a governor's signature.
Almost $3 million was raised to run negative ads (most of it centering on children; as in the little girl running home saying "Mommy. mommy, we read a story today where a prince marries a prince... and the teacher said someday I can marry a PRINCESS!"... CUT TO: Mommy's horrified reaction), and over half of this money was given by the National Organization for Marriage -- this is the group that tried to make an Anita Bryant-like spokesperson out of Miss California; and the group that spearheaded CA's "Yes on 8" campaign.
The California Prop 8 / Maine Question 1 "Echo Chamber":
YouTube - Yes on 1 Everything to do with children Echo Chamber
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2.
Washington state is also voting on Nov. 3 on "Referendum 71". The state legislature signed a comprehensive domestic partnership bill into law -- they call it the "everything but marriage" law; meaning, it's not called marriage and I thought that's what some conservatives wanted -- but enough signatures were collected to "vote" on whether domestic partnerships laws, which were legally passed in the first place, should be extended to s/s couples.
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Here's a cute parody of the National Organization for Marriage's commercial "The Gathering Storm":
YouTube - The Best Parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" Ad
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Also: Some guy in CA, John Marcotte, is trying to collect enough signatures to get his "California Protection of Marriage Act" onto the ballot. I think it's a goof, but this ballot measure seeks to ban divorce. His argument is that divorce is a bigger threat to traditional marriage than gay marriage is. It'll be nice to see this actually get enough sigs to qualify.