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I am furious.  Came in to look at this blog and found a big fat “Yes on 8″ banner at the top.  (If it’s gone by the time you read this — Good!)

Here’s the counter-post.

California’s Prop. 8, if passed, will impose a constitutional ban on marriage between any persons other than a man and a woman in California.  Prop. 8 will in no way protect or support existing, traditional heterosexual marriages (that task is still up to the couples involved).

What Prop. 8 would do is carve a restriction on civil rights into the state constitution.   This would set a horrendous precedent that could lead to various civil rights crackdowns in the future — and not just in California.  Make no mistake, this initiative is being watched worldwide.

There is increasing evidence that homosexuality has a genetic basis.  It appears that gender preference is an inborn trait, like gender itself, or the color of our skin, hair and eyes.

Be that as it may, religion is currently protected under the state constitution.  While one may be born into a religion, or belong to an ethnic group that has practiced the same religion for centuries or millenia, religion is not an inborn trait like gender or ethnicity.  Yet, the freedom to practice (or not practice) any and all religions is a protected right.

Prop. 8 would select one group of individuals for restricted civil liberties.

Prop. 8 is bigotry, pure and simple.

Fellow Californians, the world is watching.  Vote NO on Prop. 8.

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