Prop 8: not what I'd call pro-family

Somebody please help me figure this out. If religious conservatives are "pro-family" and "pro-marriage," why would they want to prevent two people that love each other and are committed to each other from getting married and forming a family? It makes no sense. Gays and lesbians aren't going anywhere. They will continue to live among us. Let's stick up for ALL families and make sure that Californians don't take away their right to marry. If you feel so inclined, please donate to No on 8. If you live in California, get out this weekend and help make sure that people know what's on the line.

And here's the best ad the campaign has made yet. Samuel L. Jackson narrates:



Just one more Prop 8-related thing. Fifty-nine law professors in California have signed a statement that tells the truth about what Prop 8 means for religious groups and for families. Check it out. Excerpts from that statement:

Proposition 8, on the ballot this November, proposes a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to marry that same-sex couples in California currently possess. We recognize that people of integrity can differ in their views of the meaning of marriage. But people who want to take the right to marry away from same-sex couples should not rely on misleading claims about the current state of the law or about what Proposition 8 will do. As professors who teach and write about constitutional law, family law, and related subjects, we emphasize the following basic points. First, Proposition 8 would change existing California law and would require the state to discriminate against gay men and lesbians. Proposition 8 would forbid government officials from according gay men and lesbians a fundamental right they now enjoy and that all other adults in California will continue to enjoy: the right to marry a person of their choice.

Second, the claim that Proposition 8 is necessary to protect the tax exemptions of churches that refuse to solemnize or recognize marriages between same-sex couples is also false. As the Supreme Court of California made clear in its decision in the Marriage Cases, “affording same-sex couples the opportunity to obtain the designation of marriage will not impinge upon the religious freedom of any religious organization, official, or any other person; no religion will be required to change its religious policies or practices with regard to same-sex couples, and no religious officiant will be required to solemnize a marriage in contravention of his or her religious beliefs.”

Third, the claim that Proposition 8 is necessary to prevent public schools from teaching issues relating to marriage by same-sex couples to children whose parents oppose that instruction is false. Existing California law already provides parents with an absolute right to review all materials provided as part of a school’s comprehensive sexual health education program and to have their children excused from participation.

That's the truth, folks. Let's protect marriage equality.