Yes on 8 (for an amendment to CA state constitution BANNING gay marriage) adverts have been running and certainly seem like fear mongering:
2nd. Graders will be taught about gay marriage and parents will not have a say-- or be able to withdraw their kids from class--it's happened in Massachusetts!!!
Churches will lose tax-exempt status!!!
People will be sued over their religious beliefs!!!
Ads are paid for by out-of-state money from Mormons in Utah and Knights of Columbus in Connecticut. (They had more money for a while until Apple recently tipped it the other way.)
No on 8 donors were sent letters threatening that their names and businesses would be published and circulated unless they gave equal donations to Yes on 8... (it's next to extortion, but legal).
Meanwhile, the sky has not fallen and people have been quietly getting married here. I'm hoping reason and tolerance will triumph over bigotry and discrimination, but who knows? We'll see how it goes on Election Day, I guess...
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Date: 2008-10-31 02:54 am (UTC)2nd. Graders will be taught about gay marriage and parents will not have a say-- or be able to withdraw their kids from class--it's happened in Massachusetts!!!
Churches will lose tax-exempt status!!!
People will be sued over their religious beliefs!!!
Ads are paid for by out-of-state money from Mormons in Utah and Knights of Columbus in Connecticut. (They had more money for a while until Apple recently tipped it the other way.)
No on 8 donors were sent letters threatening that their names and businesses would be published and circulated unless they gave equal donations to Yes on 8... (it's next to extortion, but legal).
Meanwhile, the sky has not fallen and people have been quietly getting married here. I'm hoping reason and tolerance will triumph over bigotry and discrimination, but who knows? We'll see how it goes on Election Day, I guess...