Here are MY views!!!

Well we all know that yesterday was one of the biggest days in history. An african american was announced The President Of The United States. America has come so far.. On the other hand I hope that people just didnt vote for Obama just because we were going to make history. I hope it was for all of his policies and promises.

I personally, Voted for John McCain. I believe he could have been a great president along with Sarah Palin.

I voted for him because of the following:

1. Off Shore Drilling.
2. Social Policy.
3. Gun Control.
4. Abortion.
5. Sex Education & Birth Control.

I can go on and on about this but it will take me forever and this blog will be pages long :)

Now on to other items

PROPOSITION 8

I voted NO on Prop 8. I believe that a marriage is between two people in LOVE. I dont think it is fair that people/the gov't can/should tell you who you can and cannot marry. Proposition 8 eliminated fundamental rights for a group of Californians. It’s unfair and it’s wrong.


Here are some FACT VS. FICTION:

Fiction: Prop 8 doesn’t discriminate against gay people.

Fact: Prop 8 is simple: it eliminates the rights for same-sex couples to marry. Prop 8 would deny equal protections and write discrimination against one group of people—lesbian and gay people—into our state constitution.


Fiction: Teaching children about same-sex marriage will happen here unless we pass Prop 8.

Fact: Not one word in Prop 8 mentions education. And no child can be forced, against the will of their parents, to be taught anything about health and family issues at school. California law prohibits it.California’s top educators including Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell and California Teachers all agree: Prop 8 has nothing to do with education.


Fiction: Churches could lose their tax-exemption status.

Fact: The court decision regarding marriage specifically says “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.”


Fiction: A Massachusetts case about a parent’s objection to the school curriculum will happen here.

Fact: California gives parents an absolute right to remove their kids and opt-out of teaching on health and family instruction they don’t agree with. The opponents know that California law already covers this and Prop 8 won’t affect it, so they bring up an irrelevant case in Massachusetts.


Fiction: Four Activist Judges in San Francisco…

Fact: Prop 8 is about eliminating a fundamental right. Judges didn’t grant the right, the constitution guarantees the right. Proponents of Prop 8 use an outdated and stale argument that judges aren’t supposed to protect rights and freedoms. Prop 8 is about whether Californians are willing to amend the constitution for the sole purpose of eliminating a fundamental right for one group of citizens.


Fiction: If Prop 8 isn’t passed, people can be sued over personal beliefs..

Fact: California’s laws already prohibit discrimination against anyone based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. This has nothing to do with marriage.


Fiction: Pepperdine University supports the Yes on 8 campaign.

Fact: The University has publicly disassociated itself from Professor Richard Peterson of Pepperdine University, who is featured in the ad, and has asked to not be identified in the Yes on 8 advertisements.


Fiction: Unless Prop 8 passes, California parents won’t have the right to object to what their children are taught in school.

Fact: California law clearly gives parents and guardians broad authority to remove their children from any health instruction if it conflicts with their religious beliefs or moral convictions.


So there you have it. I still cant believe that just because they are NOT LIKE YOU or dont have YOUR SAME BELIEFS that you should descriminate.


Question for all of you...

WHAT IF YOUR CHILD CAME UP TO YOU AND SAID THAT HE/SHE WANTED TO MARRY THERE SAME SEX PARTNER. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?



HERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPPOSE PROP 8....


Newspapers
Alameda Times Star – “No on 8”
Asian Week – “No on Prop 8”
Bakersfield Californian – “Vote NO on Prop 8”
Bohemian – “Proposition 8 eliminates rights”
California Aggie – “No on Prop 8”
Chico Enterprise Record – “Flawed measure should be rejected”
Chico News and Review – “How is marriage protected by intimidating gay and lesbian people?”
City on a Hill Press – “All Americans deserve freedom and fairness: NO on 8”
Contra Costa Times – “Reject Proposition 8”
Daily Californian – “No on Prop 8”
Daily Bruin – “Marriage should be available to everyone”
Daily Iowan – “California should Vote NO to marriage inequality”
Daily Nexus – “Don’t Hate: Vote No on 8”
Eureka Times-Standard – “Civil rights cannot and should not be decided at the ballot box: Vote NO on 8”
Fremont Argus – “No on 8”
Fresno Bee – “Constitution shouldn’t be used to restrict rights of same-sex couples”
Hayward Daily Review – “No on 8”
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – “Apply marriage rules equally”
Jewish Journal – “Religious “No!” to Proposition 8”
La Opinión – “Prop 8: An Unnecessary Proposal”
La Prensa San Diego – “We urge you to vote NO on Prop 8”
Long Beach Press-Telegram – “No on 8: The State has no business telling people who can get married”
Los Angeles City Watch – “Prop 8: Real people losing fundamental rights”
Los Angeles Daily News – “Reject Proposition 8. California is better than that.”
Los Angeles Downtown News – “Gays and lesbians deserve the right to marriage”
Los Angeles Times – “Reneging on a Right”
Marin Independent Journal – “Prop 8 eliminates the right of same sex couples to marry: Vote No”
Marysville Appeal Democrat – “It is only fair that we afford equal protection to all”
Merced Sun Star – “Vote No on Prop 8”
Milpitas Post – “This measure deserves a No vote”
Monterey Herald – “Same-sex marriages now are causing no problems”
New York Times – “Preserving California’s Constitution”
Napa Valley Register – “Vote No on Proposition 8”
Oakland Tribune – “Prop 8 would reduce basic human rights”
OC Register – “Revoking people’s right to marry has no place in California’s Constitution”
Palm Springs Desert Sun – “Reject the rejection of same-sex marriage”
Redding Record Searchlight – “Same sex vows cause no harm to our families”
Riverside Press Enterprise – “No on 8”
Sacramento Bee – “Californians should reject the call to exclude some people from marriage”
Sacramento News and Review – “We Strongly Oppose Prop 8”
San Diego City Beat – “The Prop 8 campaign is a big, rank pile of dung”
San Diego Union Tribune – “No on Prop 8”
San Francisco Bay Guardian – “Proposition 8, ban on same-sex marriage, NO NO NO”
San Francisco Business Journal – “Proposition 8’s defeat would be good for business”
San Francisco Chronicle – “Californians should reject proposition 8”
San Francisco Examiner – Why is Prop 8 even on the ballot?
San Gabriel Valley Tribune – “Vote No on Prop 8”
San Jose Mercury News – “Initiative against gay marriage must be defeated”
San Mateo County Times – “No on 8”
Santa Barbara Independent – “Prop 8 eliminates rights”
Santa Barbara News-Press – “No to Prop 8”
Santa Cruz Metro – “No on 8”
Santa Cruz Sentinel – “No on 8: Equal treatment under the law”
Santa Monica Mirror – “This is a No-Brainer: NO on Prop 8”
Santa Rosa Press Democrat – “Reneging on marriage rights makes second-class citizens”
Silicon Valley Metro – “No on 8”
Solano Tempest – “Prop. 8 discriminates unfairly”
Sonoma Index-Tribune – “Proposition 8 is movement in the wrong direction”
Stanford Daily – “Vote No on Prop 8”
Stockton Record – “We must not write discrimination into the California Constitution”
Torrance Daily Breeze – “The state is better off not redefining the moral issues related to marriage: No on 8”
Tracey Press – “We don’t like taking away civil rights, vote no on Proposition 8”
Tri Valley Herald – “No on 8”
Vacaville Reporter – “Protect equal rights: Vote NO on Prop 8”
Ventura County Star – “Proposition 8 denies rights, ‘No’ vote stands for fairness”
Victorville Daily Press – “It is only fair that it afford equal protection to all”
Visalia Times-Delta – “Prop 8 takes from rights of others”
Ukiah Daily Journal – “Prop 8 and its proponents are wrong”
Whittier Daily – “No on Prop 8” News


Faith Based Organizations

Affirming Spirits of the First Congregational United Church of Christ
All Saints Episcopal Church
Altadena Community Church United Church of Christ
Apple Seed Friends Meeting
Berkeley Fellowship Unitarian Universalists
Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC)
Beth El Congregation
Bloom in the Desert Ministries UCC/Methodist
Board of Rabbis of Southern California
Board of Trustees, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura
California Church IMPACT
California-Nevada Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA)
Call to Action / USA
Catholic Democrats of California
California Faith for Equality
Christ Chapel Metropolitan Community Church
Church of the Foothills
Claremont United Methodist Church
Clergy and Laity for Economic Justice Santa Barbara
Clergy United, Inc.
College Community Congregational Church, UCC
Community Church of Atascadero, UCC
Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Congregation Beth Am
Congregation Bet Haverim
Congregation Beth El
Congregation Church of Belmont UCC
Congregation Kol Ami
Council of Churches of Santa Clara County
The Ecumenical Catholic Church
Elk Grove United Methodist Church
The Episcopal Diocese of California
Fair Oaks United Methodist Church
First Congregational Church, Riverside
First Congregational United Church of Christ
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Diego
Golden Gate Association of the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ
Hollywood Lutheran Church
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation
Interfaith Clergy Coalition
Irvine United Congregational Church, UCC
Jewish Community Relations Council SF, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
LGBTQI Interfaith Clergy Council of Los Angeles
Lutherans Concerned – Los Angeles
Lutherans Concerned – North America
Metropolitan Community Church of the Coachella Valley
Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles
Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco
Metropolitan Community Church – Region 6
Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley
Ministry in Action Commission, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Mira Vista United Church of Christ
Mission Hills United Church of Christ
Mormons for Marriage
Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
Northern California Nevada Conference United Church of Christ
Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church
Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis
Pacific Central District of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Pacific School of Religion
Pacific Southwest District, Unitarian Universalist Association
Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Pilgrim United Church of Christ of Carlsbad
Progressive Jewish Alliance
Redlands United Church of Christ
Region One Metropolitan Community Church
Sacramento Call to Action
Saint Aidan’s Episcopal Church
Saint Paul Lutheran Church
San Marino Congressional UCC
Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society
Social Justice Committee, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
Starr King School for the Ministry
Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Stone Church of Willow Glen
Temple Adat Shalom
Temple Isaiah
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion
The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist
The Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego
The Southern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ
The Workmen’s Circle – Arbeter Ring
Union for Reform Judaism – Pacific Southwest Council
Union for Reform Judaism – Pacific Central West Council
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis
Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno
Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Monica
Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City
Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
Unitarian Universalist Community Church – Sacramento
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Santa Rosa
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Los Gatos
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Louis Obispo County, Board of Trustees
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tuolmne County
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Visalia
Unitarian Universalist Laguna Beach – Board of Trustees
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, CA
Unitarian Universalist of Santa Clarita Valley
Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
United Methodist Church of Davis
Valley Ministries MCC
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