From today's LA Times, they are talking about my recent marriage:
Proposition 8 would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman, but the measure does not address what would happen to the estimated 16,000 same-sex couples who have tied the knot since gay marriage became legal in California on June 17.
If voters next week approve the initiative to ban gay nuptials, legal analysts on both sides of the measure predict that a period of "legal chaos" will ensue, with the legality of same-sex marriages performed between June and November suddenly in doubt...
Because a challenge to existing marriages would raise novel questions, no one is certain how the courts would rule. Two family law scholars interviewed by The Times predicted that the marriages would remain intact, while five constitutional scholars were divided over which side the law favors.
Update:
Saturday, November 1, 2008, while those in favor of amending the state constitution to eliminate same-sex marriage are gathering at [San Diego's] Qualcomm Stadium to pray for the passage of Proposition 8, marriage equality proponents will be holding a vigil of their own. Beginning at 8:45 pm on Saturday, November 1st signs and candles will be distributed at the San Diego LGBT Center (3909 Center Street). At 9pm, No on 8 supporters will line up on University Avenue through Hillcrest.
What can you do? Well, if you are near San Diego, go participate in the vigil to counter the publicity given to the Christianist bigots at the stadium. Call, email, write your friends. Join the phone banks. And donate so that the opposition can't hog the airwaves this weekend with their out-of-state riches.
IT, regardless of the vote on Tuesday, you and BP are married.
ReplyDeleteThe horse cannot be put back in the barn after the barn has burned down.
Everyone loves the photo of you two and the roses which sits on my living room table. It's started many good conversations.
Also, I finally put a NO sign in my front garden. I should have done it months ago.
As I mentioned before, the California Secretary of State's website updates daily the identity of donors and the amount of the the donations to the organizations supporting and opposing Prop. 8, where the donations are at least $1000.
ReplyDeleteYesterday, the vast majority of donations in support of Prop. 8 came from outside California, largely from Texas, with a number of donations from Idaho, Utah, and New Mexico. Most donations in opposition to Prop. 8 are from California. Yesterday's geographical origins of the donations for and against Prop. 8 has been the norm for quite awhile.
I've become very resentful, frankly, of people from these states trying to cram their views down the throats of the people who live here in California.
If we tried to cram our views down their throats they'd be screaming bloody murder.
There's something profoundly un-Chrisian about treating the Golden Rule as a one-way street.
There are No on 8 rallies being held by people of faith all around California.
ReplyDelete[Dang. I only heard about it as an email: no link. Ergo, here it is, at length]
A Call to
People of Faith to
Stand Together for
Equality and Justice
Solidarity and justice are core values of every major faith tradition in the world. Every faith calls its followers to treat others as you want to be treated. This weekend people of faith throughout California are coming together to express these values as we stand together with our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters as their very lives are voted on November 4. Come join Jews and Christians, Muslims and Mormons, Buddhists and Unitarians as we speak, as we pray, as we act, as we sing for our lives!
Come, people of faith,
stand with us against Prop 8!
Come, people of faith,
with your family and friends and let us rise to the occasion!
Come, people of faith,
let us make our voices heard on this essential issue of justice!
This is our moment, this is our time
to stand up and be counted when it counts!
Schedule of Faith Events
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Los Angeles
12.00 PM
St. John's Cathedral
Faith for Equality:
A Multi-Faith No on Prop 8 Celebration,
with Fr. Geoff Farrow, George Takei,
Rosa Manriquez, Rabbi Allen Freehling,
Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer
Address: 514 W Adams Los Angeles
For more information:
Rev. Debra Peevey
email: deb@noonprop8.com
phone: 623-670-6598
San Francisco
11.00 AM
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church
Standing on the Side of Love
Celebration & Rally
Address: 330 Ellis St., San Francisco, CA
For more information:
Betty Jeanne Rueters Ward
UULMOrganizer@gmail.com
Long Beach
2.00 PM, Interfaith Service
3.00-5.00 PM, Activities
First Congregational Church-Long Beach
Interfaith Service/Visibility Effort
with Rev. Jerry Stinson and Rev. Gary Commins
Address: 241 Cedar Ave Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
For more information:
Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kwong
email: jonipher@cafaithforequality.org
phone: 310-592-5533
Inland Empire
10.00 AM
Redlands UCC
No on 8 Forum
Address: 168 Bellevue Ave., Redlands, CA
For more information:
email: noon8redlands@gmail.com
San Diego
10.00 AM
St. Paul's Cathedral
Interfaith Service & Press Conference
Address: 2728 6th Ave San Diego
For more information:
Jan Garbosky
jgarbosky@cox.net
phone: 619-987-3346
Modesto
4.15 PM
College Avenue UCC
Service of Hope
with Rev. Michael Schiefelbein,
Rev. Grace Simons, Rev. Russ Matteson,
and Rev. Erin Matteson
Address: 1341 College Avenue, Modesto, CA
For more information:
Stephanie Stoltei
San Jose
First Unitarian Church of San Jose
Day of the Dead Alter with No on 8 Theme
Address: 160 N Third St., San Jose, CA
For more information:
Details to be announced.
Sacramento
12.00 PM
Central United Methodist Church
Sing Out the Vote & Take to the Streets –
an Interfaith No on 8 Celebration, with
Address: 5265 H St., Sacramento, CA
For more information:
Mary Helen Doherty
email: mhdoherty@comcast.net
phone: 916-708-3390
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Central Valley
2.00-4.00 PM
Fresno City Hall Plaza
Faith Communities and Others Speak Out in Opposition to Prop 8
with, Fr. Geoff Farrow, Rev. Bryan Jessup
Address: 2600 Fresno St Fresno
For more information:
Anne W. Jenny
email: awjenny@sbcglobal.net
phone: 559-862-4559
Motherlode
1.00-5.00 PM
Public Rally
Address: Sonoma, CA
For more information:
Details to be announced.
Santa Rosa
7.00 PM
Center for Spiritual Living
"Live Equally, Love Equally" - Interfaith Service in Support of Marriage Equality
Address:
2075 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa, CA
For more information:
Deborah Mason
debmasonuu@yahoo.com
phone: 805-850-5818
Orange County
4.00-8.00 PM
Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church
Interfaith Service followed by Phone Banking
with Rev. Dr. Karen Stoyanoff
Address: 1259 Victoria St. Costa Mesa, CA
For more information:
Rev. Dr. Karen Stoyanoff
email: karen@goshining.org
phone: 714-906-9830
San Francisco
11.00 AM
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Goin' to the Chapel: A Wedding and a Vigil in Defense of Marriage for All
with Rev. Greg Stewart, includes screening of film "Inlaws & Outlaws"
Address: 1187 Franklin St at Geary
For more information:
Rev. Greg Stewart
Email: gstewart@uusf.org
Phone: (415) 776-4580
Sonora
1.00-5.00 PM
County Park
Tuolomne County NO on 8
Stockton
12.00-3.00 PM
Caldwell Park
Grande Finale Rally & March
with Molly McKay and John Boisa
Monday, November 3, 2008
Pasadena
5.00 PM
Neighborhood Church
Public Rally & screening of "The Preachers Sons"
Address: 301 N Orange Grove, Pasadena, CA
For more information:
Terri Hopper
tshopper@roadrunner.com
San Francisco
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Overnight Vigil
7.30 PM, Monday, November 3 - 8.00 PM, Tuesday, November 4
Goin' to the Chapel: A Wedding and a Vigil in Defense of Marriage for All
with Rev. Greg Stewart, includes screening of film "Inlaws & Outlaws"
Address: 1187 Franklin St at Geary
For more information:
Rev. Greg Stewart
Email: gstewart@uusf.org
Phone: (415) 776-4580
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Walnut Creek
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Mt. Diablo UU Church
Post-Election Meditation Service
with Revs. Leslie and David Takahashi-Morris
Address: 55 Eckley Lane
For more information:
Revs. Leslie and David Takahashi Morris
Email: leslietm@mduuc.org
Phone: 925-934-3135
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Now, Californians, get together and make some prayer!
As Susan Russell notes, It's getting ugly out there ...
ReplyDeleteThe right-wing fundamentalists view the Prop. 8 election as perhaps the most important battle in the culture war. Anyone who thinks that the Prop. 8 election is just about gay marriage or just about gay people is, frankly, a naive idiot. If they win this one, they're not not stopping just here ....