2008 General Election: Proposition 8
Posted on October 27th, 2008 at 06:23pmPROP 8 - ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Before you read any further, read this article by Al Rantel. Al is a gay talk show host on KABC here in Los Angeles and when it comes to issues of homosexuality I actually look to him for inside information, much like I look to Larry Elder for insight into the black community.
Under the law same-sex couples have the same rights as everyone else. This proposition isn't about ending discrimination, it is about trying to make same-sex marriages socially acceptable. If this doesn't pass then the same people that oppose this amendment are free to get their own amendment up on the ballot and let the people decide. The people had decided in 2000 to define marriage as between a man and woman, but four judges made short work of that mandate from the masses.
I'm going to follow Al Rantel's lead on this one and vote YES for Prop 8.
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Awesome article by Rantel. Has almost the exact same sentiment as the article I posted.
People can argue with us and call us religious radicals for lack of a better argument, but it’s hard to argue with a gay person!
Interesting thing is that article is from 2004 after the Supreme Court threw out Prop 22. I tried looking for something recent from Rantel, but couldn’t find anything. Haven’t heard him talk about Prop 8 so not sure if he still feels the same way.
http://www.kabc.com/sectional.asp?id=28731
According to that he’s voting NO…but Doug McIntyre this morning was saying that he’s not sure how right they are. He said that his sample ballot isn’t accurate, and he didn’t know if the other hosts were or not.