Today, as Americans cast their votes for the 44th American president, Californians will be casting another historic ballot: a YES or NO on Proposition 8

What is Poposition 8?

In 2000, 61% of Californian voters apporved Proposition 22, which added a section to the Californian Family Code to formally define marriage as being a woman and a man. In May 2008, the Californian Surpreme Court, by a 403 majority, ruled that the statue enacted by proposition 8 and other statues which limit marriage to that between a man and a woman  had violated the equal protecion clause of the Californian state institutition. Since May 2008, an estimated 16,000 same-sex couples have registered their marriages.

The right to marriage for all couples, including same-sex couples, however, may not live long. In June 2008, Proposition 8, which will eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry, qualified for the November general elections.  this means that Californians will get to decide today whether they want to overturn the Californian Surpreme Courts’  decision and restore the previous definition of marriage.

Why NO on Proposition 8?

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Proposition 8 eliminates fundamental rights.

Proposition 8 discriminates against gays, lesbians and bisexuals.

Proposition 8 denies the right of two loving, committed individuals to marry each other.

Proposition 8 resurrects the ”separate but equal” alibi to justify discriminatory laws.

Proposition 8 prescribes a set of laws and rights for one group, and a set for another.

Proposition is simply wrong and unfair.

If you have friends and/or relatives in California, please tell them to vote NO on Proposition 8. Tell them now.