November 15th has been designated a National Day of Protest to protest the passage of Prop 8 in California, and the denial of the rights of same sex couples to marry in general nationwide. Protest have been scheduled in just about every state, beginning at 10:30AM Pacific, and 1:30PM Eastern. You can find out where protests are being held in your state HERE.
There are several sites you can go to to find out more information about protests in your area:
HERE
You can also follow the Twitter traffic on Prop 8, which has people posting all kinds of information about protests in their cities HERE.
For my regular readers, I apologize for moving the blog into politics here for the time being. I’ve never been the activist type, really, other than using words to try to convey information to people. But the audacity of what has taken place with Proposition 8 has moved me. I have canceled all of my appointment for the upcoming week, and will be working to make signs, help with some web sites, put up flyers, and do some phone calls to get the word out about these protests.
I am compelled to do this. I trust that you’ll understand. I would hope that if you truly support equality, you’d show your support by attending the protest march or helping in some other way.
I’ll be back to the sexy stuff shortly. 
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As if you’d ever need to apologise to your regulars. Your readers know what kind of a woman you are – they’d expect nothing less than a good fight from you (and lots of updates, obviously).
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m enjoying these posts, and I love the fact that you’re out there being proactive.
From the east, many news analyists feel “the people” didn’t know what they were voting for regarding Prop 8. They say the prop just wasn’t presented in plain english.
They felt the right was better organized during the marketing process of Prop 8. Do you agree?
I understand the protests, but effort and resources should be spent on a revote under a special vote. What can those of us who reside outside of (as Schwarzie says) Caleefohrneeah?
K4,
They felt the right was better organized during the marketing process of Prop 8. Do you agree?
Very much so, especially in the final days. In September, the polling showed that Prop 8 was a good 17 points behind in support, and I think a lot of people became apathetic about it on the No side.
In the last month before the election, the Yes side put a ton of advertisements on TV stating that, if Prop 8 failed, the schools would be forced to indoctrinate kids on gay lifestyle, the churches would be forced to marry gays, and churches would be unable to speak out on the issue of homosexuality, all of which was patently wrong, of course. But for those on the fence, or with perhaps lukewarm support for the No position, this may have tipped the balance. The No side never materialized with any serious counter to those ads and, as we’ve seen, the results were devastating. The No side was badly outmaneuvered, funded hugely by interests outside the state of California. Our civil rights for sale, no?
Our best hope at this point is that the CSC will rule that the proposition constituted a major change in the California Constitution itself, and therefore the process violated the procedure set forth in the Constitution itself. If it doesn’t, then we have to fight the battle to get it back on the ballot in the future. Superficially, to me as a non-lawyer, the argument seems sound, but you never know how judges who’ll be up for re-election in a year or so will rule.
They say the prop just wasn’t presented in plain english.
The proposition was worded as, “Removes the right of same sex couples to marry…” I’m not sure how much clearer it could get. Some of the advertising, as I said above, muddied the issue considerably, though that doesn’t excuse a voter from not reading what he/she was voting on.
What can those of us who reside outside of (as Schwarzie says) Caleefohrneeah?
What can you do?
1. Protest if your state is holding one hear you. Even if the CSC reverses this, the much larger issue is one of civil rights across all of the country and not just here. It is just as important, and just as right, for same sex couples in every other state in the country to be able to get married as it is here.
2. Let your legislators know that you believe gays deserve the same rights heterosexuals do.
3. Find an organization working to secure those right, and volunteer to help them in some way.
4. When you encounter someone speaking against gays being able to marry, challenge them – challenge them to espouse a non-”God says it’s wrong” reason why they shouldn’t be able to get married.
If people just sit back and accept the way things are, nothing will change.