Internet effort launched to repeal Prop. 8 and legalize gay marriage

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Source: LA Times



A group called Love Honor Cherish launched an Internet-based effort today to collect enough signatures to place a measure repealing Prop. 8, the anti-gay marriage law, on the state ballot by next year.

The signature-gathering drive will use social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter, organizers said in a statement.

“We’re taking names,” said John Henning, who is heading the SignForEquality.com effort launched to collect the signatures. "People throughout California can now help us win marriage back by the simple act of signing and collecting signatures.”

Prop. 8 was approved by California voters a year ago, reversing a California Supreme Court decision, which held that same-sex couples were guaranteed equal marriage rights under the state Constitution.

Love Honor Cherish, based in Los Angeles, has 150 days to gather approximately 1 million signatures. The signatures are due April 12, 2010.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/petition-to-repeal-prop-8-launched.html

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http://www.repeal-prop-8.org/

http://signforequality.com

This needs to be on the ballot with marijuana legalization. That will bring out younger people in droves and increase the likelihood of success.

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[Ohio Joe]

2. K&R - nt

[MinneapolisMatt]

3. K&R!

n/t

[IRemember]

4. k & R

[EFerrari]

5. K&R

[Dogmudgeon]

6. EVERY Californian DUer is hereby granted a Dispensation ...

... permitting them to neglect posting on DU in order to participate in anti-Prop-H8 activity.

This is ONLY an Atheist Apostolic Dispensation. You still have to contribute money, or you will be sent to Atheist Hell (a.k.a. Westboro Baptist Church).

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--d!

[EFerrari]

9. I just started back to work but if my good brothers and sisters get this on the ballot

I will work every single day from then on to get that sucker repealed.

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[defendandprotect]

7. k i c k

[Vidar]

8. K&R

[Divine Discontent]

10. Kick! Hope this does it!

however, the pot ballot up in Maine passed, but the Gay rights legislation did not. maybe some famous pot smoking (but secretly Gay) person will come out of the closet just to help with this! Ha...

I so hope this goes through, when the giant state of California passes legal marriage for all, the dominoes will fall over the next decade or two around the US, unless one big one falls altogether in the Supreme Court, which is nice dreaming, but you never know.

[proteus_lives]

11. K/R

[AntiFascist]

12. K&R ! n/t

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13. K&R!

[JTFrog]

14. K&R

[justiceischeap]

15. A little advice for this group and PR to help win over the straight masses

It seems to me, the big issue always raised by the anti-marriage equality groups is that if gay marriage is allowed, then children in elementary school will be taught about homosexuality.

They have used this argument over and over again because it works. They scare people with lies. The group behind this signature drive needs to make it perfectly clear that IS NOT the case. They need to get out ahead of the oppositions false claims by stating the facts clearly, concisely and repeatedly.

Another point that should be made quite clearly is that gay people don't want to be married in your homophobic churches. There are plenty of open, loving churches that will marry us. So the Catholic Church can stick their extortionist measures right up their asses.

*Puts soap box away*