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thanks for this post it’s awesome. i’m going to link.

you might find these interesting.

1. In Brazil, the senate is considering a law which would imprison anyone for saying homosexuality is wrong:

http://www.tfp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1057

2. This article goes through studies to show:

a. same-gender relationships show statistically higher rates of abuse and violence

b. same-gender relationships (especially long term) have higher rates of disease (including but not limited to AIDS)

c. same-gender couples (on average) do not practice monogamy as part of their relationship (ex: even in committed relationships partners have multiple sex partners). And in places where civil unions or marriage (netherlands) is possible, they are less likely to take advantage of these benefits than heterosexual couples. And when I say less likely i mean by a huge percentage.

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS04C02&f=PG03I03

prop8discussions last blog post..Articles you should Right Now

Last week the Yes on proposition 8 campaign held a rally at Riverside Wesleyan Church in South Sacramento to introduce us to Robb and Robin Wirthlin, a Massachusetts couple currently appearing in Yes on 8′s ads talking about how their son Joey was read a book called King and King.

What the Yes on 8 campaign didn’t mention, was that Robb and Robin Wirthlin are devout Mormons who have been on their LDS mission. You see, Robb is the grandson of LDS elder Joseph B. Wirthlin and the couple had moved into the progressive Lexington school district knowing that district had an anti-bias curriculum called “Windows and Mirrors.” That curriculum was intended to allow every child to see their family model and to see every other child’s family model. It is meant to help children of single parents, divorced, dual household children, children of interracial couples, Jewish and Muslim children and yes, children of same-sex couples, see themselves as equal.

Second graders talk about and draw or paint their homes and families constantly. In fact, Joey Wirthlin already knew a girl in class with two mommies, Jessica Soens. This book was nothing new to him. ‘

But the Wirthlins asked the court only to allow images and material of traditional two parent, heterosexual family models to be presented. That’s fine for their son, but it’s not okay for other children. The Wirthlins have never thought about the welfare of other children, and that’s why the Federal and recently the U.S. Supreme Court called the case “frivolous.”

Most telling, when asked if she had a message for California’s 52,000 children of same-sex couples, Robin shrugged her shoulders and even seemed to snarl as she said, “No.”

That’s right, Robin, who the Yes on 8 campaign produced as their best embodiment of a loving parent, has no message for the 52,000* children of same-sex couples or the 140,000* California children of a gay or lesbian parent, or the countless teens coming of age, realizing they might be gay or lesbian and needing positive, loving role models. These children are the ones proposition 8 will hurt. These are the children to consider when casting your vote.

The Wirthlins, like their Mormon brethren, have no affirming message for those who are not of their ideal family, or their ideal child. “We do not offer our children the freedom to live outside the teachings of the church,” stated the Wirthlin and Parker’s website. In fact, gay and lesbian Mormons are routinely kicked out of the church and out of their families.

The love these Mormon parents have for their children is not unconditional.

It seems the Norman Rockwell portrait of the Wirthlins is a facade as thin as the canvas of a real Rockwell portrait. The difference is these one-dimensional caricatures are trying to get you to cast your vote for hate and bigotry.

Do you really want to adopt the vision of the Mormons on issues concerning marriage?

Please, find empathy for the non-traditional families who will be hurt by this discriminatory proposition. Please respect the intellect of our conservative state supreme court. And don’t legislate away the rights of fellow citizens simply because you can or because your personal religious beliefs aren’t theirs.

VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 8. Not just because prop 8 is discrimination. Not because it’s unjust, unnecessary, or because it legislates away the rights of your neighbors. Vote no for the children of California. Those Children Robin Wirthlin has no message for. Send them your message of hope with your vote supporting their rights.

(The number of California children with either a gay or lesbian parent and those with same-sex couple parents is attributed to a 2006 Stanford University study which used the U.S. 2000 Census for its calculations.)

uhh… just this morning, the No-on-Prop-8 folks were AT MY SON’S SCHOOL, PASSING OUT CARDS AND FLYERS! there was a gamut of them! i felt so disrespected! once issues like this begin to affect my child or someone else’s child, that’s where i draw the line! this morning’s herd was just the beginning of how this already has affected schools…

oh, by the way, did i mention that my son is only 7 years old??? we aren’t talking middle school or high school here, folks!

they should be ashamed of themselves.