I spent a few hours last night working the phone banks, calling voters to ask them to vote No on prop 8 in November. It was very nice to find more folks taking a stand for freedom and fairness than the few endorsing prop 8. The vast majority of course were "not home." I've been "not home" alot lately too. I think this issue is too important to duck out of the conversation though. The other side on this seems to be too wicked to let it go. From the tactics of stealing my NO on 8 lawn sign (on Sunday morning!) to the violence against children prop 8 leads to, it just needs to be stopped.
Some folks have a little trouble following the violence against children, and death of children trail. Proposition 8 will make gay and lesbian people less than straight people in the eyes of the Constitution of the State of California. They won't have as many rights as other people. Like pets. So when you can't kick a citizen, and you get pissed off, you kick a pet. or a gay.
School kids have a tendancy to bully. 9 out of 10 kids who identify as gay get bullied. That is the violence that is endorsed by prop 8. Unfortunately it doesn't stop there. Bullied kids act out. they may get a gun and take vengeance on their oppressors, but that's very rare. More often they get a gun and put it to their own head. That's the death of children part of a yes on 8 vote.
If for a moment you think that the Yes crowd cares about the children they are exploiting, I can assure you that more children have learned about gay marriage from their TV ads than ever will in school. They just don't care.
No on 8 = no on hate.