A Prop 8 challenge for swankers

[Kevy Baby]

There were a lot of new "Yes on 8" signs that popped up last night in front of our property (I live in a condo).

There were a lot of hand-made "No on 8" signs that appeared along Imperial Hwy in Brea. Most of them used familiar catch phrases for the cause, but I was amused by the one that read "Insert Witty Slogan - Vote No on 8."

[BarTopDancer]

Yesterday I saw a lot more No on 8 signs, quite a few of them were near Yes on 8 signs. I also saw a lot more hand made signs.

I have to say that a lot of people have been surprising me with their decision to vote no. They aren't religious but they aren't people you would automatically assume they would be voting no. I've lost one friend over this (she deleted me from her Facebook and won't return my communication attempts) and the only other person I know [of] who is voting Yes is my co-worker, who [as I listed above] has beliefs beyond "the church told me so".

[JWBear]

BTD,

I know how you must be feeling, because it happened to me. In 2004, I lost a very close friend because I wouldn’t vote to reelect President Bush. After 9/11 he became very conservative politically. It got to the point where every conversation became a political argument. Finally during a phone call one night, after I again stated I’d never vote for Bush, he got nasty and called me a “liberal wacko”. I hung up on him. He emailed me saying that he was ending our friendship because I “lacked the ability to communicate” (i.e.: I had an opinion different from his). It still hurts, but I realize now that it was for the best. Our relationship had become toxic. Hang in there. Real friends will respect your opinions, even if they do not agree with them.

[Kevy Baby]

On Saturday evening, we pulled up to some Yes protesters. I rolled down my window (much to S's consternation) and asked "Why do you want to take away people's rights?" The response was, of course, that they weren't taking away people's right's. There were more words exchanged of course, but I don't recall the rest.

[Gemini Cricket]

I can't express enough how great it feels to see my friends and even some family members showing their passionate support for the No on 8 campaign. It makes me smile. No matter what happens tomorrow, I'll be okay because I know I'm lucky to be in such good company.

[katiesue]

Saw hand painted on the back windshield of a car yesterday "I didn't vote on your marriage".

On my Yes on 8 streetcorner on the way to work the No's had taken over one corner again. They're more of a ragtag bunch with handmade signs but they're more energetic than the bland Yes on 8 peeps with their pre-made signs.

[Gemini Cricket]

On the way over to Erik's on Saturday, I noticed several Yes signs surrounding the creepy white Stepford Family statue that guards Foothill Ranch. A few hours later, they were gone. That made me happy.

[katiesue]

Oh almost forgot - creepy bumper stickers yesterday. This car had like 5 of them plastered all over it. There were two creepy kid faces, a boy and a girl, the sticker said "Pleeeaaaseee give us a Mommy and a Daddy".

The kids were creepy looking and it made no sense anyway. There are tons of single parent families, for whatever reason, are you going make them all marry someone of the opposite sex?

[Gemini Cricket]

Hundreds of Mormon Moms Rally Against Prop. 8 in Salt Lake City
More than 600 Mormon moms, their gay sons and daughters, and allies rallied against Proposition 8 in Salt Lake City on Sunday -- a sharp contrast to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' effort to pass the California ballot measure.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the candlelight vigil was held in the city's Library Square and was organized by mothers disappointed in the church's muscular support of Prop. 8, which would eliminate the right of gay people to marry. The Mormon church has donated millions of dollars to the Yes on 8 campaign.
"This is what happens when people in California say mean things about our gay kids. Mothers come out of the closet," Millie Watts, one of the organizers, said at the event, according to the Tribune. Watts told the paper that she feels "disappointment and betrayal" at her church's involvement in Prop. 8.
Linda Barney, another mom who spoke at the rally, told the Tribune that her heart "reaches out to young Californians, teens who are not out of the closet who are alone...listening to hateful [rhetoric]," adding, "They need to hear from us. They need to know there are people with loving hearts."
The Salt Lake City event was one of several rallies that occurred on Sunday in support of, or in opposition to, Prop. 8. (The Advocate)

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[MouseWife]

BTD & JWBear;

I haven't posted in a bit, been in a whirlwind of schtuff.

But, my sister, who I sent the email, to, well, I've lost her over other less important things before. But, at first she said the email that I sent her kept freezing the computer {it was her email, just forwarded back to her}. When she finally received it, she said I was wrong.

But, seriously, I have lost her before over other things, always, not going along with her. Or, making her happy.

Once, I sent her one of those happy emails about sisterly love/friendship and her response to me was 'I haven't felt that way in a long time'.

Funny, cause I know people who I see rarely, even if after years, and, it is always the same, we never dislike someone because we haven't been able to chat or hang out.

The damn yes signs, all over the main road. Isn't that illegal? It is public property. I don't think people should be allowed to put them out there.

I am maybe going to take my son to election central tomorrow night. I think that, as like some others here, I want to be with others when things come down.