CA Supreme Court to rule on Gay Marriage today (5/15) at 10:00am

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ah, you missed that Aussie lesson, did you?

Whitegoods = major household appliances (dishwasher, clothes dryer, range, etc). As opposed to "Browngoods", the small kitchen appliance type stuff that used to be bakelite brown.

[Chernabog]

iSm and I attended last nights meeting of Love Honor Cherish (LHC / lovehonorcherish.org ). I was pretty impressed and we're both getting involved with the organization (in the media group, more on that in a sec). There were a lot of attorneys there but also people from all areas -- Here's the email I was asked to forward, to those who would also like to be involved:

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

A working group called Love Honor Cherish has formed to protect the hard-fought decision by the California Supreme Court to grant gay and lesbian couples the right to marry.

The group meets every Tuesday. After a short discussion, we will break into three groups -- fundraising, outreach and media – and each group will work on specific projects. We already have more than 50 members and there’s more room for you and your friends.

In just 19 weeks, a ballot initiative that would override the court decision will go before the voters. The campaign against this initiative will be the biggest battle ever faced by our community. More than $10 million must be raised and our entire community must be mobilized. Independent working groups like ours, operating separately from the main campaign but funneling money, energy and ideas into it, will play an important role.

We invite you to participate in this historic effort.

Please RSVP to john@johnhenning.com

Best Regards,
John Henning

For those that were wondering the funds raised are going directly to the Equality California PAC. There are going to be house parties to raise funds -- and if anyone HAS a place they'd like to do a house party in (and invite their friends.... LoT fundraiser, perhaps?), the group can send a speaker to talk as well. (that's one way of getting involved).

Two of the more immediate things that are coming up are the Public Service Announcements that are going to be filmed this Sunday, and the pool party on the 29th. I've already put up a flier in this thread re: the pool party -- PM me if you'd like to go because I will be there for sure.

As far as the PSAs are concerned -- we need folks from all walks of life-- gay, straight, married, single, etc. to record a short video on this topic. You can talk about anything you want -- what gay marriage means to you, why you should vote against the marriage amendment, or even how you're a straight married couple and you support your gay friends equal rights, anything. If you'd like to participate, the videos will be filmed both THIS SUNDAY and also AT THE POOL PARTY. (These are videos that will be used both on the website and elsewhere). PM me on that if you'd like to participate.

... more on this in a sec... gotta get back to work.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by JWBear

whitegood?

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Ah, you missed that Aussie lesson, did you?

Whitegoods = major household appliances (dishwasher, clothes dryer, range, etc). As opposed to "Browngoods", the small kitchen appliance type stuff that used to be bakelite brown.

Hence the old Aussie joke:

"Why does a bride wear white?"
"So she can blend in with the appliances in the Kitchen"

[Chernabog]

^^^ To continue:

As part of our fight against California’s anti-marriage constitutional amendment, LHC is looking for singles and couples (gay, lesbian, and straight) to appear in a series of Public Service Announcements. These will be posted to the lovehonorcherish.org website, Youtube, FaceBook and MyspaceTV.com. We welcome all ages, ethnicities, races, etc.

If you (or someone you know) are interested in voicing your opinion (in your own words) on this very important issue, please contact Andrew Klayman (arklayman@yahoo.com) or Ted Williams (cmgsoon@hotmail.com) for further details.

We'll be shooting on Sunday, June 22, 2008 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at:
PM ME FOR THE ADDRESS

If anyone knows anyone that would like to participate, please let me know.

So iSm and I signed up for the media committee, which does the website, among other things. Right now we're searching for a web designer who would be willing to donate some time to making the lovehonorcherish.org site more accessable -- or even making an animated logo from the existing one. Suggestions re: the website are welcome as well (obviously it just got plopped up there)... we just added blogging capability, etc. but the general design of the site needs to be re-done so that the regular page (and not the splash page) is the front.

Other things we have are business cards to hand out, t-shirts, etc. There are simply too many people who are complacent about this -- who either don't vote or who don't understand why gay people want to get married or why equality is important (there is a separate outreach committee that is handling speakers, etc. as well as a fundraising committee... as I mentioned above, a LoT house party might be a cool idea to do. I'm talking my parents into having one at their house as well).

I mean, think of it on these terms (this was discussed at the meeting)-- if, during the interracial marriage debate, you had a solution where if two people of the same race got married, it would be "marriage" and two people of different races got married, it would be a "transracial union". Silly, huh? Well that's what is going on here. Separate is not equal, and this marriage amendment is discriminatory. Gay marriage legitimizes gay relationships, and that is what supporters of this amendment DO NOT WANT.

Please get involved in some way, come to the next meeting (iSm will be there; I will be there every other Tuesday). Thanks for your support!

[Disneyphile]

Cherny - while I'm not available at all this weekend, I'll be happy to lend any shooting and/or editing work into the mix starting next week. I can go and shoot just about anything - parties, rallies, more PSAs, etc.

[Kevy Baby]

I will cheerfully volunteer any beer drinking work that needs to be done

[innerSpaceman]

Disneyphile, I was going to approach you about this tomorrow night ... but we were wondering if, in connection with your soon-to-be-burgeoning gay marriage videography business, you might ask some (or more than some) of your gay marrieds if we could use a little of their wedding footage on the site, to help the cause (it was tossed around that gay wedding bloopers might be a complete hoot).

Just an idea.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

(it was tossed around that gay wedding bloopers might be a complete hoot).

I wish I had footage from a gay wedding (obviously unofficial) that I lpayed at about 10 years ago. The ceremony was on the patio at the El Adobe in San Juan Capistrano. From my vantage point, I was able to see an older woman, probably ultra-conservative, watching the proceedings from her table inside the restaurant. She had a "how wonderful: a wedding" look on her face, watching the groom wakl up the aisle followed by the ring bearer and flower girl. But her jaw dropped and she just about lost it when the second groom came up the aisle and held hands with his (soon-to-be) hubby. I could see her ranting up a storm with her table mate throughout the ceremony.

Priceless!

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Disneyphile, I was going to approach you about this tomorrow night ... but we were wondering if, in connection with your soon-to-be-burgeoning gay marriage videography business, you might ask some (or more than some) of your gay marrieds if we could use a little of their wedding footage on the site, to help the cause (it was tossed around that gay wedding bloopers might be a complete hoot).

Just an idea.

Unfortunately, I've had no gay weddings to shoot yet, but as soon as I do, I'll absolutely ask those clients if I can submit their footage!

Hmmm. Maybe I'll offer up a free shoot to a gay couple and then I can add it to my samples too.

[Gemini Cricket]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking California members to join the effort to amend that state's constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman.A letter sent to Mormon bishops and signed by church president Thomas S. Monson and his two top counselors calls on Mormons to donate "means and time" to the ballot measure. A note on the letter dated June 20 says it should be read during church services on June 29, but the letter was published Saturday on several Web sites.

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Well, isn't that interesting. I think I shall be attending Love Honor and Cherish meetings. How disappointing to see that there are still those out there who would gladly deprive people of happiness all in the name of Jesus. It's like it was in Hawai'i in 1998 all over again. Wonderful.