Lissiel's Journal

I was linked to this from one of the election threads I'm following tonight and...I mean, it might be kind of late to say anything else about prop 8, I just. I got to about halfway through, when Rabbi Feinstein said, "My faith supports the right to marry, because as a Jew, I have the responsibility to fight for justice, to act towards righteousness, and to help bring goodness into the world," and I started crying like a little baby. I type this right now with a little white furry nose tucked firmly under my chin, because Finn hates it when I look upset.

You hear so much about people of faith fighting this, tooth and claw, about the depths they'll sink to in order to deny that LGTB people are people too...Hearing these ministers, priests, rabbis talking about a loving G-d, about faiths and communities that are welcoming and loving and supportive for ALL their members... it was powerful, ok?

It was powerful.

So, I'd guess you're all really sick of hearing me talk about the election, but... It's important. We'll be back to regularly scheduled programming after the 4th. In the meantime:

http://theremina.livejournal.com/224143.html
This link is a video by a woman who wanted to capture the behavior of Yes on 8 protesters. She didn't interact with them or go closer to them than four feet until they approached her. She was screamed at, verbally threatened, had her phone stolen, and assaulted.

We can't let this kind of person dictate our moral choices. We CAN'T. We are BETTER than this.

I'm going to be joining the protests against Prop 8 Sunday and Monday here in San Jose. If you live in California, you can sign up at this webpage to join a protest in your city. Please-- talk to people. Display a sign, if you can get one, or wear a button or post in your blog or join a protest. Fight this. And most importantly--VOTE. This isn't an issue you can afford to leave to someone else. It's really not.

OH NOES!!!!1 THAT POOR CUTE LITTLE GIRL FORCED TO SEE HER DIRTY LESBIAN TEACHER GET MARRIED!!!! WHAT DO HER PARENTS THINK?



...Er, wait. What? Yes on 8, surely you didn't just...

Protecting the children, huh? How 'bout protecting them from political exploitation first?

Also? This is fabulous. <3


/Edit: And WTF is this? THREATS now? Yes on 8 has to try and extort donations? ...maybe, you know, if you have to lie to and threaten people in order to convince them? Maybe you're wrong.

Probably you all know about the pitched campaign that the Church of Latter-day Saints is waging on behalf of Prop 8. Maybe you've read news articles about it, or seen some of their adds. Lately, they've had a flyer--also used by other opponents of equal marriage rights--on the supposed consequences of not passing Prop 8.

This morning, a morman lawyer posted a memo on why this entire argument is "untrue" and "misleading". To those in support of Prop 8: If you have to lie to reasonable people to convince them to vote yes, then what does that say about your valid arguments? Lies and bigotry speaks poorly of ANY religion.

http://www.noonprop8.com/downloads/Thurston-Memo.pdf