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Proposition 8 - Short video

I know that we are all getting inundated with radio and TV adds concerning the election and all of the propositions to be voted on this November 4th.

Here's is a short 6 min video about the ramifications if Prop 8 fails in California. Before I give the internet address, the California State School Superintendent says that California schools will not and do not teach homosexual marriage in school. While that may be true in some locations, it is not true in Massachusetts where gay marriage is already legal. In Massachusetts, parents are not given any notification at all about what is being taught to their children when it comes to gay marriage. Since gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, the schools there do teach gay marriage and the gay lifestyle as early as kindergarten. If this isn't indoctrination into something that is morally wrong, then what is.

Please view this video and pass it along to those you know in California and encourage them to vote YES on proposition 8 on November 4th.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1815825713

So, as you can see from the video, if Proposition 8 fails in California, then things will change. Schools will teach (if they don't already) that being gay is ok and that being gay is normal. Also, now here's the big one... Parents will not have a say in what is being taught to their children. Parents will not be able to tell the school(s) that they (parents) do not want their children to be taught that it is ok for gays marry.

I am a parent and I will have the last word when it comes to what my children are taught in school, even to the point of taken them out of school and teaching them myself at home.

Protect our children, protect the sanctity of marriage and vote YES on Proposition 8.

Proposition 8 - In Plain English

Here's a short video that talks about Proposition 8, the Sanctity of Marriage amendment to the California Constitution.

Please let your friends and family in California know about this important proposition and ask them to watch the video and remember to vote on November 4.

Six Consequences If Proposition 8 Fails in California

Here I am again promoting Proposition 8, the Protect Marriage Act here in California.

Have you ever heard the saying, something to the effect of that California is usually the first State to pass/fail something controversial, that what ever the outcome is in California, then the rest of the Nation follows? Well, consider the following if Proposition 8 fails in California, the following will most likely happen in the rest of the Nation:

1. Children in public schools will be taught that both traditional marriage and same-sex marriage are okay.

The California Education Code already requires that health education classes instruct children about marriage. (§51890)

Therefore, if the definition of marriage is changed, children will be taught that marriage is a relation between any two adults. There will be serious clashes between the secular school system and the right of parents to teach their children their own values and beliefs.

2. Churches will be sued if they refuse to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their religious buildings that are open to the public. Ask whether your pastor, priest, minister, bishop, or rabbi is ready to perform such marriages in your chapels and sanctuaries.

3. Religious adoption agencies will be challenged by government agencies to give up their long-held right to place children only in homes with both a mother and a father. Catholic Charities in Boston has already closed its doors because of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.

4. Religions that sponsor private schools and which provide housing for married students will be required to provide housing for same-sex couples, even if it runs counter to church doctrine, or lose tax exemptions and benefits.

5. Ministers who preach against same-sex marriages will be sued for hate speech and could be fined by the government. It has already happened in Canada, one of six countries that have legalized gay marriage.

6. It will cost you money. A change in the definition of marriage will bring a cascade of lawsuits. Even if courts eventually find in favor of a defender of traditional marriage (highly improbable given today’s activist judges), think of the money – your money, your church contributions – that will have to be spent on legal fees.

And think of all the unintended consequences that we cannot even foresee at this time. Where will it end? It’s your children, your grandchildren, your money, and your liberties. Lets work together to protect them.

I am for Proposition 8, the Protect Marriage Act. To find out more about this California Proposition, please see http://www.protectmarriage.com/.