Many bloggers are involved in efforts to help defeat Proposition 8. If you've done anything from posting about the upcoming vote to creating ways for your readers to engage in the issue, THANKS!
We hope you will take a moment to read the press release below about Write to Marry Day, a project to help generate hundreds of posts relating to Prop. 8 on October 29. If you'd like to support the effort, please consider an advance post using the graphic here.
By concentrating posts on one day we will also educate voters on the necessity of voting down the entire ballot to register their vote on the state's propositions.
If you participate and post on or around October 29, click the Write to Marry Day post on Mombian and let us know. All participants who leave a valid e-mail address will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate. Thanks!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dana Rudolph, drudolph@mombian.com
Write to Marry Day Aims for Awareness and Action Against California's Prop 8
BOSTON, MA, OCTOBER 24, 2008: Bloggers around the country will participate in "Write to Marry Day" on October 29, 2008, posting on their blogs in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples and against California's Proposition 8. Prop 8 is a measure on California's November ballot that would take away the right of same-sex couples to marry.
The event will give bloggers a chance to voice their opposition to Prop 8 and highlight what they may have already done, online or off, to stop the measure. The campaign will also educate California voters of the need to "go all the way" down the ballot to vote on the proposition.
"Bloggers have proven themselves an effective political force," said Mike Rogers, one of the event organizers, who runs the popular site PageOneQ and is Director of the National LGBT Blogger Initiative. "They have already helped raise awareness and money to stop Prop 8. In this last week before the election, they will play a crucial role in motivating others to take action."
"Prop 8 is an unfair and unnecessary measure that would eliminate equal protections for same-sex couples and write discrimination into the California state Constitution," adds co-organizer Dana Rudolph, founder of LGBT-parenting blog Mombian. "As marriage equality spreads throughout the country, people in all states have a vested interest in making sure this hard-won right is protected."
To participate, bloggers should post on their own blogs against Prop 8 on or before October 29, 2008, then visit www.mombian.com to submit the links to their posts. Links to people's own videos on YouTube or other video sites are also accepted.
All bloggers who are against Prop 8 are welcome to contribute posts, regardless of where they live or whether they are LGBT or not. Mombian will showcase the full list of participants on October 29. All participants who leave a valid e-mail address will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com.
People can track this event by joining the Write to Marry event on Facebook or MySpace, or by following Mombian on Twitter (twitter.com/mombian).
For more about the event, visit: www.mombian.com and click the "Write to Marry" banner.
Assistance with the event is being provided by Renna Communications and Witeck-Combs Communications, corporate sponsors of the program.
About Dana Rudolph Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (www.mombian.com), a blog offering a daily mix of parenting, politics, diversions, and resources for lesbian moms and other LGBT parents. Mombian was a finalist for "Best LGBT Blog" in the 2007 Weblog Awards, the world's largest blog competition. Dana also created the now-annual "Blogging for LGBT Families Day" celebrated each June. Additionally, Dana blogs at parenting humor site Offsprung and pens regular columns on parenting for several LGBT newspapers and Logo's 365gay.com.
About Michael Rogers Michael Rogers is the publisher of PageOneQ (www.pageoneq.com), the Web's largest liberal and progressive LGBT news aggregator and producer of original content. The site is a popular stop for bloggers, journalists, community leaders and self proclaimed "news junkies." Michael also directs the national LGBT Blogger and Citizen Journalist Initiative, which will bring together 50 bloggers to network and be trained in expanding the effectiveness of their sites. Michael also blogs at The Huffington Post and BlogActive.