If you live in Michigan, read
this story and then immediately contact the media in your local area to make sure they report this outrage on every nightly TV newscast, on radio programs, and in tomorrow's papers.
Karl's last-ditch effort is to use the gay marriage issue to scare people. This is how desperate they are:
In a recording of a phone call played for The Associated Press, a young woman says: "When you vote this Tuesday remember to legalize gay marriage by supporting John Kerry. We need John Kerry in order to make gay marriage legal for our city. Gay marriage is a right we all want. It's a basic Democrat principle. It's time to move forward and be progressive. Without John Kerry, George Bush will stop gay marriage. That's why we need Kerry. So Tuesday, stand up for gay marriage by supporting John Kerry."
Use comments below to report contact information (phone, email) for newspapers, radio stations and television affiliates so Michigan residents (there should be plenty of Kossacks there without the rest of the readers of this site piling on) calling as outraged, local citizens.
Update [2004-11-1 15:57:43 by DHinMI]:
Be careful with this.
Here in Michigan we’re fighting what I’m pretty sure is a tight battle against the bigots over Proposal 2, which wouldn’t just enshrine anti-gay discrimination in our constitution, but would also, because of the ridiculously vague language of the amendment, permanently ban all civil unions and many domestic partnerships for unmarried couples, both same-sex and heterosexual. (Yes, many employers offer domestic partner benefits for unmarried heterosexual couples.)
Don’t unwittingly permit this crap to be spun by the media as Kerry is just as anti-gay marriage as Bush, because that could hurt our chances of defeating Proposal 2. If you wish to say anything to the media, don’t focus on the fact that both Kerry and Bush oppose same-sex marriage. Focus on the fact that they are trying to mislead voters about Proposal 2 and divide voters and distract them from the real issue of this election (like jobs, healthcare and the war in Iraq). And remind whoever you talk with that same-sex marriage is already against Michigan law, but that Proposal 2 would ban civil unions, which are supported by both John Kerry AND George W. Bush, so therefore both Bush and Kerry would both vote against Proposal 2.
Please, be careful about causing collateral damage to Proposal 2.