Today is Friday October 31st, 4 days away from the election and its Halloween! Put on your Blogger Against Prop 8 costume to read these and get up to date commentary on the inch by inch battle to defend our civil rights. Make sure to comment on and recommend the DailyKos diaries. Check out the others too and make a difference in raising awareness and getting these important messages into the media. Sarah Palin glasses get extra points!
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PS: This post was posted from the Haagan Dazs suite in Hotel Triton in SF. It's my friends' Michael and Charles's pre-wedding ice cream party. They've flown down from Seattle to get married just in case... Help make sure they stay married, vote NO on Prop 8!
Cranial Bone Crushing Top News
New Poll shows that our ads are working and we're ahead!
The latest Field Poll, released this morning, shows that our campaign ads are working. Now that we are finally up on the air equal with the other side, we have turned our deficit in the polls into a very narrow lead with 49% indicating they plan to vote no and 44% saying they intend to vote yes.
President Bill Clinton Asks California Voters To Vote NO on Proposition 8
SACRAMENTO – In a telephone call to California voters, President Clinton delivers the following message regarding the unfairness of Proposition 8...
"If I know one thing about California, I know that is not what you're about. That is not what America is about. Please vote NO on 8. It's unfair and it's wrong."
--President Bill Clinton
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Diaries from the DailyKOS dungeon
Obama shills for Yes on 8 in mailer?
When Vernon Jones, a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, printed a leaflet with him and Barack Obama ... even appropriating the slogan "Yes We Can" ... Obama intervened to say this was unacceptable, that he was neutral in a Democratic primary fight.
Now, the Yes on 8 campaign has prominently featured Obama in a mailer targeting the African-American community ...
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My Favorite Mormons: Steve and Barbara Young
Loved the gravestones, Barb. RIP inequality, Nov. 4. Check these images out!
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Samuel L. Jackson's Furious Anger at CA's Prop 8: The Best Ad Yet
Finally. To paraphrase the man himself, here's the best #%@&!! No on Prop 8 ad of this #%@&!!campaign.
click here to see it #%@&!!
Spooky stories from around the progressive bleedosphere
Prop 8 Plays The Barack Obama Card
It was inevitable that the fight over Prop 8 (the California ballot initiative that seeks to eliminate the right of same sex-couples to marry) would ultimately hinge on African-American support. Expecting a surge in African-American turnout for Barack Obama on (and leading up to) Tuesday, both sides are targeting black voters, who, as The Bay Area Reporter puts it, "have traditionally had conservative views on same-sex marriage."
read more at MyDD
Silicon Valley leaders oppose Proposition 8
A large group of prominent Silicon Valley leaders take a stand and oppose Proposition 8. These leaders are business executives from a wide range of companies including Twitter, Ebay, Yahoo, Intuit, Cisco, Facebook, AT&T and others.
read more at techcrunch
There will be two national voting documentation projects going on during Election Day.
Veteran LAist readers may remember one of these groups, Video the Vote, who we teamed up with on Super Tuesday last February to interview Dharma and Greg actor Mimi Kennedy. The second project is the New York Times' Polling Place Photo Project where readers can submit photos of their experience, good or bad.
read more at LAist
What's the difference?
There's a lot of consternation going on about Proposition 8 in California these days with the election coming up. Many people argue that it is not such a big deal if it passes, that Domestic Partner and Marriage Equality are basically the same thing. On the surface, it might seem so. However, but there are clear differences between the two.
read more at QPQ
Opposition Trick or Treat
Advocates of Proposition 8 are resorting to using children to carry their message of intolerance by handing out "Don’t be Tricked" postcards to trick-or-treaters. These cards continue to tout the education line with winners like: "Without Proposition 8, school children as young as 5 will be taught that same-sex marriage is the same as traditional marriage."
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Defend Civil Rights
Important links for you to contribute to the defense of our civil rights:
To Volunteer:
http://www.noonprop8.com/...
To engage on social networks:
http://www.noonprop8.com/...
Contribute money and help: to our goal of $3 Million by Friday night to catch up to our opponents in funds raised and ads aired:
https://secure.ga4.org/...