If one more "Yes on Prop 8 Sign" ruins my day... -Kakshi

There's a house down the street for me that has a "YES on Prop 8" sign on their lawn. The first time I saw it, I drove back home to tell my Mom about it, even though I was late for something, because it enraged me so much (and I am proud beyond words to say she is voting NO on 8). It ruined my day...every time I drive past it, I want to vandalize it, I want to knock on their door and call them the devil...I don't even know.

THEN, I was starting to feel better, planning exactly what I would do to this sign when, driving to the courthouse today, I see both a Yes on prop 8 AND Prop 4 (give up on Prop 4, it ain't gonna happen) bumper sticker on someone's car. I didn't even know what to do, I was trying to chase them down...I wanted to yell something at them, but of course I didn't.

But WHY are there so many misconceptions about Prop 8?!

Supporters say Prop 8 protects marriage. So, protecting marriage means that those marriages that have taken place (either between two men, or two women) since the Supreme Court decision will be, in effect, undone? How is killing something protecting it???
Supporters also argue that it will "encourage" people to be gay, and it will eventually lead to the end of the human race, since people won't be reproducing anymore (no joke, I've heard this several times!)

1. Being gay isn't contagious, it isn't a choice and...there's no real way to explain something so basic to people who can't understand it. It's like saying that giving women more rights during suffrage would turn more people into women…didn’t see too much of that.
2. If there are teenage girls, there will always be on overflow of babies.
3. If you don't give gay people the right to marry because they can't reproduce as a couple, will you say that I won't be allowed to marry if I find out that I can't have children? OBVIOUSLY, and thankfully, that isn't the case...I'm still a human being that has fundamental rights, period.

The teaching kindergartners about gay marriage argument...Where do I even begin:
I don't think it's a problem to teach people that marriage is between any two people to begin with. Umm...correct me if I'm wrong, but how can you be against Prop 8 but not approve that people can be informed that they can marry whoever they want? And who picked the arbitrary age of 5 to be the age when children will be taught about gay marriage? Granted, what I was taught at 5 didn't have an impression on me, but regardless, who WAS taught about marriage in school at 5? About relationships? Sex? If you were, please let me know. Because as of right now, I have yet to be corrected. Sex ed. was when we were taught about sex and relationships, and I was 12. So, JUST BECAUSE gay marriage is legalized, all of a sudden, the educators of California will decide that 5 year olds are all of a sudden ready to grapple with the complex issues of romantic and sexual relationships? PLEASE. Try again, Prop 8 supporters.

This is directly from the protectmarriage.com website: "By saying that a marriage is between 'any two persons' rather than between a man and a woman, the Court decision has opened the door to any kind of 'marriage.' This undermines the value of marriage altogether at a time when we should be restoring marriage, not undermining it."

Then why are so many straight people getting mother flippin divorces?!!!! Yes, yes, I can see conservative, straight people have the BEST track record for restoring marriage. Sometimes I'm even confused that the institution of marriage even exists when we look at our divorce rates. What is the point if no one stays married? What is the "value" of marriage? Marriage is about LOVE, about sharing a meaningful life with someone, about bringing children into a home that is safe, loving, and nurturing. You don't need to be straight to do that. Trust me, at the TRO clinic, I see my share of violence in families, and the effects on children. So far...all the clients I've helped have been straight...

Please do what you can for Prop 8. I'm going to take this time to also say, while you're voting, VOTE FOR OBAMA! BUT, thanks to the Electoral College, our votes for president don't matter as much as they should (thankfully I live in California, so my vote for Obama means something). BUT THEY STILL MATTER! But for Prop 8, as Californians, every vote directly affects the results, so EVERY SINGLE VOTE matters! VOTE NO ON 8! Or we won't be friends anymore...for serious. And tell your friends. Maybe use better arguments than mine written in delirium. The end.