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Welcome to Robyn Nordell's Conservative California Election Website
Extensive Voter Information
For the November 4, 2008 Elections
Will Be Posted by October!
Updated 8/10/08
YES ON PROPOSITION 8
HELP PROTECT MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA!
CALIFORNIA’S OFFICIAL MARRIAGE PROTECTION WEBSITE: www.ProtectMarriage.Com
Proposition 8 Pastor’s Website
Pastor’s Resource Page
HELPFUL RESOURCES
Ways to Help!
McCain SUPPORTS Prop 8 / Obama OPPOSES Prop 8
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Talking Points - SIMPLE & EFFECTIVE (From ProtectMarriage.com)
Talking Points – Answering the TOUGHEST QUESTIONS (From N.O.M.)
Outstanding Articles on Prop. 8 – By Dennis Prager & Frank Pastore
BASICS ON PROPOSITION 8
Proposition 8 is simple and straightforward. It contains the same 14 words that were previously approved in 2000 by over 61% of California voters:
"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Because four activist judges in San Francisco wrongly overturned the people’s vote, we need to pass this measure as a constitutional amendment to restore the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. Voting YES on Proposition 8 does these things:
1)It restores the definition of marriage to what the vast majority of California voters already approved and what Californians agree should be supported, not undermined.
2)It overturns the outrageous decision of four activist Supreme Court judges who ignored the will of the people.
3)It protects our children from being taught in public schools that “same-sex marriage” is the same as traditional marriage.
WAYS TO HELP www.protectmarriage.com
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STANDS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON PROPOSITION 8
California’s Marriage Protection Amendment
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSITION 8
Excerpt from the ProtectMarriage.com Press Release –
McCain says: "I support the efforts of the people of California to recognize marriage as a unique institution between a man and a woman, just as we did in my home state of Arizona. I do not believe judges should be making these decisions."
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SENATOR BARACK OBAMA OPPOSES CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 8
Excerpt from Obama's Letter to the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender Democratic Club
Obama says, "As the Democratic nominee for President, I am proud to join with and support the LGBT community in an effort to set our nation on a course that recognizes LGBT Americans with full equality under the law. That is why I support extending fully equal rights and benefits to same sex couples under both state and federal law. That is why I support repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, and the passage of laws to protect LGBT Americans from hate crimes and employment discrimination. And that is why I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states."
Senator Obama's Full Letter is Printed Here
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SIMPLE & EFFECTIVE TALKING POINTS ON PROP 8
Official Protect Marriage Resources - FACT SHEET, Questions & Answers; Myths & Facts
Proposition 8 protects the people’s will and overturns activist judges.
In 2000 over 61% of Californians voted in favor of Proposition 22 to reaffirm that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. However, because this language wasn’t put into the state Constitution when it was approved, four activist judges from San Francisco wrongly overturned the people’s vote. In November 2008, Proposition 8 gives California voters the opportunity to reverse the court’s decision and restore the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman in the state Constitution.
Proposition 8 is simple and straightforward.
Proposition 8 contains the same 14 words that were previously approved in 2000 by over 61% of California voters: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” By putting these words directly into the state Constitution, the court cannot strike them down as unconstitutional.
Proposition 8 is about preserving marriage; it’s not an attack on the gay lifestyle.
Proposition 8 doesn’t take away any rights or benefits from gay or lesbian domestic partners. Under California law, “domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections and benefits” as married spouses. (Family Code §297.5.) There are no exceptions to this. Proposition 8 will not change this.
Proposition 8 protects our children.
Proposition 8 protects our children from being taught in public schools that same-sex marriage is the same as traditional marriage. In health education classes, state law requires teachers to instruct children as young as kindergarteners about marriage. (Education Code §51890.) If the same-sex marriage ruling is not overturned, teachers will be required to teach young children that there is no difference between gay marriage and traditional marriage.
Proposition 8 protects marriage as an essential institution of society.
Proposition 8 protects marriage and the important role of a traditional family. While death, divorce or other circumstances may prevent the ideal, the best situation for a child is to be raised by a married mother and father.
YES on Proposition 8 does three simple things.
- It restores the definition of marriage to what the vast majority of California voters already approved and human history has understood marriage to be.
- It overturns the outrageous decision of four activist Supreme Court judges who ignored the will of the people.
- It protects our children from being taught in public schools that “same-sex marriage” is the same as traditional marriage.
ANSWERING THE TOUGHEST QUESTIONS
Talking Points from N.O.M.-National Organization for Marriage - California
OUTSTANDING ARTICLES ON PROPOSITION 8
Dennis Prager's, California Decision Will Radically Change Society
Excerpt from Prager's Article:
"Nothing imaginable -- leftward or rightward -- would constitute as radical a change in the way society is structured as this redefining of marriage for the first time in history: Not another Prohibition, not government taking over all health care, not changing all public education to private schools, not America leaving the United Nations, not rescinding the income tax and replacing it with a consumption tax. Nothing." READ PRAGER'S FULL ARTICLE
Frank Pastore's, "Same-Sex Marriage - A Giant Leap in the Wrong Direction"
Excerpts from Pastore's Article:
"Same-sex marriage is legally unnecessary. Homosexual couples in California already enjoy all of the legal rights and privileges of marriage, short of the name"... "Where it has been legalized, same-sex marriage decreases the total number of marriages while increasing illegitimacy" ... "Both religion and political philosophy recognize that it is for the common good that states preserve, protect and promote successful marriages and healthy families in order to produce the maximum number of healthy children who later become productive citizens"... READ PASTORE'S FULL ARTICLE
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