California Proposition 8 is a statewide ballot initiative entitled Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.

Eliminates Right. Unequally eliminating rights for some individuals is the precise intent of proposition 8.  To eliminate the rights extended by the state of California’s constitution to those deemed… you know what?  It doesn’t matter for whom those inalienable rights would be eliminated.

Eliminates Right. To obfuscate (hide) the fact that this states precisely what passage of Proposition 8 would achieve, the originators of the proposition submitted it with the title “California Marriage Protection Act.”  Who must marriage be protected from?

There should never be any law or constitutional amendment passed that selectively eliminates the rights of some, but not others. That’s un-American.

The majority of television advertisements supporting Proposition 8 do not directly address the issue of same-sex marriage -instead they fallaciously imply that the law will force schools to teach children that they can marry individuals of the same sex.  According to the California Superintendent of Schools,

“Our schools aren’t required to teach anything about marriage.”

“There is nothing in California state law that would require the teaching of marriage in any of its forms.”

- California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell

Come on, Proposition 8 supporters: just say it.  Come right out and say why why marriage must be redefined… to legalize discrimination and eliminate the rights of some Americans. Some Americans, not all.  Proposition 8 wouldn’t eliminate my rights, and perhaps not yours… but the governmentally sanctioned, discriminatory elimination of rights to some but not others is most certainly not what My America is about.  

And if you’re really concerned that students will be taught that they can marry members of their same sex, I look forward to seeing that proposition on the 2009 California General Election Ballot.

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