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Bidstrup, Scott. __Gay Marriage: The Arguements and the Motives__. 2004 November 13, 2008 .


 * 1) No one has the Right to impose rules on anyone else simply because of something they precive to be moral injunction. JA
 * 2) Their Religous freedom is being infringed BC
 * 3) "Gay people deserve the same right to marry that everyone else does" ED
 * 4) The institution of marriage has been in a state of flux for centuries. In the US, it has continually been redefined. JA
 * 5) Prior and during 1967, atleast 16 states prohibited mixed race couples from marrying. BC
 * 6) Inter-racial marriage became legal throughout the US after the US Supreme Court decision in that year. JA
 * 7) Same-Sex Couples aren't the optimum in which to raise a child. BC
 * 8) Gay relationships are inmoral ED
 * 9) Same-Sex marriage would threaten the institution if marriage. GJ
 * 10) Same-Sex Marriages are an untired social experiment ED
 * 11) Gay Marriage would mean forcing buisnesses to provide benefits to same-sex couples on the same basis as opposite sex-couples. JA
 * 12) Gay Marriages are unnatural -GJ
 * 13) a benefit to heterosexual society if gay marriages is the fact that the commitment of a marriage means the participants are discouraged from promiscous sex. JA

Robinson, B.A. __Same-Sex Marriages, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships__. June 19, 2008 Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. November 13, 2008 <www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm>. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Many couples receive only some of the advantages that opposite-gender couples automatically aquire when they marry. GJ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some people think feel that same-sex marriage is a a major threat to the institution of marriage itself. GJ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Many people believe that same-sex marriage will not become availiable to all-loving, committed adult couples throughtout north america and western europe sometime in the next few decades. GJ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Reuters, Thomson. __California__ __Stops Gay Marriage Amid Obama Victory__. 2008 Thomson Reuters. November 13, 2008 <http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSN0551506920081105?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10112>. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CA was the most closely watched as the state is the most populous abd is precival as a political and cultural leader. GJ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With 96.4 percent of precidents reporting, the california proposition was ahead by more then 4 percentage points. GJ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* [|Http://www.NYtimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion//11mariage.html]
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Many political jursdictions have special legisation that allows gay and lesbian couples to register their committed realationship as a civil union or domestic partnership and gain some benefits. GJ
 * 1) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CA and two other states voted in the election to ban same-sex marriage. GJ


 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A State law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples, and a civil union law intended all the rights and privlidges or marriage to same-sex couples, violated the constitutional guarentees of equal protection under the law. ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Like these once prevalent views, our conventional understanding of marriage must yield to a more contemporary appreciation of the rights entitled to constitutional protection" ED
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Connecticut is the third state to sanction same-sex marriage. ED

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Garrison, Jessica. __Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages__. November 5, 2008 Los Angelas Times. November 13, 2008 <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage5-2008nov05,0,1545381.story>. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Foderaro, Lisa. __Gay Marriages Begin in Connecticut__. November 12, 2008 The New York Times. November 13, 2008 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/nyregion/13marriage.html?_r=1&sq=California%20Gay%20marriage%20proposition&st=cse&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=1&adxnnlx=1226618235-sW3LH4tqIznfQnp1Qe0I1g>.
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Voters approve proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"I Think the voters were thinking,well, if it makes them happy, why shouldn't we let gay couples get married?" ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Propostition 8 was the most expensive propositition on the ballot in the nation this year, with more then $74 million spent on both sides. ED
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The measures most fervent proponents believed that nothing less than the future of traditional families was at stake., while opponents believed that they were fighting for the fundamental right of gay people to be treated equally under the law. ED
 * 5) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This Battle was closely watched accross the nation because California is considered a harbinger of cultural change and becuase this is the first time voters have weighed in on gay marriage in a state where it was legal. ED
 * 6) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Campaign contributions came from every state in the nation in opposistion to the measure and every state but Vermont to it's supporters. ED
 * 7) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8 years ago, California voted 61% to define marriage as being between a man and a women. ED
 * 8) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Opponents of Proposition 8 faced a difficult challenge. Bob Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, said California voters "very, very rarely reverse themselves" especially in such a short time. Both sides waged a passionate -- and at times bitter -- fight over whether to allow same-sex marriages to continue. The campaigns spent tens of millions of dollars in dueling television and radio commercials that blanketed the airwaves for weeks. ED

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* Moynihan, Colin. __At Mormon Temple, a Protest Over Prop 8__. November 13, 2008 The New York Times. November 13, 2008 http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/at-mormon-temple-thousands-protest-prop-8/?scp=2&sq=California%20Gay%20marriage%20proposition&st=cse. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* “We should be given equal rights,” “I pay taxes" ED
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The state’s highest court [|ruled on Oct. 10] that excluding same-sex couples from marriage was unconstitutional, and a week ago the court announced that gay marriages could officially be performed starting on Wednesday. ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Many same-sex couples said they would wait to apply for their licenses, which expire after 65 days, to have time to prepare for wedding celebrations in the spring and summer. ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">“Today Connecticut sends a message of hope and promise to lesbian and gay people throughout the country who want to be treated as equal citizens by their government,” said Ben Klein, a senior lawyer with Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, a Boston-based group that litigated the Connecticut case. “It’s living proof that marriage equality is moving forward in this country.” ED
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thousands of people gathered in front of the Upper West Side temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday evening to protest the Mormon church’s support for Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage in California last week. ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The people in front of the church held a banner proclaiming “God Loves Gay Marriage.” ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just before 7 p.m., the crowd began marching south on Broadway. Lawyers said the group had negotiated with police commanders at the scene and reached an agreement that because of the size of the assembly, the crowd would be permitted to march in the roadway for about six blocks, until reaching Columbus Circle. ED
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">After the measure for a constitutional amendment banning same sex-marriages in California was placed on the ballot, the church played an important part in the Proposition 8 coalition and urged its members to donate time and money — by some estimates, more than $20 million — to helping get the amendment passed. ED
 * 5) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">California had permitted same-sex marriages since May, when the State Supreme Court there ruled that the ban on the unions was unconstitutional. ED

Leff, Lisa. __California Voters Approve Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Proposition 8)__. November 5, 2008 KPBS. November 13, 2008 <http://www.kpbs.org/news/local?id=13163>. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Klamann, Edmund. __Same-sex marriage ban to hit California economy: mayor__. November 12, 2008 Washington Post. November 13, 2008 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200977.html>.
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In an election otherwise full of liberal triumphs, the gay rights movement suffered a stunning defeat as California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages that overrides a recent court decision legalizing them. ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In California, with 95 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, the ban had 5,125,752 votes, or 52 percent, while there were 4,725,313 votes, or 48 percent, opposed.ED
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">California's vote last week to ban same-sex marriage will hit the state's economy by making it harder for cutting-edge industries like biotechnology to recruit top talent, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday. ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"It's a big economic loss to California, and I don't think people have focused on that enough," ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"It's harder now to recruit people in the gay and lesbian community. It's harder to retain members of the community. It's much easier for Massachusetts to do that."ED

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica">Leff, Lisa. __"It's harder now to recruit people in the gay and lesbian community. It's harder to retain members of the community. It's much easier for Massachusetts to do that."__. November 11, 2008 Washington Post. November 13, 2008 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111102192.html>.
 * # <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">California's gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the campaign's mild tactics, including the decision not to show same-sex couples in ads. ED
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proposition 8, a measure to stop gay marriage in California, passed with 52 percent of the vote last week in a painful defeat for gay rights activists ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some gays are complaining that their leaders failed to organize a visible and vigorous defense of same-sex marriage.ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Leaders of the campaign in favor of gay marriage say they made a strategic decision not to highlight gay newlyweds or same-sex couples with children in their ads for fear of alienating undecided heterosexual voters. ED
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Lesbian and gay people were everywhere in this campaign" ED

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Harris, Dan. __Proposition 8: Gay Marriage on California's Ballot__. October 29, 2008 ABC News. November 13, 2008 <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/5050/story?id=6137237>.
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"We believe it's a defining moment in American history," ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"As California goes, so goes the whole nation. And in many ways, California is a leadership state for not just America but the whole world." ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The fight over California's Proposition 8 has become one of the most expensive campaigns in the country -- second only to the presidential race. ED
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"We live in a democracy, not a theocracy," ED

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica">__Proposition 8__. November 4 2008 League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. November 14, 2008 <http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/state/prop/8/ >. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-Proposition 8 is simple and straightforward -Proposition 8 is about preserving marriage: It's not an attack on the gay lifestyle. -Prop. 8 doesnt take away any rights or benefits of gay or lesbian domestic partnerships -Under the california law, "domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits" as married spouses. -Restores the difinition of marriage to whar vast majority of California voters already approved. - It overturns the outrageous decision for 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. -Voting YES on prop. 8 restores the definition of marriage that was approved by over 61% of voters. -Prop. 8 takes away the rights of gay and lesbian couples and treats them differently under the law. -Prop. 8 means that one class of citizens can enjoy the dignity and responsibility of marriage and another cannot. Thats unfair -Gays and lesbians have the right to live the freestyle they choose.
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The California Constitution will specify that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California ED
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A NO vote on this measure means: Marriage between individuals of the same sex would continue to be valid or recognized in California ED
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In may 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that the statute enacted by propositition 22 and other statutes that limit marraige to a realtionship between a man and a women violated the equal protection clause of the california constitution. ED
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">NO ON PROP. 8

5. YES ON PROP.8 - The california constitution should guarentee the same freedoms and rights to everyone. -Equal protection under the law is the foundation of american society -Marriage is the institution that conveys dignity and respect to the lifetime commitment of any couple. -Prop. 8 would deny lesbian and gay couples that same dignity and respect, -Prop. 8 is wrong for california -The freedom to marry is fundamental to our society, just like the freedoms of religion and speech. - Prop. 8 madates one set of rules for gay and lesbian couples and another set for everyone else. -Our laws should trear everyone equally. -We Dont need more government in our lives. -Regardless of how anyone feels about marriage for gay and lesbian couples, people should not be singled out for unfair treatment under the law of our state. - Domestic Partnerships are not marriage -In everyday life, and especially in emergency situtations, domestic partnerships are simply not enough. -Only marriage provides the certainty and the secutiry that people know they can count on in their times of greatest needs. -Prop. 8 seperated one group of californians from another and excludes them from enjoying the same rights as other loving couples.

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">PROP 8
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1. ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. ** voting yes to prop 8 will restore the man and woman maragies like who it is told in history. it wont teach the kids in school that the same sex is the right thing to do.voting no to prop 8 brings gay maragies together and show that everyone can have the same right even when gay. GJ __california general election__. november 4, 2008 november 14, 2008 <http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/argu-rebut/argu-rebutt8.htm>. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">= = ===<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|1. Proposition 8 passes: gay marriage to be outlawed in California] ===

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">= voters in california have passed prop 8 by a hair. this means that the state of california can not have the same sex marriage as long as this bill is in affect. GJ __Proposition 8 passes: gay marriage to be outlawed in California__. november 14, 2008 <http://www.inquisitr.com/tag/proposition-8-results/>. ||
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">__ Official Voter Information Guide __ . November 4, 2008 California General Election. November 14,2008 <http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/argu-rebut/argu-rebutt8.htm>.

Arguments for Prop 8 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1. Prop. 8 is about preserving marriage- TI <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 2. it doesnt take away any rights or benefits of gay or lesbian domestic partnerships. Under Calif. Law-TI // 3. restores the definition of marriage // to what the vast majority of Calif. voters already approved and human history has understood marriage to be.-TI // 4. protects our children // from being taught in public schools that “same-sex marriage” is the same as traditional marriage. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Prop 8 protects marriage as an essential institution of society. The best situation for a child is to be raised by a married mother and father.-TI

5. If gay marriage ruling is not overturned, teachers might be required to teach kids that there is// no difference // between gay marriage and traditional marriage-TI 6. accepting a court decision that may result in public schools teaching our kids that gay marriage is okay -TI 7. its an issue for parents to discuss with their children according to their own values and beliefs// It shouldnt be forced on us against our will-TI // 8. Prop 8 doesnt take away any of the legal gay domestic partnerships rights and does not interfere with gays living the lifestyle they choose-TI

Burke, Garance. __Calif. Clerks: When does gay-marriage ban begin?__. November 14, 2008 Fox News.com. 11/14/08 http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Nov14/0,4675,GayMarriage,00.html
 * 1) County clerks accross California are clamoring for legal advice to resolve confusion about when to beging the gay-marriage ban that voters passed alst week in a ballot initiative. BC
 * 2) Atleast 3 same-sex couples have obtained marriage licenses since the Nov. 4th passage of the measure overturning the state supreme court decision legalizing gay marriages BC
 * 3) A gay-rights activist on thursday filed a complaint accusing the mormon church of failing to report the full value of the work it did campaigning for the ban. BC
 * 4) Gay actovists say say atlest 150 rallies are plained to re-energize support for gay unions BC

__Proposition 8__. League of Wome voters of california education fund. 11/14/08 http://www.ca.lwv.org/lwvc/edfund/elections/2008nov/pc/prop8.html. COUNT: 105
 * 1) Under California law, same-sex couples may register with the state as domestic partners BC
 * 2) marriage between same-sex couples was prohibited by Proposition 22, a statute passed by the voters in 2002, which stated that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”BC
 * 3) Proposition 8 would amend the California Constitution to specify that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California BC
 * 4) same-sex couples would no longer be allowed to marry in California, and such marriages entered into in other jurisdictions would not be recognized in California.BC
 * 5) A **YES** vote means that the California Constitution will specify that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry.BC
 * 6) A **NO** vote means that same-sex marriages will continue to be valid and recognized in CaliforniaBC
 * 7) **FOR**: While affirming traditional marriage, Prop. 8 does not eliminate any of the rights, privileges or benefits given to same-sex registered domestic partners. BC
 * 8) **AGAINST**: Allowing same-sex couples to marry does not diminish the sanctity of traditional marriage, but extends the rights and responsibilities of marriage to more people. BC
 * 9) **AGAINST**: Domestic partnerships are not afforded the same dignity and respect as marriage, and partners don’t have the same rights as spouses in many situations, including medical emergencies and when life-and-death decisions are made. BC
 * 10) **AGAINST**: The California Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law to everyone, and should not be amended to single out one group for different treatment. BC
 * 11) **FOR**: While affirming traditional marriage, Prop. 8 does not eliminate any of the rights, privileges or benefits given to same-sex registered domestic partners BC
 * 12) **FOR**: Same-sex marriage should only be legalized through a vote of the people, and not by the flawed reasoning of four activist judges in San Francisco BC

DeVos. Richard and Helen. Same-Sex Marriage and the Threat to Religious Liberty(underlined) October 30, 2008 The Heritage Foundation. November 14, 2008 [|www.heritage.org/research/family/bg2201.cfm]
 * 1) churches that refuse to rent facilities for same-sex weddings could forfeit tax exemptions for those facilities JA
 * 2) public school students and teachers may be required to participate in classroom instuction about homosexual relationships that violates their religious beliefs. And public emplyees who express their belief in marriagecould face the threat of discipline, demotion, and even termination JA
 * 3) Faith-based charities that provide valuable social services could be effectively shuttered by nondiscrimination laws that would require them to violate their religious beliefs by, for example, placing adopted children in same-sex households.JA

Egelko, Bob. __Anti-gay marriage group steps up for Prop. 8__ . November 11, 2008 San Fransisco Chronicle. November 15, 2008 <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/11/BATO141LU9.DTL&type=politics>. > It is being challenged by two groups of same-sex couples, gay-rights advocates and local governments led by the city of San Francisco. JA Jared Page and Clayton Norlen, __Prop. 8 protest draws thousands in Salt Lake City__. November 8, 2008 Deseret News. November 15, 2008 <http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705261463,00.html?pg=1>. COUNT: 122
 * 1) group opposed to same-sex marriage wants to help defend Proposition 8 before the California Supreme Court, saying lawsuits seeking to overturn the Nov. 4 ballot measure threaten the initiative process. JA
 * 2) Three suits filed the day after the election open the door to "step-by-step elimination of the people's right to amend the Constitution by initiative," attorneys with Liberty Counsel said Monday in papers submitted on behalf of the Campaign for California Families. JA
 * 3) Prop. 8, which passed with 52 percent of the vote, amends the state Constitution to allow marriage only between a man and a woman. JA
 * 1) suits argue that the measure amounts to a revision of the state Constitution, which can be placed on the ballot only by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. JA
 * 2) The state Supreme Court has not yet said whether it will accept the suits for review and grant the plaintiffs' request to block enforcement of Prop. 8, an order that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry while the case was pending. JA
 * 1) Thousands of people packed a Salt Lake City park and then paraded through downtown streets Friday night for a vocal but peaceful protest of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' participation in California's new ban on gay marriage JA
 * 2) An estimated 3,500 members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community gathered at City Creek Park to speak out against the LDS Church for encouraging its members to support Proposition 8 JA
 * 3) "We're here because we've been hurt, some of us very personally," JA
 * 4) A constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman was supported by 52 percent of California voters Tuesday, overriding the California Supreme Court ruling last May that briefly allowed gay marriage JA
 * 5) "Let us all call for greater love, better understanding, dignity and respect toward all — regardless of race, regardless of faith or lack of faith, and regardless of sexual orientation," JA
 * 6) Some Proposition 8 opponents are blaming its passage on the LDS Church for its strong support of the gay-marriage ban. JA
 * 7) "While those who disagree with our position on Proposition 8 have the right to make their feelings known, it is wrong to target the church and its sacred places of worship for being part of the democratic process," JA
 * 8) Thousands of gay-marriage supporters have demonstrated outside the LDS Church's Los Angeles Temple since the election. JA

__No on Prop. 8- Gay marriage right should not be repealed__. September 18, 2008 The San Diego Union-Tribune. November 15, 2008 http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080918/news_lz1ed18top.html <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica">__Endorsements '08: Say 'No' to all propositions except 11__. Oct. 09, 2008 The Sacramento Bee. November 15, 2008 <http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/1299709-p3.html>. || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
 * 1) The right of gay and lesbian couples to wed on an equal legal basis with heterosexual couples has long stirred opposition not only among social conservatives but also among a much broader swath of society- ED
 * 2) As gay couples have gone to the courthouse and entered into matrimony, usually surrounded by champagne, family and friends, the worst fears of gay marriage opponents suddenly seem greatly inflated. ED
 * 3) Christian conservatives have asserted for years that allowing gays to marry would undermine heterosexual unions. ED
 * 4) The long-standing institution of marriage is not in crisis. ED
 * 5) Proposition 8 would repeal the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry. ED
 * 6) The second argument made by supporters is that children should be raised solely by a father and a mother, not by two fathers or two mothers. ED
 * 7) Yet the debate over child-rearing is entirely beside the point, because Proposition 8 is about marriage only. ED
 * 8) It would do nothing to prevent gay couples from adopting children or from having children through artificial means ED
 * 9) all Proposition 8 would do is ensure that the children of gay couples would be raised in households where the parents were unmarried. ED
 * # <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The court ruled that the constitution does not allow the state to deny those who are homosexual the right to marry – just as it decided 60 years ago that the California Constitution does not allow the state to deny individuals of different races the right to marry. ED
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just as an individual's sexual orientation is not a legitimate basis on which to deny housing or a job, it is not a legitimate basis on which to deny individuals the right to marry ED

__Final Statement from No on Prop 8 Campaign__. November 6, 2008 No on prop. 8. November 15, 2008 <http://www.noonprop8.com/>
 * 1) millions of voters went to the polls yesterday and said YES to bigotry, YES to discrimination, YES to second-class status for same-sex couples ED
 * 2) Up until 1974 same-sex intimacy was a crime in California ED

Cavanaugh, Amy. __Prop 8 supporters see surge in donations__. September 19, 2008 Washington Blade. November 15, 2008 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2008/9-19/news/national/13307.cfm?page=1 COUNT: 138
 * 1) Supporters of same-sex marriage in California are alarmed that proponents of Proposition 8 have raised $5 million since Sept. 1. ED
 * 2) The latest tallies available this week reveal that $16,231,781 has been donated in support of Proposition 8, which seeks to ban same-sex marriage in the state, while $10,847,114 has been donated by marriage supporters. ED
 * 3) National gay organizations working in California to help defeat Proposition 8 have made donations and are encouraging donations from other supporters of gay marriage. ED

Glassman, Anthony. __Marriage Lost__. November 7, 2008 Gay People's Chronicle.com. November 15, 2008 <http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/november/1107081.htm

4. With three to four million absentee ballots yet to be counted, the No on 8 campaign refused to concede defeat on Wednesday afternoon, but most of those are from areas of the state with lower support for marriage equality. 5. Full marriage remains available to lesbian and gay couples in Massachusetts and in Connecticut, where a constitutional convention aimed at passing a marriage ban was also defeated at the polls. ED 6. An Arizona constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage passed by a slightly larger margin, 56 to 44 percent. ED
 * 1) ## Three out of four gay or lesbian candidates for Congress also won seats in Tuesday’s election, which saw the approval of three amendments to bar same-sex marriage and a law prohibiting same-sex couples from adopting or fostering children. ED
 * 2) The measure effectively overturned May’s California Supreme Court ruling that has allowed over 12,000 gay and lesbian couples to marry there. ED
 * 3) Proposition 8 became the most expensive issue campaign in history, bringing in over $70 million between the two sides, including $22 million from individual Mormons, led by the church, to push for its passage. ED

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica">Leff, Lisa. __Calif. gay marriage ban a $73M race__. November 3, 2008 Mercury News. November 15, 2008 <http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10889066?nclick_check=1>. ||
 * # Spending for and against a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California has surpassed $73 million, almost twice the total that was spent in the 24 states where similar measures were put to voters since 2004, campaign finance records show. ED
 * 1) Opponents of Proposition 8 had a slight lead in contributions as of Monday, having raised $37.6 million ED
 * 2) Supporters of the gay marriage ban had raised $35.8 million. ED
 * 3) The most most-of-state money has come from Utah, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has encouraged faithful Mormons to support Proposition 8. ED
 * 4) Of the $51 million given by California contributors, less than $550,000 separated the totals raised by the two sides in the emotional election ED

COUNT: 149 Head, Tom. __10 Really Bad Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriage__. About.com. November 15, 2008 <http://civilliberty.about.com/od/gendersexuality/tp/Arguments-Against-Gay-Marriage.htm>.

Arguements Against Same-sex Marriage:
 * 1) same-sex marriage would destroy the institution of marriage. ED
 * 2) if same-sex marriage is legalized, polygamy will follow. ED
 * 3) same-sex marriage would make heterosexual divorces too easy. ED
 * 4) same-sex marriage would require schools to teach tolerance. ED
 * 5) same-sex married couples would be able to adopt- ED
 * 6) That foster parents would be required to pass sensitivity training. ED
 * 7) Social Security can't afford to pay for same-sex couples ED
 * 8) legal U.S. same-sex marriage would encourage its spread. ED
 * 9) same-sex marriage would make evangelism more difficult. ED
 * 10) same-sex marriage would bring about divine retribution. ED

__Gay Marriage: Why Would It Affect Me?__. NoGayMarriage.com. November 15, 2008 <http://www.nogaymarriage.com/tenarguments.asp>.
 * 1) The introduction of legalized gay marriages will lead inexorably to polygamy and other alternatives to one-man, one-woman unions. ED
 * 2) An even greater objective of the homosexual movement is to end the state's compelling interest in marital relationships altogether ED
 * 3) With the legalization of homosexual marriage, every public school in the nation will be required to teach that this perversion is the moral equivalent of traditional marriage between a man and a woman ED
 * 4) courts will not be able to favor a traditional family involving one man and one woman over a homosexual couple in matters of adoption. ED
 * 5) Children will be placed in homes with parents representing only one sex on an equal basis with those having a mom and a dad. ED
 * 6) Foster-care parents will be required to undergo "sensitivity training" to rid themselves of bias in favor of traditional marriage, and will have to affirm homosexuality in children and teens. ED
 * 7) Marriage among homosexuals will spread throughout the world ED

COUNT: 166

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica">Schweber, Howard. __The Worst Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriage__. October 23, 2008 Jewcy. November 15, 2008 <http://www.jewcy.com/post/same_sex_marriage>.
 * 1) "Defense of marriage" - allowing same sex couples to marry threatens the marriages of mixed-sex couples - ED
 * 2) Homosexuality is difficult to describe as "unnatural" ED
 * 3) Marriage exists in order to "privilege and regulate procreative conduct. The long-standing, fundamental purpose of our marriage laws is to privilege and regulate procreative conduct . . .therefore persons who wish to enter into a same sex marriage are not similarly situated to persons who wish to enter into a traditional marriage. ED

Mintz, Howard. __Same-sex marriage ban challenged in court__. November 5, 2008 Mercury News. November 15, 2008 <http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10906871>.


 * 1) For same-sex couples, the roller coaster ride for the right to marry shifted Wednesday from the rough and tumble of a political campaign back to the California Supreme Court. ED
 * 2) It's very hard to predict what the court will do," ED
 * 3) Before the final votes on Proposition 8 were even tallied Wednesday, civil rights groups and San Francisco city officials filed two separate legal challenges in the California Supreme Court, asking the justices to block the state's latest ban on same-sex marriages. ED
 * 4) Prop. 8 supporters question the validity of such unions because the ballot measure bars legal recognition of gay marriages. ED
 * 5) Most legal experts say courts frown on taking away established rights- ED
 * 6) "It's very unlikely with the state supporting it these marriages are going to be invalidated," ED
 * 7) The attack on Proposition 8 returns to the state Supreme Court, which legalized gay marriage in May by striking down the state's prior ban on same-sex weddings. ED
 * 8) The legal challenges filed Wednesday argue that a ballot proposition can't be used to amend the state constitution when it strips away an established legal right, in this instance the equal right of gays and lesbians to marry. ED
 * 9) In court papers, gay marriage supporters insist such a provision can only go to the voters after being considered by the Legislature. ED
 * 10) "The core purpose of a constitution is to protect minority rights," ED
 * 11) Proposition 8 supporters vow to defend the law in court, saying the legal challenge is an attempt to undermine the will of the voters. ED
 * 12) Legal experts such as a former state Supreme Court Justice say that the challenge raises novel questions for how the high court deals with a constitutional amendment that conflicts with the justices' past ruling on a constitutional right. ED
 * 13) the fate of gay marriage in this torn state is as murky as ever. ED


 * TOTAL: 181 !!!** ||