If you're still undecided on this important issue, consider these 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.
Vote Yes on Proposition 8!
Wednesday November 19th we visited my good friend Kirsten in Payson. Here she is with her new baby Talon. Ayla and Lea are good friends and had fun playing together and Jonah and Xane played together also. But Lea got a little carried away while on the swingset. I took this picture below just seconds before Lea shouted "Look Mom!" and with a big smile on her face, jumped off the swing and when she landed, she broke her left arm.
The fracture was just below the elbow and thankfully she didn't need surgery. Here is Lea in the emergency room giving me a sad face. Although she cried a lot when it first happened, by this time, she was calm and so she was acting sad for the picture.
Yes, for those of you who are counting, this is Lea's 4th broken arm. My little daredevil. At the hospital, Lea cheerfully said to me, "Mom, I never broke my arm jumping off a swing before!" I replied laughingly, "Yes, you keep finding new ways to break your arms!" She is so funny.
Right now her arm is splinted and wrapped and in a sling, but Tuesday morning when we are back in California she will get a hard cast. She thinks this is pretty cool, because she will have another one for her collection - yes we have kept her previous casts.
Last weekend my mom, Dan, the kids, and I visited my Grandma and Grandpa Leighton in Grants Pass Oregon. It is so beautiful there. My grandparents have 5 acres on a lush hillside full of trees. And the trees were gorgeous this time of year. Bright oranges and reds mixed with the hundreds of pine trees. I wish I had taken pictures of the outside of their house but because it rained the whole weekend we spent most of it inside.
