For this to qualify as a measure, 700,000 signatures are needed by August 17th of 2009 for it to be become an initiative for the voters ballot in 2010. If passed, this measure will resend Prop. 8.
The Californian’s Against Hate organization accuses the Church of Latter-day Saints involvement with the National Organization for Marriage in California for failing to report financial ties with the NOM organization. LDS denies any allegations, but Fred Karger, the founder of CAH organization, provided evidence that directly linked the LDS involvement during an anti-same sex marriage campaign in the state of Hawaii back in 1998. According to Karger, documents dating back to 1995 reveal the churches direct financial involvement with the Hawaiian campaign, and how it’s relevant to the Nov. 2008 California Proposition 8 campaign.
Never-the-less, it is unimaginable that a person’s lifestyle is on a voter’s ballot. What makes same-sex marriage any different than a "straight" marriage? We might as well put individual rights on the ballot and vote on what we can and can’t do. Let’s create an organization against tattoos. Should people be allowed to get tattoos? We might as well put that in the next ballot. Or, let’s put on the ballot, dating should be illegal in California before the age of 18. Do you see where I’m getting at? The bottom-line is we are voting on something that is a lifestyle choice.
The Californian’s Against Hate organization accuses the Church of Latter-day Saints involvement with the National Organization for Marriage in California for failing to report financial ties with the NOM organization. LDS denies any allegations, but Fred Karger, the founder of CAH organization, provided evidence that directly linked the LDS involvement during an anti-same sex marriage campaign in the state of Hawaii back in 1998. According to Karger, documents dating back to 1995 reveal the churches direct financial involvement with the Hawaiian campaign, and how it’s relevant to the Nov. 2008 California Proposition 8 campaign.Never-the-less, it is unimaginable that a person’s lifestyle is on a voter’s ballot. What makes same-sex marriage any different than a "straight" marriage? We might as well put individual rights on the ballot and vote on what we can and can’t do. Let’s create an organization against tattoos. Should people be allowed to get tattoos? We might as well put that in the next ballot. Or, let’s put on the ballot, dating should be illegal in California before the age of 18. Do you see where I’m getting at? The bottom-line is we are voting on something that is a lifestyle choice.
Direct or indirect, no church should be involved in legislation in any way.
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