Yes On 8 Is BUNK!!

I've been listening and watching the latest ad campaigns here in Cali, and I can tell you, that compost pile that we call an ad campaign is growing by the minute.

One of the most egregious is the Yes On 8 campaign.

Flat out lies fill the commercials that claim that children will be taught about gay marriage in schools, that churches will lose their non-profit status, that we will lose our rights as citizens.

Whoever came up with this garbage is LYING!

Do not be fooled by out of state special interests.

First, Cali has very stern rules about teaching certain topics to our kids. I have to sign a form before my son can be taught ANYTHING about family relations or sex education. It's not an opt-out system, I have to opt-in or he doesn't get that class. Period. No exceptions to the rules.

Second, non-profit status is from the Feds, so all that blather about churches is another flat out lie!

Third, regarding rights? What about the rights of our family, friends, co-workers to have a permanent relationship with their loved one? To love and cherish through sickness and in health.

Yes, I know that the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, has Words on homosexuality.

However, I also believe that God NEVER says "oops".

People are born the way they are, including their sexual orientation. Again, God never says "oops". So if people are born that way, and God knit us together in the womb, well, then, hmmmm........?

So who am I to judge and condemn people who love each other and want to make the commitment of marriage? In our country, marriage is a legal and business relationship anyway. And it's better that two people marry than to be fornicating around with every Tom, Dick and Harry (or Tammy, Donisha and Harriet).

Don't believe the overblown BS that this desperate ad campaign is throwing at you. It's FULL of LIES.

Oh, and that stuff about how four judges went against four million voters? Well, some of us did NOT vote for a ban on gay marriage. So don't include us in those fake numbers.

And by that logic, our Brothers and Sisters of Color would not be allowed to marry whites. In fact, like my gggrandmother, a free person of color, I would not be allowed to marry a white man either. Because it was once against the law for a person of color, any color, to marry a white.

I'm not all white.

My parents would not have been allowed to marry.

My grandparents, neither set, would have been allowed to marry.

My great grandparents would not have been allowed to marry (actually, they passed for white so they were able to marry).

Thank God for the judges who rule upon the constitutional rights of the citizens of this country, going against the popular prejudices of the times. Thank God for judges who look above and beyond the rantings of the haters among us, and look to the Constitution first, not last.

And hey, you know, if you insist on voting Yes on 8, voting to ban gay marriage, well it will be a wasted effort on your part. Because even if it passes, the judges will rule again, based on the Constitution, and your ranting and raving and votes will be for nothing.

Don't fall into the trap of believing everything you hear on TV. Especially if the ad is way over the top.

The ad campaign manager isn't underestimating the stupidity of the audience. Do yourself a favor and don't believe the hype.

Yes On 8 is BUNK!!

Don't believe the hype.

NEVER believe the hype!