Governor Schwarzenegger defends equality
This is an excerpt from an email from Equality California…
Dear Friend:
Our community and our supporters continue to be the victim of outrageous, relentless attacks by proponents of Prop 8.
Now they are claiming that Governor Schwarzenegger supports anarchy—anarchy—for saying that he hopes Prop 8 is overturned in court and for encouraging us to “never give up.”
In a recent email urging supporters to attack the Governor for his comments, Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council had this to say:
Since Election Day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has made statements supporting demonstrations against Proposition 8, and urging California ’s Supreme Court to block the amendment’s enforcement…Condoning street protests and supporting judicial activist scams to overturn a popularly approved state constitutional amendment approaches advocacy of anarchy. Gov. Schwarzenegger is playing a dangerous game, and it needs to stop. Now.”
What needs to STOP NOW is the hateful rhetoric and continued assaults from the leadership of the Yes on 8 campaign who used lies and deceit to write discrimination into our constitution and eliminate our equality.
Email Governor Schwarzenegger, and the 44 members of the California Legislature who signed a friend of the court brief to overturn Prop 8. Encourage them to stand strong in the face of these outrageous attacks.
There is a giant in the land
1Sa 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits nd a span.
1Sa 17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
1Sa 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
1Sa 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron:and one bearing a shield went before him.
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Make no mistake about it. There is a giant in the land…his name is Goliath and he’s armed with helmet of discrimination, the coat of violence, the shield of prejudice, and the spear of hate. This giant kills, steals, and destroys. We are in a battle, a war of cultures and beliefs. We must stand strong, and fearless, as we face this formidable foe directly and valiantly. It’s always easier to believe a lie, rather than the truth.
GBLT legal team contests Proposition 8
Lambda Legal, The National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the ACLU filed suit with the state’s highest court today to invalidate Proposition 8 on the grounds that it’s discriminatory and unconstitutional. Even as ballots are still being counted and the Secretary of State refuse to call the race yet, the GLBT community in California is on the move! Pass or fail it was certain that Proposition 8 was not going to be the last chapter in the fight for gay rights and equality in the Sunshine State. The battle to end discrimination against the queer community will seemingly rage on as rumors begin to build that the U.S. Supreme Court may eventually end up deciding this matter once and for all.
Awesome
This was left in comment on my You Tube video about Proposition 8. I thought it packed a punch so I’m posting it on here:
Prop 8 is about…
1. Mormons from Utah telling Californians how to vote.
2. The Catholic Church telling Californians how to vote.
3. Evangelical Christians telling Californians how to vote.
Prop 8 is NOT about…
1. Protecting marriage (it isn’t in danger)
2. Protecting children (how can they be harmed by two women/men getting a marriage license?)
3. Churches and Tax (churches can’t be forced to marry anyone–can two jews sue a Catholic Church now if it refused to marry them?)
VOTE NO on 8
Be happy. Be prayerful. Be thankful.
“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” -1Thess 5:16-18
This verse came up today in my reflection and private reading time this afternoon. It’s a powerful scripture that carries a deeply and profound message. Happiness is a state of mind I think. Prayer is an attitude and true thankfulness comes from the heart. It stood out to me that the exhortation doesn’t say FOR everything to give thanks, it says IN everything…give thanks. The two are hugely different things.
Be happy. Be prayerful. Be thankful. 
