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  • Gay Marriage
    "On the issue of gay marriage, one thing has always seemed obvious to me. The issue for most opposed to allowing GLBT marriage seems based on a historical understanding of the word marriage."
  • Gay Rights and the Marriage Debate
    "I think we should all find solace in the fact that human beings - by nature - are progressive in their thinking and that time is our ultimate ally."
  • I Apologize for All Heterosexuals
    "I'm sorry so many otherwise fair-minded people manage not to see the unfairness in denying you equal rights."
  • Gay Marriage
    "If you are joined in a civil ceremony, it is a civil union...period! Guaranteed. If you are joined in a church, then you are married. Let's get over the marriage word."
  • Gay Marriage
    "Marriage is patriarchy. I don't support patriarchy in any form."
  • H8 Harms Str8s
    "If you don't believe me that H8 harms straights, just ask any straight spouse of a gay or lesbian whether they support gay marriage."
  • Proposition 8
    "Proposition 8 would not have passed without the $20 million plus and tireless army of Mormons lobbying throughout California."
  • God's Will
    "If gay marriage had not been voted down in California, the fires along the West Coast would have been called the judgment of God by the social conservatives."
  • Prop. 8
    "The Prop. 8 vote was not against gay sex, it was against gay families! That, as you know, is just so wrong."
  • Another Straight Couple Supports Your Marriages
    "We look forward to the day, very soon, when Prop. 8 is overturned once and for all, and the right to take on the challenges of marriage is available to all."
  • Nationwide Protest Against Prop. 8
    "With your voice I hope you can fuel the Join the Impact movement, which is a scheduled nationwide protest."
  • The Abbey Remains Silent!
    "How is it that the club that West Hollywood made famous (and the owners multimillionaires) can have no involvement in this battle over gay marriage rights?"
  • Prop. 8: They Stole California From Me
    "Election Day 2008 was a punch in the gut to me. No, it was worse. It let all of the air out of me. I withered. They stole my hope, they stole California!"
  • Way to Go, Hollywood
    "Congrats! You backed the candidate whose supporters voted down by 70% equal rights for the gay community from California to Florida."
  • Prop. 8
    "The older I get, the more I despise religion."
  • Forfeit the Designers, the Chefs, and the Stylists Too!
    "I can't help but wonder how the lives of those who voted for the ban on gay marriage would be affected if they were to have to forfeit ANY and ALL affliation or contact with all gay people and the products and services provided to them by gay people."
  • Prop 8 Worse Than Interracial Marriage Laws
    "Analogies between prohibiting gay marriage and interracial marriage are appropriate insofar as they share the ultimate effect of denying individuals the right to marry the partner of their choice."
  • Leaders of No on 8 Gave Away Our Right to Marriage!
    "They're the ones who really lost this thing for us by running a meek, defensive, let's all be nice campaign that never went after the easy target, crackpot bigots behind the initiative."
  • Money Talks
    "Why don't gays just take their money out of California? What would happen if there were a mass exodus from California and any other hateful states to places that have gay marriage?"
  • Prop. 2 or 8?
    "As a lesbian who is also an animal rights advocate, lately I am feeling like I can only be one or the other."
  • It's Payback Time
    "No one wants to say it, and few want to believe it, but Mormon money didn't win the day for Prop 8, African-American bigotry did."
  • Support From Abroad
    "I just wanted to tell you Californians, that if I could march with you, I would."
  • California - A Poem Written in the Wake of Prop. 8
    "As a young child, I thought California was a beautiful place, where everyone lived in peace and harmony."
  • Prop. 8 (What Else?)
    "I love the misconception that those in favor of Prop. 8 have: Only the gay community is outraged by the passing of this amendment. Not so! This letter comes from a straight female."
  • Propostion 8 Based in Fundamentalism
    "To change minds we have to help people understand us."