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As you know we recently sent out the newest edition of the PFLAGpole newsletter. We have several newsletters left over and instead of recycling them we wanted to offer them to you! If your chapter has paid 2007-2008 dues and have either already paid 2008-2009 dues or you get them in by November 15, we would like to offer the extra copies to you in bundles of 100.These would be great to hand out to newcomers at mers at your meetings. You could also include them in part of any resource table that you offer, or keep a few copies in your chapter library. If you end up doing something else with them, let us know. We love to hear the creative ways that PFLAGers use the resources they’re given.
-Erin Williams
If you’re interested in the free (in bundles of 100) extra copies of the most recent PFLAGpole, please email Erin Cranford Williams at ewilliams@pflag.org.
PFLAGer Linda Mendoza wrote this wonderful letter that appears today in Chico, California's Enterprise-Record, reminding people of the importance of putting aside personal beliefs, and making sure that discrimination is not enshrined in California's constitution by Proposition 8...
Marriage is a Civil Right
America was founded by men and women escaping from religious persecution and domination in Europe. Our forefathers were wise enough to respect these ideals. Our federal Declaration of Independence and the California Constitution uphold these values, and the "self-evident truth ... that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Marriage is a Civil Right
America was founded by men and women escaping from religious persecution and domination in Europe. Our forefathers were wise enough to respect these ideals. Our federal Declaration of Independence and the California Constitution uphold these values, and the "self-evident truth ... that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
The blessings and responsibilities of the state of matrimony are included in these civil rights, and we all benefit from the full and equal rights and duties of families created by matrimony. Our California Supreme Court has responsibly interpreted this right to apply equally to all.
If your particular religious denomination restricts the confirmation of marriage to certain people, that is its right. But marriage is a civil right, not a religious one. People may legally marry and create a family without having it confirmed by your religion, or any religion.
Please do not restrict the right of marriage by limiting it to personal religious views. Californians are a free people, with the civil freedom to marry the person of their choice. Please vote no on Proposition 8 and keep California's freedoms alive and equal for all.
-Linda Mendoza, Chico
Dr. Kathryn Hall, a member of PFLAG's Tulare-Kings County chapter, shared her thoughts on Proposition 8 - the ballot measure that would roll-back marriage equality in California - in yesterday's Visalia Times-Delta. Calling on voters to defeat the initiative, Dr. Hall recounts her own love story of 30 years ago, and that of her daughter, Corinne, today.Here's an excerpt from Dr. Hall's op-ed:
Thirty years ago I fell in love deeply and devotedly. Corinne was my firstborn, and to me she was perfect in every way, even down to the adorable casts to correct her club feet. And I fell in love again and yet again when her brother and sister were born. My greatest ambition has always been to see my children grow into happy, healthy, responsible adults, and that hope was realized this summer at the joyous celebration of my son's wedding.
Now Corinne has fallen in love and will be married next summer during our family reunion. As her mother I have the great happiness of helping plan the wedding, assisted by the facility event planner, family members and millions of others.
California voters, you see, are actually the wedding planners with the most control. They will decide whether or not to deny my daughter, and so many other Californians, the right to marry whom they love. And as a parent, it seems strange that so many people who do not know my child can have such an effect on her life â€" after all, neither she nor her brother asked my permission before they became engaged. They are old enough and responsible enough to make these decisions on their own, without maternal or governmental interference. That's why Proposition 8 is so wrong, and why a no vote is so important. . . .
. . . Stand up for our children, and again this unwarranted intrusion into our personal lives, by voting no on Proposition 8. Give my daughter, Corinne, the best birthday present she could ever want. We will all be grateful.
To read the full op-ed, visit the Visalia Times-Delta online, where you can also comment on Dr. Hall's column.
Right-wing opponents of same-sex marriage, and other steps toward LGBT equality for that matter, often use their children as props–”We must protect our children” from the various sins that they perceive would be the result of legalizing these basic rights. What are they REALLY telling their children? - Find out at Straight, Not Narrow. A blog [...]
From LATimes.com: While California voters remain closely divided on the question of gay marriage, a majority oppose a measure to ban it, according to a poll released Wedsed Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California. But the poll also found that support for Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to disallow same-sex marriage, has gained [...]
From kansascity.com: Mormons are being asked by their church leaders to step up their already considerable efforts to pass a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California. Senior elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a televised appeal to members Wednesday night and laid out a week-by-week strategy for boosting Mormon involvement [...]
From the SunTimes.com: Mayor Daley on Thursday put the brakes on the Chicago Board of Education’s controversial plan to open the city’s first high school serving gay and lesbian students. One day after his handpicked school board put off a vote on the School for Social Justice Pride Campus, Daley explained why — by expressing his misgivings. “You [...]
Washington State University police are investigating a series of recent attacks which appear to be hate crimes. All three assaults happened on or close to campus. “I heard someone shouting at me from behind,” says Kristopher Shultz, one of the victims. “I turned around and got hit in the face and I don’t remember anything [...]
Not sure if anyone who reads my blog qualifies, either, but in case you do, or in case you know students who might find this of interest, LIMP WRIST magazine is offering a scholarship for a glbt poem by a high school senior or junior, with the winner getting to attend the Juniper Young Writers [...]
From DenverPost.com: Elizabeth Bennett sits in her Denver church contemplating the elephant in the sanctuary that few polite Episcopalians want to mention. Bennett grew up in the Episcopal church. She sang in the choir. She was married in one and baptized her five children there. Her mother’s ashes are buried under a tree outside an Episcopal church [...]
There’s been a lot of attention to anti-marriage ballot initiatives in Arizona, California and Florida this year. But you might not have heard about a terrible anti-family ballot initiative in Arkansas. It’s called Initiated Act 1, and it’s a first-of-its-kind ballot initiative that would ban unmarried couples living together â€" both gay and straight â€" [...]
From Workers.org: What capitalist pundits do not want to talk about in relation to Palin is the fact that she is the ca the candidate of the ultra-right. Palin has injected energy into the lynch-mob atmosphere at campaign ralliesâ€"so much so that it has reverberations among the Black population in Alaska. “Alaska’s black leaders say they’re not surprised to [...]
From hernandotoday.com: I take Amendment 2 personally. Amendment 2 threatens my partner’s health … and life. If passed on Nov. 4, Florida courts may decide Amendment 2 nullifies domestic partner medical benefits currently offered by many companies. C’mon, this is the 21st century. In 2002, BellSouth, now part of the New AT&T, awarded domestic partner coverage to [...]
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