So where is Obama? Many voters in California will vote for him, and then against us on Proposition 8 — especially Black voters. Why is Obama giving them consent to do so by his silence on Proposition 8?

With all of the millions of dollars the GLBT community has sent to Obama, and the tens of millions of our votes that he needs, why can’t we just get a simple ten second prime time TV commercial from him saying: “Vote NO on propostion 8!”….well, is that too much to ask in return for our support?

Where is Obama when we need him? Why should we be there for him when he is nowhere to seen when we need him the most?

My spouse (of thirty-three years — four of those legally married) and I will not be voting for Obama, and certainly not for McCain. We will not be bullied into voting for one homophobe because the other homophobe may just want to ignore us altogether instead of segregating us from heterosexuals like the other bigot running for president wishes to do with us.

Sadly, too many in the GLBT community think that we are now left only with a “Sophie’s Choice”. Which child do we have to pick to send to its certain death — should it be our self-respect or our misguided trust?

For my part, I choose neither. I am supporting a third party.

…Vote your conscience, not your fears.

~ Bud Evans

And you know what I am going to do, Tim, I am going to keep on donating, donating and donating some more until November 4th.

I plan to likely fly out on one of my free reward flight tickets from Southwest Airlines to San Francisoo as soon as I can get a few free days and I plan to donate some time calling on Equality California’s phones.

This piece of despicable rubbish threatens to be dumped in California’s constitution at voting polls, stopping any more California gay marriages.

A blessing in disguise that the late gay rights pioneer Del Martin of San Francisco will never, ever again have go through the anguish of another revocation of her marriage to the one she loved like she did the first time.
May her soul rest in peace for she and many others of her activist days fought to secure rights for every gay person. We owe her and other activists like her a debt of gratitude that they worked to secure a better life for us.

Are we going to sit still on our and let gay marriage in CA get ripped out from under us?

What happens in a very large and major state of huge prestige like CA could very well render gay marriage more difficult to wrest from reluctant courts and legislatures in states like my own Maryland which has no registry, no marriage and no civil unions in spite of the best efforts of Equality Maryland to secure marriage rights or maybe even civil unions for those living in our own state.

For mark my words the evil ones who cooked up this travesty and this torment called Prop 8 will not rest and will drag gay married through indignity, suffering and anguish once again while they likely launch lawauits to or do whatever they are going to do get the existing marriages of thousands of gay CA couples declared null and void.

I am a gay woman who is very involved in helping others as I believe the Lord G-d would want it that way. Learn to spread more love and less intolerance/bigotry/hatred. Besides, Jesus walked with those you refuse to.
Spend less time judging and more time loving for that is one of G-ds most precious commandments/gift to the world.
P.S. Stand up against hate, vote no on 8!

Good luck !