Glad yall bumped this. No matter how blue, Cal has a shit ton of wingnuts.

Thanks for getting on this.  We have a lot of work to do on this incredibly important matter.  I just donated twice to No on 8 yesterday:
http://www.noonprop8.com/

That said, again, this is probably such an important issue for so many its probably not going to be a big deal getting support.

I am not really sure what the right time is to bring up this issue to tell the truth but I am pretty certain its going to be important to society at large.

I think it might be helpful to the California voter to know who is putting up all the ads in opposition to gay marriage.  It is the bigoted Utah Mormon sect.  My idea of a more powerful one would be to show a grim faced Grand Poobah of Salt Lake surrounded by ten wives and sixty children saying, "We chosen ones here in Utah believe in the sanctity of marriage!  Vote for Prop 8."

I married my partner of 15 years here in Encinitas, CA two weeks ago.

I hope that straight people in California will realize that by allowing same sex couples to marry, it does no harm to THEM or THEIR relationship, yet it legitimizes people like my Partner and I who have been together for 15 years and who simply want the same rights as straight people with regards to benefits, inheritance, taxes, children, etc.

Thanks for putting this up again.

I think activists are caught up in the presidential race and other races, and so are basically ignoring Prop. 8.

As I posted last night, I've seen zero No on 8 bumper stickers--zero.  And I also think 8 will pass unless we can get more Democrats to vote no.  I haven't seen the internals of the SUSA poll yet, but targeting Democrats is the way to go.

The defeat of Prop. 8 is not a progressive issue.

Prop. 8 protects kids to learn about these sensitive, nuanced issues from their families and churches, not schools and public groups, like the Boy Scouts, etc., which will be forced to address these topics because gay marriage would be legal and an undeniable part of society.

Gay and lesbian couples should get every right under the law that straight married couples get. But marriage is not a right, it's a privilege, and just like driving, which is also a privilege, there are rules, requirements and physical factors which govern safe driving, and hence successful marriages.

Let's not swerve off the path to true equality by mandating from our courts that a privilege be expanded beyond its original intent.

does the California constitution require a plurality or a majority to be ammended?

on a friend's wedding registry here:

www.eqca.org

She and her partner went to California to get married this summer and they set up a registry so that friends could donate to the No on Prop 8 campaign in lieu of sending a wedding gift.

Same-sex couples might want to consider setting up a registry there and asking your friends to donate.

I and my wife are working on an ad for no on Prop. 8...I know there's a way you can buy ads on TV that's been mentioned several times on different blogs, but can't remember the URL. Anyone here know?

The sad thing is the Gavin Newsom ad that Yes for Prop 8 is running has been extremely effective.  It's been the topic of discussion at two weddings I've been to his month in Northern California (liberal weddings).  There's already a healthy distaste for Gavin and that ad merely accentuates his swarmy nature.

My two cents on why the polls have changed so much. One of the most effective campaign ads I've seen in a long time.