Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The battle for gay marrage continues

GetToKnowMeFirst.org announced today plans to release TV ads with Gay and Lesbian Families promoting the repeal of Proposition 8.The ads are schedule to air during Inauguration week.

"It's important that our fellow Californians see the faces of the real families that are directly affected by the passage of Proposition 8," said John Ireland, the group's organizer.

One of the spots in the GetToKnowMeFirst.org campaign will feature Sonia and Gina, a couple who are raising a son and daughter, ages 6 and 3. "Don't take my family's rights away. Get to know me first," Sonia says in the ad. "Our families may look different from yours, but we're not. We need the same things... like marriage... so we can protect and provide for our kids."
The ads should focus attention on the injustice of Prop 8. I hope they highlight purely religious nature of the people who oppose Gay marriage. Theocracy is insidious.

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