VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 7:35PM
Tomorrow it is time for us American's to vote. As American's it is our right an responsibility to vote. Not to mention you can't really complain about the outcome unless you get your booty out there and vote! This upcoming election day is a day that will go down in the history books. There are so many important things on the ballot!
Now... there may be lines at the polls tomorrow but I really do encourage you to take the time and wait and vote. PLUS if you do vote there are a lot of places that pass out free goods to those who do vote on election day. Ben and Jerry's will be handing out free scoops of ice cream between 8am and 5pm, Krispy Kreme will be handing out free dougnuts, and Starbucks (stand alone stores only) will be handing out free coffee for those with "I Voted" stickers.
Honestly I'm not here to push you to vote for Obama or McCain but I DO want you to vote!!!! (For Obama!!!!) Ok yeah I'm going to push a little. I couldn't stomach President Palin if McCain were to die.
There is one thing I do want you to vote on though and I feel very strongly about this one...
NO ON PROP 8
Although heart broken that John Cho has a child and I'm assuming a woman (what? He's a hottie!), he makes a very valid point. Equality cannot exist unless it applies to EVERYONE! This is America! "Home of the Free" and our constitution was made to GIVE us FREEDOM not stomp our freedom!
I know that the people who want you to vote yes on prop 8 say a lot of things that are not true. Honestly I want to throw up every time I see a "Yes on 8" ad on TV.
"Fact: Prop 8 is simple: it eliminates the rights for same-sex couples to marry. Prop 8 would deny equal protections and write discrimination against one group of people—lesbian and gay people—into our state constitution."
Source : No On Prop 8
First of all... schools are NOT going to teach gay marriage in class and if they did a parent COULD remove them from the lesson. Shoot I see so many kids removed from biology because their parents are against dissecting things, sex ed, and other classes that are actually IMPORTANT. Schools don't even teach about marriage in the first place so why would they go about starting to teach it now? Gay or straight? Even if they did decide to add it to the curriculum it's not going to make kids gay. If they are going to be gay they will.
"Fact: Not one word in Prop 8 mentions education. And no child can be forced, against the will of their parents, to be taught anything about health and family issues at school. California law prohibits it.
Fiction: A Massachusetts case about a parent’s objection to the school curriculum will happen here.
Fact: California gives parents an absolute right to remove their kids and opt-out of teaching on health and family instruction they don’t agree with. The opponents know that California law already covers this and Prop 8 won’t affect it, so they bring up an irrelevant case in Massachusetts."
Source : No On Prop 8
Second of all... NO ONE IS FORCING ANYTHING DOWN ANYONES THROAT! If you don't like gay people don't look. Don't pay attention. LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE!!! If your religious does the Bible not say to leave the judgement to God? It does. If a man wants to love another man it isn't going to hurt you. I see all these churches endorsing prop 8 and not only is that illegal (separation of church and state, the reason why churches do not pay taxes) but it goes against the "holy word of God."
So please... please... PLEASE! Vote No on prop 8 tomorrow.
♥ Shawnee
P.S. Halloween post is coming I swear.
P.S. P.S. Pictures too!! LOL
Now... there may be lines at the polls tomorrow but I really do encourage you to take the time and wait and vote. PLUS if you do vote there are a lot of places that pass out free goods to those who do vote on election day. Ben and Jerry's will be handing out free scoops of ice cream between 8am and 5pm, Krispy Kreme will be handing out free dougnuts, and Starbucks (stand alone stores only) will be handing out free coffee for those with "I Voted" stickers.
Honestly I'm not here to push you to vote for Obama or McCain but I DO want you to vote!!!! (For Obama!!!!) Ok yeah I'm going to push a little. I couldn't stomach President Palin if McCain were to die.
There is one thing I do want you to vote on though and I feel very strongly about this one...
Although heart broken that John Cho has a child and I'm assuming a woman (what? He's a hottie!), he makes a very valid point. Equality cannot exist unless it applies to EVERYONE! This is America! "Home of the Free" and our constitution was made to GIVE us FREEDOM not stomp our freedom!
I know that the people who want you to vote yes on prop 8 say a lot of things that are not true. Honestly I want to throw up every time I see a "Yes on 8" ad on TV.
"Fact: Prop 8 is simple: it eliminates the rights for same-sex couples to marry. Prop 8 would deny equal protections and write discrimination against one group of people—lesbian and gay people—into our state constitution."
Source : No On Prop 8
First of all... schools are NOT going to teach gay marriage in class and if they did a parent COULD remove them from the lesson. Shoot I see so many kids removed from biology because their parents are against dissecting things, sex ed, and other classes that are actually IMPORTANT. Schools don't even teach about marriage in the first place so why would they go about starting to teach it now? Gay or straight? Even if they did decide to add it to the curriculum it's not going to make kids gay. If they are going to be gay they will.
"Fact: Not one word in Prop 8 mentions education. And no child can be forced, against the will of their parents, to be taught anything about health and family issues at school. California law prohibits it.
Fiction: A Massachusetts case about a parent’s objection to the school curriculum will happen here.
Fact: California gives parents an absolute right to remove their kids and opt-out of teaching on health and family instruction they don’t agree with. The opponents know that California law already covers this and Prop 8 won’t affect it, so they bring up an irrelevant case in Massachusetts."
Source : No On Prop 8
Second of all... NO ONE IS FORCING ANYTHING DOWN ANYONES THROAT! If you don't like gay people don't look. Don't pay attention. LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE!!! If your religious does the Bible not say to leave the judgement to God? It does. If a man wants to love another man it isn't going to hurt you. I see all these churches endorsing prop 8 and not only is that illegal (separation of church and state, the reason why churches do not pay taxes) but it goes against the "holy word of God."
So please... please... PLEASE! Vote No on prop 8 tomorrow.
♥ Shawnee
P.S. Halloween post is coming I swear.
P.S. P.S. Pictures too!! LOL
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