Proposition 8 – What the fuck, California?

Posted on 03 November 2008 by Redmanthatcould

For those of you in other states, or with your heads up your asses (which means a lot of Californians), this is what Proposition 8 wants to do:

  • Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.
  • Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.
  • The majority of the television ads that are being run in favor of Proposition 8 feature a running theme of not wanting gay marriage taught in schools. Now, it would be silly for me to cite the place in the California Constitution that states schools and parents choose what is taught to children, because it does not matter. Why does it not matter? Well, we know why the Republicans don’t want gay marriage legal, and it has ZERO to do with children, and everything to do with religion.

    But in any case, that is not the point of this post. What absolutely grinds my gears is that the Republicans for Proposition 8 are using children in their ads to scare to the general public into voting Yes on election day. These commercials literally made me sick to my stomach. Play with people’s emotions however you want – tell them it is their American duty, or that gay people are evil like those evil Jews – but you fucking sons of bitches need to keep children out of it. Apparently the mother of one of the girls in the ads feels the same way. Why she let them use her daughter in their ads in the first place is beyond me, but I guess she wised up after-the-fact:

    As for the actual matter at hand, the whole should we “allow” gay marriage to be taught in schools? If parents actually cared that much about their children being taught math and science, as they evidently do about their kids being taught gay marriage, we would be much better off as a society. Oops, did I say “science”? Let me put it in terms that Republicans will understand – witch craft. :)

    In any case, vote however you want. Vote yes, vote no, don’t vote, whatever. Tell your kids what is evil and what is good, and all that fucking jazz. Just next time you are going to run a political ad with children, remember that you are the lowest scum on the face of the fucking planet.

    This ad paid for by the “What the fuck were you thinking by putting children in your fucking political ads” coalition.

2 Comments For This Post

  1. Allie Says:

    Hey there! Interesting message! In regard to the parents of the kids used in the ad–they didn’t let Yes on 8 use their kids like that. Their kids had been filmed by NBC for what was supposed to be a positive story about the kids sharing something special with their teacher (her wedding–which the parents of all the kids involved had time and the right to pull the kids out of the trip if they didn’t agree with it. Two families did decide not to participate). The Yes on 8 people got this film off the NBC website or something, and did not get parental consent prior to posting the images of the children all over TV and the internet. The parents asked the Yes on 8 people to stop running that ad and to remove it from where ever they had posted it. The parents also asked NBC to pursue legal action (since the film being used belongs to NBC) if Yes on 8 does not comply to their request. Just to fill you in on that piece of your blog. :)

  2. Redmanthatcould Says:

    And if you don’t know, now you know…you know…

    Thanks, Allie :)

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