Posted by
TheChair on Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:29:24 AM
Here it is, the link to the official California Proposition 8 ballot pamphlet, complete with arguments pro and con. Scroll down to click on and read its various components.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/vig_11042008_public_display.htm Or, here, let me do it for you:
Complete text of California Marriage Protection Act: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Argument in favor of Prop. 8 and traditional marriage:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/bp_11042008_pres_general/prop_8_arg_in_favor.pdf
Rebuttal to argument in favor:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/bp_11042008_pres_general/prop_8_rebuttal_to_arg_in_favor.pdf
Argument against:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/bp_11042008_pres_general/prop_8_arg_against.pdf
Rebuttal to argument against:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/bp_11042008_pres_general/prop_8_rebuttal_to_arg_against.pdf
Does anyone else find it odd that such things so fundamental to the existence of the human race must be hashed out in such a way? Maybe five years from now, we'll be preparing to vote concerning the right to breathe oxygen. Who knows. Californians certainly cannot take anything for granted anymore.