Celebrate! California Marriage Amendment stays on ballot
Celebrate! California Marriage Amendment Stays on Ballot
Thomasson: "Tell your friends and neighbors to vote yes on Prop. 8 ."
Sacramento, California – Campaign for Children and Families, a leading California-based pro-family organization, is celebrating today that Californians will be able to vote to protect marriage licenses for a man and a woman on the November ballot.
"This is great news," said CCF President Randy Thomasson, "and not unexpected in light of the homosexual activists' undemocratic, intolerant, and extraordinary attack upon the voters' right to vote. Fortunately, activist judges are more used to inventing new 'laws' out of thin air than striking voter-qualified initiatives from the ballot. Californians can now go back to telling their friends and neighbors to vote yes on Proposition 8 in November to restore marriage for only a man and a woman."
Randy Thomasson, who has been defending marriage between a man and a woman on a statewide basis since 1994, and former Assemblyman Larry Bowler (R-Elk Grove) filed a motion with the California Supreme Court on June 30, asking to defend the right of California voters to both qualify and vote for Proposition 8. The petition is posted here.
Right now, pastors and pro-family citizens are organizing around the state to back Proposition 8, sponsored by the ProtectMarriage.com coalition. The most reliable polls (which, unlike the California Field Poll, independently confirm individual voter registration and voting habits) show Prop. 8 in the clear majority. The May 21 Los Angeles Times Poll found that 54 percent of voters support Proposition 8, the California Marriage Amendment, and only 35 percent oppose it.
"The last time marriage was on the ballot in 2000, it polled in the low-to-mid 50's going into Election Day," said Thomasson. "But people who care deeply about marriage and family came out strongly, and pushed Proposition 22 to 61.4 percent, an overwhelming victory. If everyone does their part this summer to support Proposition 8, come November 5, marriage licenses will only be for a man and a woman in the California State Constitution."
CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (CCF) is a leading West Coast pro-family organization empowering citizens to live out their values. Sign up today for CCF's free email updates at www.savecalifornia.com. Your partnership empowers CCF's innovative work on behalf of children and families in culture, media and government. Please support CCF by making a secure online donation or by sending a tax-deductible gift of any size to:
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Randy Thomasson, President
P.O. Box 511, Sacramento, CA 95812
(916) 265-5650
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