Majority Oppose Discriminatory Anti-Marriage Initiative in California
The California Field Poll found a majority of Californian's are against writing marriage discrimination into the California Constitution by passing Proposition 8. This latest poll performed in July 2008 reaffirmed similar findings from the Field Poll in May 2008.
Regarding the Field Poll results, Mark DiCamillo, director of the nonpartisan Field Poll said, "Starting out behind is usually an ominous sign for a proposition. Over 90 percent of propositions that start out behind get taken down." Such news reaffirms the extreme importance of work in California to protect marriage and ensure that fair-minded Californians vote in November.
Quote of the Week
"It's like we've been Photoshopped out of the picture. How long is the federal government going to pretend we don't exist?"
—Diane Curtis, The Washington Post, 7/17/08
Wolfson discusses what's to come with fairness in California in a two part series in EDGE Boston: "The influence that this [California] decision will have in helping Americans to see families helped and no one hurt couldn't be bigger." (People For the American Way is leading the effort to reverse the Census Bureau's decision to not count marriages by lesbian or gay couples in the 2010 census. Their Press Release reveals Census Bureau's Own Research Staff Demonstrated That Airbrushing Out Same-Sex Marriages Distorts Data. Sign the petition here!
In a Joint Advisory with national gay rights legal and advocacy organizations,Freedom to Marry counsels couples getting married in California that there are many ways to work to see your marriage respected and win the freedom to marry nationwide, and one way -- filing ill-timed lawsuits -- that can have more negative consequences. (pdf advisory)
The Voices of Equality Program is a national high profile strategic speakers bureau and media ambassadors program that seeks to advance messages of marriage equality through prominent civic leaders to targeted populations. The Voices of Equality Program consists of a 2-person team that will include program management, talent booking, and media advocacy functions.
