The Latest from Yes on 8

Here is the latest email I’ve received from the Yes on 8 campaign. The good news is that yesterday my Pastor stood before our church and told us all to VOTE YES on 8 So the message is getting out, more than just here online.

Respect for Marriage

Opponents of Proposition 8 are propagating a lie in their attempt to confuse voters. Their mantra is that same-sex marriage will have no impact on your marriage or family.If only that were true.

Unfortunately, it’s a lie.

You see, same-sex marriage will have a direct impact on your family. The most alarming result of allowing the redefinition of marriage is the immediate impact on children.

California Education Code Section 51933 states that “Instruction and materials shall teach respect for marriage and committed relationships.” Traditionally, this meant that students were taught that marriage between a man and a woman is the normal, healthy relationship for creating and raising a family. But now marriage has been redefined to mean that two women or two men can marry each other.

Now this means that when Section 51933 is obeyed in the classroom, students (even as young as kindergarten) will be taught to respect the new definition of marriage-including same-sex marriages.

Not only has marriage been redefined, the term “respect” is in the process of being changed. For anti-family forces, “respect” will now mean honoring and accepting same-sex marriage, regardless of your religious or moral beliefs. Respect will no longer mean deferring to someone else’s beliefs, but esteeming or honoring their beliefs just as your own. This is the death of freedom of speech and religion.

Some may argue that this type of prediction about same-sex marriage’s impact is just an overreaction. After all, it’s been “legal” in California since June.
But we’re already starting to see the results of redefining marriage.

Just last week a kindergarten class in a public school was taken on a school-approved “field trip” to witness their gay teacher’s “wedding” to her partner.

These young, impressionable children were taken from the classroom, where they should have been learning reading, writing and math, to participate in a same-sex marriage ceremony. This is what anti-family forces have in mind when they apply Section 51933 in the classroom.

Keep in mind that whether you live in San Francisco or Fresno, the Education Code mandates such “respect” for marriage.

You may respond, “Well, my local teachers would never engage in that kind of behavior.” Really? The State Education Code mandates it. And the state’s largest teachers union, the California Teachers Association, is one of the biggest financial supporters of the No on Proposition 8 campaign. The CTA has given hundreds of thousands of dollars towards defeating Proposition 8. This union has also actively supported homosexual marriage legislation in the legislature in recent years.

The CTA is extremely powerful-they will determine what is taught in your child’s classroom, from choosing curriculum to training teachers. The CTA has made their political agenda clear.

Voting YES on Proposition 8 is our opportunity to push back against this radical assault on the innocence of our children. But we need your help to protect the children.

We have less than a month to go in this historic, crucial campaign. We need you to keep spreading word of this threat to our families.

We also need your donation.

Your financial contribution will ensure that our children aren’t taken on “field trips” to same-sex marriage ceremonies. It will guarantee that we will still be able to express our religious beliefs. Every dollar donated goes towards our campaign to restore marriage.