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  SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2008 -- Some photos I took today at  the local Progressive Democrats For America rally for   Debbie Cook For Congress ,   in Huntington Beach, CA Today is the Sunday before election day.  Just two days to go. I've already voted.  I have been blogging for Obama and to support voting No on Prop 8.  However, due to having had a cold for a while, so I haven't been to a rally for a long time. Luckily for me, there actually was one near my house today. This one was for Debbie Cook, our Huntington Beach, CA mayor who is currently trying to unseat Dana Rohrabacher for Congress.   This may sound easy given the support for Obama and other Democrats lately, but here in Orange County, a largely very red population , this will not be an easy victory.  In fact, she may lose if every one of us doesn't do everything we can to help her win Tuesday.   So, I went to the Progressive Democrats For America Rally for Debbie Cook ... Get Out The Vote Rally and neighborhood

If appealing to your sense of reason and morality isn't reason enough to get you to vote NO on Prop 8, then why not just hear what Jack O'Connell -- Superintendent of California Schools -- has to say about Prop 8.

Okay, only because the writer gave me persmission to, and only because I'm so busy today am I going to relent and "borrow heavily" from Prince Gomolvilas in order to further articulate why prop 8 is SO WRONG. Let me clarify this for anyone new to my blog: I am a married, heterosexual, wife and mother of two beautiful children. I live in Orange County, CA and I STRONGLY OPPOSE PROP 8. I think Prop 8 is all about hate. ( Easy to remember this fact, "Prop 8 = H8") But, incase you are undecided on this issue, please take a moment to look this over and consider why I feel voting for civil rights is the only right thing to do. CALIFORNIA VOTER INFORMATION ( OKAY, LIES ) ABOUT PROP 8 Lie #1: "Schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry boys." -- Uh, no . Does this sound stupid? It is. This ad is referring to one specific Massachusetts court case. Using the plural "schools" is a gross exaggeration to make it sound like its a w

Look, I don't know what to say, but I'm getting really worried about the mentality of my fellow Californians, recently. I think anyone who loves each other and goes to the trouble to get married should have the rights of a married couple. I simply am appalled by all the hate I see around me suggesting (wrongly) that a vote for Prop 8 is, somehow, "protecting marriage." Well, I'm married (to a man, in case that matters to anyone reading this)  and it doesn't protect my marriage. Let's face it, voting for Prop 8 is VALIDATING HATE. Voting for Prop 8 has ZERO to do with religious freedom.  It has everything to do with hating gays and lesbians. I'm so outraged at the signs, comments, videos I see (and worse, that our children also see) all  sending the message "If you are gay, then we hate you and consider your rights meaningless.   People who are not heterosexual are not as good as we are.  Go away." Well, I do NOT believe this.