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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Joshua, et. al.:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am so sorry that Proposition 8 passed. I was
thinking of you and your partner when I heard the news. My partner and I
were legally married on October 31, 2008 (yes, Halloween--at
least our anniversary will be easy to remember) to get in under the wire,
though with the passage of Proposition 8, our marriage is in legal
limbo.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There is a nation-wide protest this coming Saturday,
November 15, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific / 1:30 p.m. Eastern. See <A
title="http://www.jointheimpact.com/?page_id=2 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.jointheimpact.com/?page_id=2">http://www.jointheimpact.com/?page_id=2</A> for
details. My partner and I will be at the Moreno Valley
protest.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>--Robert</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fenton_jp@hotmail.com
href="mailto:fenton_jp@hotmail.com">Joshua Fenton</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:39 AM</DIV>
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href="mailto:aline.messer@ucr.edu">Aline</A> ; <A title=amyadunne@msn.com
href="mailto:amyadunne@msn.com">Amy</A> ; <A title=annamarie.amezquita@rcc.edu
href="mailto:annamarie.amezquita@rcc.edu">annamarie.amezquita@rcc.edu</A> ; <A
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I am writing to you today to urge you to <B><U>vote NO on
proposition 8</U></B> this upcoming Tuesday to secure the rights of the gay,
lesbian, and queer community to participate in this society as equal
citizens.<SPAN> </SPAN>Furthermore, I urge you to vote no on proposition 8
to ensure that similar measures stripping citizens of their equal rights are not
enacted in the future – who knows, your rights could be next to fall under some
Orwellian mob rule simply because you do not meet traditional expectations.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Let us not forget that a central point of American democracy
is to govern society by majority rule <U>with respect and protection for
minority rights</U>.<SPAN> </SPAN>This ideal is enshrined in both our
state and federal constitutions.<SPAN> </SPAN>Throughout our history,
however, we have done a poor job living up to this ideal: it wasn’t until 1948
that the state of California finally struck from its laws anti-miscegination
regulations (Perez vs. Sharp), and the rest of the country finally followed suit
in the US Supreme Courts decision of 1967 in Loving vs. Virginia that finally
struck down anti-interracial marriage laws more than a century after the Civil
War.<SPAN> </SPAN>Should queer Americans also wait 102 years to be treated
fairly, or has our country finally matured enough to recognize that all citizens
be treated equally and have their rights upheld?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>As an American, I have to admit that I hate to rely on others
to live my life.<SPAN> </SPAN>I much prefer to pull up my own
bootstraps.<SPAN> </SPAN>But in this crucial moment of civil rights, I
need your help.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is your vote that is integral in allowing
my partner and I to celebrate our entwined lives.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is your
vote that is necessary to validate our worth as equal citizens.<SPAN>
</SPAN>It is your vote that will keep us from being crushed by totalitarian
religious views that seeks to blanket all citizens under its purview and damn
those who do not fit under it.<SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>My partner and I will have been together for ten years come
June 2009, and we are already preparing our marriage ceremony for that
date.<SPAN> </SPAN>Plans are in the works and details are being decided
upon, yet we are in a holding pattern in anticipation of your vote.<SPAN>
</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please do not make us rely upon the Jim Crow Civil Union that
is offered by our state.<SPAN> </SPAN>Separate but equal inevitably leads
to inequality as our long, sad history shows.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Respectfully,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Joshua Fenton</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Your student, coworker, neighbor, friend, and
equal</P><BR><BR>"But every little difference may become a big one if it is
insisted on."<BR>~Lenin, <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">One Step
Forward, Two Steps Back</SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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