UWP Lecturers Proposition 8; was Re: Tuesday

[Jason Thompson]

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On Nov 9, 2008, at 6:33 PM, "Robert W. Anderson"  
<andersonrob72 at att.net> wrote:

> Dear Joshua, et. al.:
>
> 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.
>
> There is a nation-wide protest this coming Saturday, November 15,  
> 2008, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific / 1:30 p.m. Eastern.  See http://www.jointheimpact.com/?page_id=2 
>  for details.  My partner and I will be at the Moreno Valley protest.
>
> --Robert
>
> From: Joshua Fenton
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:39 AM
> To: Aline ; Amy ; annamarie.amezquita at rcc.edu ; Ben Harder ; Carole  
> AnneTyler ; Carrie-Jean ; Cheryl Brusuelas ; Christine Smedley ;  
> Claire Nava ; Cordell Briggs ; Cynde Sanchez ; Dan Clark ; Diana  
> Tresslar ; dmunsel at yahoo.com ; Don Jobe ; Elissa Weeks ; Erie  
> Leduc ; Erla Maria Marteinsdottir ; englecturers at lists.ucr.edu ;  
> Geoff Cohen ; HelenLovejoy ; Jim Condon ; Joe Notarangel ; John  
> Briggs ; joseph.childers at ucr.edu ; Julie Feia ; Kate Watt ; Kathleen  
> Moore ; Keith Vance ; Kim Turner ; Linda Strahan ; Maria  
> Notarangelo ; Matt Murray ; Megan McAlystre ; Michelle ; Nan Ma ;  
> Rise Axelrod ; Ronnie Puckett ; Sasha Marakowski ; Shannon Bush ;  
> Sharon Tyler ; soupymama at hotmail.com ; Stephanie Kay ; stephen.cullenberg at ucr.edu 
>  ; Susan Brown ; teri Carter ; Teri Currie ; Tina Feldmann ; Valarie  
> Zapata ; Wallace Cleaves
> Subject: UWP Lecturers Tuesday
>
> Dear Friends,
>
>
>
> I am writing to you today to urge you to vote NO on proposition 8  
> this upcoming Tuesday to secure the rights of the gay, lesbian, and  
> queer community to participate in this society as equal citizens.   
> 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 tradit 
> ional expectations.
>
>
>
> Let us not forget that a central point of American democracy is to  
> govern society by majority rule with respect and protection for  
> minority rights.  This ideal is enshrined in both our state and  
> federal constitutions.  Throughout our history, however, we have  
> done a poor job living up to this ideal: it wasn’t until 1948 that t 
> he state of California finally struck from its laws anti-misceginati 
> on regulations (Perez vs. Sharp), and the rest of the country finall 
> y 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.  Should queer Americans al 
> so wait 102 years to be treated fairly, or has our country finally m 
> atured enough to recognize that all citizens be treated equally and  
> have their rights upheld?
>
>
>
> As an American, I have to admit that I hate to rely on others to  
> live my life.  I much prefer to pull up my own  bootstraps.  But in  
> this crucial moment of civil rights, I need your help.  It is your  
> vote that is integral in allowing my partner and I to celebrate our  
> entwined lives.  It is your vote that is necessary to validate our  
> worth as equal citizens.   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.
>
>
>
> 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.  Plans are in the works and details are being decided upon,  
> yet we are in a holding pattern in anticipation of your vote.
>
> Please do not make us rely upon the Jim Crow Civil Union that is  
> offered by our state.  Separate but equal inevitably leads to  
> inequality as our long, sad history shows.
>
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
>
>
> Joshua Fenton
>
> Your student, coworker, neighbor, friend, and equal
>
>
>
> "But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted  
> on."
> ~Lenin, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
>
>
>
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