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Propositions 4 & 8
9:42 AM 10/21/08 · There were some interesting bits about these two propositions on the new this morning, that I'd not heard before. I wake up to the news every single day, 740AM KCBS, so I'm assuming these are fairly new as I'd not heard about them before. So, thought I'd share.

Proposition 4: Parental Notification for Abortions
The people behind Prop 4 have been circulating this interesting recorded message. It's basically a young woman of 13 years who's calling multiple abortion clinics to see about getting an abortion. She says she'll be 14 soon and that she'd prefer that no one inform her parents. She says her 22 year old boyfriend has promised to take care of everything. There's also a voice from someone at a clinic informing her not to worry and that no one would be informed.

This recording is, as I'd like to think anyone with ½ decent common sense would assume, completely bogus.

It's about 5 years old and the jailbait girl in it is actually an adult actress local to Texas. Planned Parenthood is up in arms about this because it implies they, or anyone at such a licensed clinic, would just pass over the statutory rape situation it clearly represents.

Realistically, any licensed medical professional would likely help a girl in this situation...but the boyfriend would most certainly get reported.

Proposition 4 was bad enough before they tried to pull this fast one.

If you'd like to hear more about this, listen to 740AM (Bay Area) on the radio for about 20 minutes, they'll likely report the investigation piece.

No on 4!

Proposition 8: Ban on Gay Marriage
One of the biggies that is constantly getting touted on Prop 8 is that if it passes then gay marriage will be taught in schools. There's some professor (Richard Peterson) I see, or hear if the commercial is on the radio, that proclaims this and a couple other things. Then there's that other commercial that has the little girl running in from school to tell her mother that she learned that day how a prince could marry a prince and she could marry a princess.

Personally, that commercial makes me giggle and smile a lot.

If you were not aware of this already, they don't teach marriage in school. They would most certainly not suddenly include a course on it if gay marraige were fully legalized, it's currently legal in California and I'd like to keep it that way, but even if they did I don't think that would be a bad thing.

A good chunk of my family are the product of mixed marriages. I tell people that ask that I'm Black and as most see skin before facial characteristics...next to nobody believes me. Once upon a time mixed marriages were either illegal or highly discouraged from ethnically confused children excuses to general racism and prejudice.

While that first thing isn't really a factor here, Prop 8 is all about prejudice and discrimination and telling people that don't have the rights that everyone else does. Whether you go with my silly gay couples should have as much right to be as miserable as straight couples or whatever you like, denying them the basic right to get married is just plain wrong.

No on 8!