Gavin Newsom: Protect Marriage Equality, Join California's Fight

from HuffPost:




Gavin Newsom
Posted October 25, 2008 | 05:37 PM (EST)
Protect Marriage Equality, Join California's Fight



When it became clear a few weeks ago that right-wing extremists were pouring millions of dollars into our state to attack our fundamental freedom to marry -- Californians who care about justice started fighting back.

Californians didn't wait for a campaign, or a consultant, or a politician to tell them what to do. Across the state, hundreds of thousands of people started standing up and speaking out against Proposition 8.

We used our own words and spoke from our hearts. We started emailing, writing checks to No on 8, blogging, posting videos, picking up the phone and most of all speaking out at our jobs, to our friends and to our families about how terribly wrong it would be to use our Constitution to eliminate the right to marry for lesbian and gay couples.

Watch: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gavin-newsom/protect-marriage-equality_b_137848.html


This has probably been one of the most powerful flash campaigns in US history. A few weeks ago, the right-wing money machine was winning. Today -0 we are on the verge of overwhelming their money with the combined power of hundreds of thousands of Californians who are doing their part to defeat Proposition 8. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gavin-newsom/protect-marriage-equality_b_137848.html