So, first order of business. I've forwarded on a couple of emails recently regarding Prop 8 that I felt were important and prompted me to action. But just in case I didn't get them forwarded on to YOU, here they are. I hope you'll take the few extra minutes needed to take some action as well.
EMAIL #1:
Hello All.
Sorry for the forward, as a rule I NEVER forward. But this one is worth it. This email was sent to me, Alison. Tracy Picketts is a friend from a previous ward and she currently is a member of the Heritage Oaks ward. Please take the time to help out some one who put it all on the line. If you have not yet seen the Yes on Prop 8 Ad, here is the link.
Please help.
Thanks.
Alison Dunn
If you have watched the TV in the last two days, you may have seen the new Yes on Prop 8 commercial. (the one with Gavin Newsom). The professor from Pepperdine University who speaks on behalf of all of us in the commercial is man very close family friend...so close that I refer to him as 'Uncle Richard'. He does a fabulous job stating some key consequences of NOT passing prop 8.
Since the commercial has aired Richard has been receiving literally hundreds of emails, some violent and very threatening from various gay groups and also some even from the faculty. His wife Patti said that another well respected and prominent professor was supposed to do the commercial but was called away to Washington D.C. and unable to do it so they asked Richard if he would consider doing it. He said that he would but he had to clear it with 'the powers that be' at Pepperdine first. He submitted the script to them and they said that they had no issues with it. Now with the backlash, as so often happens, they are not being very supportive. Richard thought that if there were some positive emails amid all the negative it would help.
To help support this cause and those who speak out publicly as our voice for our stance... would you please email the head of the law department at Pepperdine, Ken Starr, and let him know how appreciative you are for their support in allowing Professor Richard Peterson to speak for all Prop 8 supporters? If you could please also contact your friends and other supporters and ask for their help in sending an email as well.
Ken Starr's email is: Ken.Starr@pepperdine.edu
After receiving this email about the backlash of his participation in this commercial, it confirmed to me again why we CAN NOT be complacent as defenders of the Proclamation on the Family. It also gave me more insight as to the church's unprecedented and vigorous support of this issue. As we can see, many groups against prop 8 are VERY vocal and VERY pushy with their views and beliefs. Many of them are all for freedoms of speech, except when it contradicts their beliefs. I personally have seen many No on Prop 8 commercials and haven't thought once, 'I am going to email those people and tell them I disagree with them through hateful speech and threats.' We can not allow our opponents on this issue bully us into submission and silence our own personal views for fear that we will receive similar backlash as Richard. We can not allow a loud minority to shape an institution that means so much to the very core of our beliefs. We need to stand up and be counted. I give a lot of credit to Professor Richard Peterson and others who (at some cost) have chosen to stand up and be counted.
Thanks,
Tracy Pickett
We need to all vote Yes on prop 8 in Nov. I don't look at it as a matter of marriage between two people but as a confusing message it is sure to send to our little ones. Please, no matter what your beliefs, think first of your posterity and the negative effect it will have on them. Check out the link below.
Deborah
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1815825713
4 comments:
I'm a little confused regarding this. Isn't Prop 8 for California? My mom, in AZ said their's was Prop 102. I sent the same information on but I don't think it's the same in Utah and everywhere else. Do you know if it's the same issue in Ohio, just a different Prop number?
Prop 8 is CALIFORNIA. I'm actually not sure that it's a ballot issue in other states right now. But passing along information is crucial for everyone b/c I think sooner or later it'll be an issue for whichever state you live in.
I just got my absentee ballot in the mail today and this was no where on it. I am glad that you are passing on the info for those that it may concern however.
I agree. Even though it's not on our Ohio ballot, I think it's so wise to know what issues are being voted on in other states, because...issues spread quickly, especially if they get momentum. :) Good job Lorelei! :) Which, this issue is not dying out...it keeps coming up. It's going to take all of us united for the right to squash it out.
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