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Text Box: Dear loved ones, As I am sure you all will agree, this is a significant time in the history of our state, nation, and church. Traditional marriage, as we have known it, is being redefined in a slow, methodical manner. For those of us who want marriage to remain as it has for centuries, we must choose to get out and cast our votes. Committed, wonderful people have tirelessly accumulated signatures, over the last year or so to place on the November ballot an amendment that defines marriage in our state. This proposed amendment is entitled “The Marriage Amendment Act, Proposition 8.” It reads, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” According to one poll, this 51% of Californians are opposed to this amendment to the State Constitution. If the supporters of traditional marriage and the church remain silent on this issue, marriage, as we know it, may be permanently redefined in the state of California. As most of us are aware, what happens, here in California, is likely to influence what happens in the rest of the United States. The implications for the church and families in America are both significant and sobering. The following information is provided for you that you may become acutely informed and choose to prayerfully pursue this very important issue. The Issue California voters passed Proposition 22 in 2000 by more than 61%, saying that a marriage in California is between a man and a woman. Earlier this year, four activist judges based in San Francisco wrongly overturned the people's vote, legalizing same-sex marriage. The Consequences The Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage did not just overturn the will of California voters; it also redefined marriage for the rest of society, without ever asking the people themselves to accept this decision. This decision has far-reaching consequences. For example, because public schools are already required to teach the role of marriage in society as part of the curriculum, schools will now be required to teach students that same sex marriage is the same as traditional marriage, starting with kindergarteners. By saying that a marriage is between “any two persons” rather than between a man and a woman, the Court decision has opened the door to any kind of “marriage.” This undermines the value of marriage altogether at a time when we should be restoring marriage, not undermining it. The Solution Vote YES on Proposition 8 to overturn the outrageous Supreme Court decision and restore the definition of marriage that was approved by over 61% of voters. Proposition 8 is NOT an attack on gay couples and does not take away the rights that same-sex couples already have under California’s domestic partner law. California law already grants domestic partners all the rights that a state can grant to a married couple. Gays have a right to their private lives, but not to change the definition of marriage for everyone else. Passing Proposition 8 protects our children and places into the Constitution the simple definition that a marriage is between a man and a woman. Protect Marriage.com