Sorry, but that might be the dumbest thing I have read in a while.

A gay couple and a drug addict. nice perjorative conflation there. Was that intentional? Do you equate gays with drug addicts? Aside from a corrupt and nonsensical apples and oranges example, that’s just plain sick and mean-spirited.

As to second class citizenship, the term does apply since in effect law-abiding gays and non-gays are accorded different rights. You and I have a special right to marry, gay couples don’t. Can’t get any plainer than that.

14th Amendment, which California operates under.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

What Pro 8 does is create a second class of citizens.

I am a security officer at the Oakland, CA Temple and was in the meeting with the Temple Recorder, Head Engineer, Head of Security, and the engineering department. One of the main points of this meeting was regarding this e-mail and story that has been circulating.
This story is indeed exaggerated and innaccurate. Brother Newport did not receive any notice from anyone in the Temple (Patron or worker) about sisters crying or being upset in any manner. As for the traffic, the off ramp is often congested because of the traffic, the protestors were not responisible for the back up and they were not jumping out in front of vehicles. They were crossing the road back and forth at a walking pace when vehicles were already stopped.
As for police involvement, they were notified of a different matter regarding protestors at an off-ramp and responded immediately.

As for my personal opinion on the matter, I say we should be careful not to be like those no on 8 prostestors by lying or deceiving others into what they are like. That is there number one tool, lying and deceiving about the matter and people they are opposing.

Please be careful with what you pass on. (Official statements are OK.) ”

From Cougarboard, fwiw, saying the protest incident didn’t happen.

I amended the “possibly bogus” disclaimer slightly with a link to your comment.

I didn’t mean to disparage your post but I do think it’s important to take a single email that gets spread around with at least a grain of salt.

I don’t mean that as an attack on your credibility.

I just hate seeing a link to our site with the phrase “possibly bogus”