So, right away I knew this was going to be an unusual phone call.
He says, my wife and I are concerned about an issue and we need your help. We need you to vote yes on prop 8. (What's prop 8? Proposition 8 is an initiative measure on the 2008 California General Election ballot titled Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.)
He asked, "Have you given this any thought?" I told him yes, I plan to vote in favor of gay rights. He said, "Jeri. I want to inform you voting yes doesn't take away anyone's constitutional rights. It just means we can preserve the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman. This would also make it so they can't teach about gay marriage in schools."
I said, "Teaching gay marriage in school? That's ridiculous, I never remember them teaching 'straight marriage' in school."
He said, "You know, when they tell stories of princes sweeping princesses off their feet, they fall in love and get married? This way they can't tell the story of a prince who marries another prince."
I said, "Are you for real?" When he said yes, I wanted to die laughing. I had to let him know that it's not likely that they will swap out all the old fairy tales in school for homoerotic literature if Gay people have the right to marry. But let's say do... Let's say my son goes to school and reads a story about a boy with two moms or two dads. I said, "If they do teach about that in school; I don't have a problem with it. Why do you?"
He said, "Well I'm not here to argue with you. Good bye"
Adios, Homophobe!
Seriously though, Isn't that ridiculous? Teaching Gay Marriage? I had to look it up. I undoubtedly thought this jerkoff had pulled that story out of his ass, about a prince marrying another prince. But then I discovered a commercial about the same cockamamie bullshit this guy was parroting.
Even better, here's the transcript of this unbelievable garbage:
MEDIA ADVISORY, October 9 – Yes on Proposition 8’s second television ad began statewide airing Wednesday. A Spanish version began airing Tuesday. Copies of the ad are available on the www.ProtectMarriage.com website or by calling the campaign at (916) 446-2956. The text of the ad follows:
Protect Marriage
“It’s Already Happened”
Draft TV Script – FINAL APPROVED FOR PRODUCTION
INT. KITCHEN. A mom is sitting at the kitchen table working on paperwork. Her young daughter, a second-grader, comes into the kitchen and excitedly starts talking.
GIRL
Mom, guess what we learned in school today?
MOM
What, sweetie?
MCU:Girl is fishing something out of her backpack.
GIRL
We learned about a prince who married another prince.
CU: The girl hands her mother a copy of the book, King and King.
GIRL
And I can marry a princess.
CU MOM. She has a look of total disbelief on her face.
EFX: The footage of the kitchen scene freezes. We have a distinguished gentleman in a dark suit walk on screen. (He’s standing before a green screen.)
SUPER: Professor Richard Peterson
Pepperdine University School of Law
PETERSON
Think it can’t happen? It’s already happened.
EFX: Peterson walks off screen. Footage of court scene comes up.
ANNCR
When Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled…
SUPER: No Legal Right to Object
Parker v. Hurley, 414 F.3d 87 (1st Cir.2008)
ANNCR
Parents had no right to object.
EFX: We see footage of a book that reads California Education Code. A hand opens it to section 51933. Camera moves to a close up and the words are highlighted in yellow: “Instruction and materials shall teach respect for marriage.”
ANNCR
Under California law, public schools instruct kids about marriage. Teaching children about gay marriage WILL happen here,
EFX: We are back in the kitchen. We see the mother holding the book in her hands with a dumbfounded look on her face.
ANNCR
…unless we pass Proposition 8.
SUPER: Protect Our Children. Restore Marriage. Yes on Proposition 8
www.protectmarriage.com
EFX: A red swoosh line comes on screen underlining the text as if from a magic marker.
ANNCR
Yes on 8.
SUPER: Paid for by ProtectMarriage.com – Yes on 8, a project of California Renewal. Major funding by Knights of Columbus, National Organization for Marriage California Committee and Focus on the Family.
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