Don't Worry Grandma, I'm Still Alive

To cap off my aunt's visit to CA - we took her with us to a "No on 8" rally in Long Beach. Her visit all weekend had been a pretty accurate "Day in the Life of the Flinns." We hung out and caught up on TV; took her to a party; went to the beach; saw Janeane Garofalo at the Improv; ate a lot of great food and drank a lot of great wine. So, adding a bit of political activity into her trip made it that much accurate.


I'm sure the majority of you have heard about it, either because you live in CA or because of the attention it's been getting on the national news. Or maybe you're a member of one of the LDS churches that's made it their mission to ensure my mother-in-law isn't treated like an equal citizen.

This is an important matter to me for several reasons: 1) my parents didn't raise an intolerant jack-hole. 2) it's personal - like I said earlier, it directly affects my mother-in-law. With the onslaught of media attention this item has been receiving, here's a more personal account - my husband wrote his feelings on the whole thing and he does it much more eloquently than I ever could. (I don't think he uses the word "jack-hole" once in his whole blog.)

Sean's blog

For those non-Californians, here is the wording of Prop 8 as it will appear on our ballots:

Proposition 8
ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

That's it. It's that simple. It's a constitutional amendment to take rights away from people.


I know that by the time most of you read this, it'll be Tuesday, and you'll probably have already voted. But, I thought I'd share a few more links with you:

Los Angeles Times

Newsweek: Can I vote on YOUR marriage?