Lies and Fibs

There is a pro-prop8 ad which shows an alleged Mass. couple whining because their son came home from school having been taught that sometimes men marry men. They mention he is in 2nd grade. They claimed they could not remove the child from class.

There is an anti-prop8 ad where the state super of schools says there is no requirement to teach about marriage.

Both of these ads lie.

Any parent can remove a child from any class. The parent also has the option of home schooling, and private schools.

Marriage is definitely a required subject in CA schools, in the sense that it is a requirement to teach current events, citizenship/civics, state history and social studies, and all of these are touched by Prop 8 and the events which led to it. You can't teach about this subject without teaching about marriage, and how this state and other states approach the issue. Perhaps these are not required in second grade - but I'm guessing they are to a small degree. I know my grade school reading books were all centered around a white middle class family where a man was married to a woman, they had a son and a daughter and a dog. On the west coast the boy and girl are Dick and Jane, on the east coast in the 50's they were Tom and Betty. T&B's dog was named Spot. I think that was D&J's dog's name too, feel free to correct me.

Anywho, Prop8 won't remove teaching about Prop8 in the classroom. How ironic is that?

Sarah 'n' Dippity

When I go on stage, I expect the production company to supply me with the appropriate costumes. The bigger the company, the more expensive the costumes.  The bigger the part, the more expensive the costumes.

Sarah is put on stage by the second biggest production company on the planet for the second biggest role on the planet. I expect her costumes to be proportionally expensive. And you have to admit, they are great-looking duds: Stylish without being Cindy McCain gaudy.

If I was a republican, I would proudly point out that the Palin family wardrobe fund has pumped needed currency into the retail market, some of which will trickle down in the form of entry-level jobs. After all, $150k is equal to about 10 annual retail clerk salaries. And McCain says the clothes will be given to charity - think of how much they would go for in auction!

If I was a Democrat, I'd be LOL at the monumental waste of campaign funds in a race where Obama/Biden has something like six times the $$ in the bank compared to McCain/Palin. And even more LOL because Sarah's suits can only be worn for a short time, while Biden's hair transplant is forever.

You knew I couldn't let this one sit

kproche started it, and it has been picked up by most of my FL:

A "No" vote on Proposition 8 will annul no marriages.
A "Yes" vote on Proposition 8 will annul over 10,000 marriages.
Which vote is really protecting marriage?

Truth is, Prop 8 probably won't annul any marriages. Atty. Gen. Brown has said as much. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/04/BA8P1250FN.DTL&tsp=1

It's rare for a right to be taken away retroactively, and the language of the amendment does not say anything about reaching back into the past. Think about it - we have very strict drunk driving laws, but nobody is being thrown in jail who was arrested for DUI prior to those laws. People who smoked indoors prior to the anti-smoking ordinances got away with it and are Scott-free. My favorite two strip joints are still in operation because the courts ruled it illegal to close them down when the zoning laws were changed in an attempt to boot them out.

I'm still voting against Prop 8, but I wish my side would stick to the facts.