» married gay couples http://blog.coachsappho.com Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:20:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 No on Prop. 8 Ads in California Lets Down Gay Couples, Gay Families and Society as a Whole http://blog.coachsappho.com/2008/10/29/no-on-prop-8-ads-in-california-shortchange-real-gay-couples/ http://blog.coachsappho.com/2008/10/29/no-on-prop-8-ads-in-california-shortchange-real-gay-couples/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:23:01 +0000 Barb Elgin http://blog.coachsappho.com/?p=692 “Whatever the tactical considerations, the absence of gay couples and gay marriages from California’s gay-marriage debate makes for an oddly hollow discussion. It leaves voters of good conscience to conjure in their own minds the ads that are not being aired: Ads that show how gay marriage directly affects the couples and communities that need it most.” – Jonathan Rauch, guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and author of “Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America.”

Hello there!  I’m just recently back from NYC’s Rainbow Wedding Expo (pics and comments to follow in a future post), but I wanted to do a quick post in response to an excellent L.A. Times article I just read by Jonathan Rauch.  Rauch shares his views about the troubling phenomenon of the ‘too sterile’ ads No on Prop. 8 leaders have put forth this election season. Why have those in charge of trying to ensure same sex marriage in California continues after election day ‘caved’ in this way?  Rauch eloquently comments on how we are ‘missing the boat’ on this one.

What a shame.  Be sure to read Rauch’s article and comment right here on the blog!

Barb Elgin

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