Proposition 8

Dear California MoveOn member,
A lot of us are sad and angry over the passage of California Proposition 8—which reversed marriage equality and wrote discrimination into the California Constitution.

Many people worked hard to defeat this measure—including MoveOn members, who contributed over $300,000 to defeat it. But agents of intolerance used fear-mongering to eke out a win.

The Courage Campaign (which does MoveOn-style organizing in California) is working with other groups to overturn Prop 8 in the 2010 election. That'll take a huge grassroots mobilization, starting now—and to succeed, they'll need an army of us fighting together to win marriage equality for all.

Over 100,000 Californians have already spoken out together by signing the Courage Campaign's pledge to help overturn Prop 8—can you add your voice today? Click here to see the pledge:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51024&id=15120-8941608-Ohop6qx&t=3

Thousands of people are signing the pledge every day.

The "Yes We Can" spirit that America just embraced is strong in California. Many Californians have already gotten the ball rolling on this issue, but they need other good people to speak out now and add to the momentum. The first step is signing the pledge:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51024&id=15120-8941608-Ohop6qx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Wes, Joan, Carrie, Mari, and the rest of the team

P.S. Tomorrow (Saturday) there will be rallies in support of marriage equality in every single state. If you want to attend an event in your state, go to this page and click on your state name—you'll see the location of any rallies planned:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51025&id=15120-8941608-Ohop6qx&t=5

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