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Protesting the Passage of Prop 8 - a despicable violation of the civil rights of a minority

Barack Obama on Prop 8:

“ When you start playing around with constitutions just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that that's not what America is about. ”

From the Obama interview with Sway/MTV on Nov 1, 2008.

Sarah Palin wants to create a constitutional amendment to ban this.

Palin supports a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage by defining marriage as "between one man and one woman".

How is it that this hurts Sarah Palin or anyone else? And why should her religious beliefs become a part of our Constitution? 
From Deepak Chopra (bolding is mine):

“The rest of the country is watching to see if a ballot measure in California, Proposition 8, will ban gay marriage in that state. Since June California has legalized same-sex marriage, joining Massachusetts and Connecticut. The court decision that paved the way for this change outraged the usual groups. Social conservatives and various religious groups, including a massive influx of money from the Mormon Church in Utah, are campaigning heavily for Prop 8 to pass. One wonders what business it is of theirs. Marriage has its public side, but given the sharp decline in marriage since the Seventies, what precious institution are they protecting?
If the answer is that a sacrament is at stake, these religious groups have no business interjecting their beliefs into public policy. Various religions traditionally ban the eating of pork, shellfish, and meat on Friday, but we don't allow those strictures to govern policy.”

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Palin Indicates Support for a Constitutional Marriage Amendment

  In an interview with CBS', David Brody, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, indicated that she favors a constitutional amendment which would define marriage legally on a federal level as "between one man and one woman".

“ I am, in my own, state, I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. I wish on a federal level that that's where we would go because I don't support gay marriage. I'm not going to be out there judging individuals, sitting in a seat of judgment telling what they can and can't do, should and should not do, but I certainly can express my own opinion here and take actions that I believe would be best for traditional marriage and that's casting my votes and speaking up for traditional marriage that, that instrument that it's the foundation of our society is that strong family and that's based on that traditional definition of marriage, so I do support that. ”

Stating that you "would/do support a federal marriage amendment" is far different from stating that you "do not support same sex marriage". Such an amendment would invalidate marriages within states which have laws allowing same sex marriage, such as California. It would also prohibit individual states from passing laws to allow same sex marriage in the future.

Sarah Palin Quotes - Quotations

This post will remain a work in progress, but I hope you find it helpful, and/or humorous. Look for frequent updates.  John McCain quotes.
 
On Russia

1. Palin: “As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border.”   |  Source: CBS video clip (Palin's interview with Katie Couric, Sept 24, 2008) via the Huffington Post¶ Inspire Note: Palin, explains to Couric why Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience.