Comparing homosexual rights to black people's freedom rights is not acceptable and should not be used by those against Proposition 8.
Homosexuals have the right to be joined in civil agreements, and they already have that right. Black people, during their struggle for freedom, had "no rights" but to be slaves.
Marriage has always been a vocation, a celebration of the propagation of the human race. Those in favor of Proposition 8 have no desire to stop the "love" between two people but merely want to protect the institution of marriage and keep it sacred and traditional between a "man and a woman," the way it was meant to be. Will there next be a proposition to approve "marriage" between a man and a dog, or a woman and a cat, etc.?
People's sexual preferences are their own business, and no one is preventing anyone from practicing their own lifestyle. Why is it necessary to force acceptance of taking an agelong lifestyle, marriage, and give it a different meaning? The majority of Californians respects the sacredness of marriage and has voted twice to ban same-sex marriage. That should be enough! Please consider the futures of our children!
-- Mary Sawoski, Camarillo