I hate politics. I try not to get involved. I think it is because I hate arguments and nothing can start up a good argument like politics.

With that said, this is very important to me. In California there will be a Proposition on this upcoming ballot to put an amendment into the CA constitution that says "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

I had a hard time with this proposition because I have a gay uncle and gay friends and I felt kind of bad. What is important to note is that civil unions can give same-sex couples some of the same benefits as a marriage. Marriage just needs to stay between a man and a woman. I was given an excellent article from the LA times. Here is the crux of it for me...

"All our scholarly instruments seem to agree: For healthy development, what a child needs more than anything else is the mother and father who together made the child, who love the child and love each other.

For these reasons, children have the right, insofar as society can make it possible, to know and to be cared for by the two parents who brought them into this world. The foundational human rights document in the world today regarding children, the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically guarantees children this right. The last time I checked, liberals like me were supposed to be in favor of internationally recognized human rights, particularly concerning children, who are typically society's most voiceless and vulnerable group."

Children are 'society's most voiceless and vulnerable group' - we need to protect them. They deserve to be raised by the father and mother that made them. Please help protect traditional families - if you live in California vote YES ON PROP 8.