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Prop 8 Decision Day is Imminent

UPDATE: I’ve heard some more reliable rumors confirming what I wrote earlier about a Thursday decision. What I wrote earlier remains: be prepared and ready to work hard no matter what the decision.

Sure today is Election Day in the special election, but that’s not the only thing going on. Way back on March 5, the CA supreme heard oral arguments in the consolidated cases regarding Proposition 8.  That gives the court only until the first week of June to deliver their opinion in the case, as their is a rule requiring the decision within 90 days of the oral argument.  The Court gives one business day of notice before they release their decisions, which are generally released on Mondays and Thursdays.


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  Thus, the so-called “Decision Day” is nearly upon us. There is speculation that it will be this Thursday, and if not it will likely be next week.  Time is just running out. Flip it for more…

No matter how the decision comes down, we must be prepared. First, go to DayOfDecision.com to find where your local “Decision Day” Rally/Protest will be.  And on the Saturday following the decision, consider coming to the “Meet in the Middle for Equality” event in Fresno. There will be a rally there, ending with some precinct walking in support of equality.

The thing is that either way, we will have to fight at the ballot box. Either by repealing Prop 8, or by supporting a courageous decision and the justices who stood for equality. That will take the hard work of grassroots activism, walking precincts, making phone calls, and getting out to organize in ways that just didn’t happen in the Prop 8 campaign.

That will also take money in order to make things happen online and off.  The Calitics CaliPAC not only gave money to the official campaign (umm…whoops), but we also arranged our own actions, such as the Fast4Equality website. The Calitics ActBlue Page raised over $50,000 for the No on Prop 8 campaign. And we already are working on ideas on how to not only join the coalition fighting Prop 8, but to get out in front with our own activities. If you’d like to help the CaliPAC’s efforts to fight Prop 8, consider dropping a dime or two on the Calitics ActBlue Page.