Furth and Fortune blog by Will Murray

Apparently members of the British government have been talking with members of the U.S. Obama transition team to come up with some new thoughts on how to censor (protect children from) the Internet. As with many of the past suggestions, most of these thoughts are not well thought-out, would be nearly impossible to implement, and, if implemented, would cause many more problems than they would resolve. I explain why, and a couple of things that would actually help.

After watching the Billy Graham TV special today, I considered donating to their ministry. Before doing so, I had to be sure that it was truly a Christian organization–one that believes as Christ taught, that all are accepted and welcomed under God’s love. I wrote this letter after searching their site and finding disturbing statements…

Tags: Billy Graham, Christian Wrong, gay marriage, religion

I sent the following letter to my state legislators urging them to vote in favor of SR 7 and AR 5 to overturn Proposition 8 because the measure should have been reviewed by the legislature and only gone before voters if approved by a two-thirds vote in both houses.

Please support Leno’s Senate Resolution 7 and Ammiano’s Assembly Resolution 5 that will help to protect the basic human and civil rights of one minority from being eliminated by a slim majority.

Such elimination is never acceptable regardless of the minority or majority involved, as it is important that all people are fairly represented under the law. Equal protections of a minority group is a fundamental and founding principle of our Constitution.

By eliminating the fundamental right to marry from same-sex couples, Proposition 8 takes away equal protections of a minority group, which violates one of the fundamental and founding principles of our Constitution.

This type of change without the required two-thirds vote of the Legislature is unprecedented.  It’s critical in our system of checks and balances that the Legislature weigh in on such fundamental revisions to the Constitution.

This is not a question of “protecting marriage” or even of the acceptability of gay and lesbian “lifestyles”. This is a matter of equal protection under law. Regardless of your political, religious, or ethical ideologies, as representatives, you swore to uphold the Constitution, and that is exactly what you are being asked to do now.
Thank you for your support on this important matter.

Tags: gay marriage, Proposition 8