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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,
Ellen, for bringing up this topic.&nbsp; Fortunately, opponents of Prop 8 were well
prepared, and a challenge was filed yesterday in CA&#8217;s Supreme Court:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.politickerca.com/jeffmitchell/3103/lawyers-explain-state-supreme-court-petition-seeking-invalidate-prop-8">http://www.politickerca.com/jeffmitchell/3103/lawyers-explain-state-supreme-court-petition-seeking-invalidate-prop-8</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OR<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://tinyurl.com/6fj9a8">http://tinyurl.com/6fj9a8</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Of
course, who knows how long it will take for this travesty to be judicially corrected
. . . <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For
those interested in the topic, Glenn Greenwald has a great article out
today:&nbsp; &#8220;An answer to Proposition 8:&nbsp; Repealing DOMA&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/06/doma/">http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/06/doma/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2008
through life plus 70 years, Saundra Lund.&nbsp; Do not copy, forward, excerpt,
or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum without the express written
permission of the author.*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Ellen Roskovich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 06, 2008 6:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Don't you get it? EVERYONE'S rights are in peril!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The long awaited for election is
finally over.&nbsp; We breathe a sigh of relief and look forward to the promise
of change and hope for the future.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
&nbsp;<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>However, there's also
a dark side to this past election.&nbsp; It is so disturbing that one of our
states would have an initiative on the ballot to change their state
constitution, to allow for discrimination against one specific group of
citizens.&nbsp; And then it passed.&nbsp; Bigotry is now law.</span></strong><br>
&nbsp;<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>We need to keep an eye
on our neighbor states, because what affects them today , could affect us
tomorrow.&nbsp; We&nbsp;must be ever vigilant of distant&nbsp;outside forces
that would try to manipulate events close to our home.&nbsp; We must realize
that hate was well funded. . . money was poured into California by groups that
preach love.&nbsp; &quot;Love your neighbor&quot;. . . . but make sure it's
only a certain kind of love that we approve of.</span></strong><br>
&nbsp;<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Ellen A.
Roskovich&nbsp; </span></strong><br>
&nbsp;<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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