As you know by now, the California Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 22 (passed in 2000 by over 61% of the voters) is unconstitutional and it ordered that the State of California must allow homosexual couples to marry.  Four members of the seven-member court have now imposed their will upon all Californians.

While it is tempting to ring our hands at the sad state of affairs, the real question is "What will you do now?"  There are concrete steps that can and need to be taken to reverse this activist court's decision.

Before I lay out those concrete steps, let me give you a prediction.  The liberal dominated legislature, which has passed so much pro-homosexual legislation in the recent past (like SB 777) without any exemptions for people with religious or other objections, will pass a law prohibiting anyone who performs marriage ceremonies in California (including Churches) from refusing to perform them for homosexual couples.  If (when) that comes to pass, Churches that refuse to perform these types of ceremonies will be subject to lawsuits and, perhaps, criminal fines and penalties.  And this is only one example.

So this issue is not just about homosexuals having the right to use the word marriage for their relationships.  Its about their ability to force their concept of truth and their viewpoints on the rest of society in a way that uses the force of law to silence those that have sincerely held beliefs against the homosexual lifestyle.  In other words, your first amendment rights to free speech and religion are very much at stake here.

So what will you do?  Seeing the possibility of this decision by the California Supreme Court, a petition drive was begun several months ago to place this issue on the November 4th ballot but this time as an amendment to the California Constitution.  It will be the same wording as Prop. 22 but as a constitutional amendment rather than just a change in the Family Code.  The important net effect is it will overturn yesterday's California Supreme Court mandate of homosexual marriage.  Recently the proponents of this initiative turned in over 1.1 million signatures and it is expected to qualify for the November 4th ballot.  The battle over this initiative will be fierce and costly. Pro-homosexual groups like Equality California will put up literally tens of millions of dollars to defeat the initiative.  They will out spend the proponents of the initiative by several times.

You can help.  First by being informed by going to www.Protectmarriage.com and learn about the initiative.  By learning more about it, you can inform others about this important vote and encourage them to vote for the initiative in November.  You can also financially contribute to the Protect Marriage campaign at the web site.  I know the people who are organizing this effort and your money will not go to waste or for someone's big salary.  You may also have some time to donate to the campaign.

The second concrete step you can take is to support the petition drive to roll back SB 777, the pro-homosexual school instruction law passed last fall.  SB 777 basically provides that no school instruction or program can be taught that may "discriminate" against the homosexual lifestyle (the term "discrimination" is not defined in the statute).  In other words, NO dissent for any reason is allowed.  The goal of this petition drive is to allow the voters to decide if this law should be repealed.  You can find out more about the petition drive and download a petition at www.saveourkids.net. 

The people of the State of California who believe in traditional marriage have an opportunity to take a strong stand on what the Supreme Court did yesterday.  What will you do now?