Dusting Off The Soap Box

It's not over just yet. I got this email from a trusted friend of mine who happens to live in California a little earlier today. I think it's important. If you want more info just follow the links ;)

Sorry if this comes out a little scattered, but I'm swamped right now - but this is too important to not get out there, so here it goes.

In case you haven't heard,
the CA Supreme Court hearings re: Prop. 8 open up on Thursday, March 5.

The basics (courtesy MercuryNews.com):

WHAT: The California Supreme Court will hold three hours of oral arguments from 9.am-noon Thursday on three lawsuits seeking to overturn Proposition 8, the ballot measure that amended the state constitution to reinstate the ban on same-sex marriage the court threw out last year.

WHO: Lawyers representing same-sex couples and a group of local governments led by the city of San Francisco will get 90 minutes to present their arguments. The lawyers are Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights; Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart and Michael Maroko, a partner of Los Angeles lawyer Gloria Allred.

The sponsors of Proposition 8 will have an hour. They are being represented by Pepperdine law school dean Kenneth Starr, the former independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has taken the unusual step of declining to defend the initiative. Deputy Attorney General Christopher Krueger will have half an hour to explain the state’s position.

WHO ELSE: A record number of 62 friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed in the case, more than two-thirds of them in support of striking down the same-sex marriage ban. They are available for viewing here.

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So, as we've known, this battle is far from done, and we need your prayers more than ever. Please keep Prop. 8 in your prayers. Fellow marriage blogger Who Is John Galt? (the name's an allusion to "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand) did a great post on why Prop. 8 still matters on his blog, - it showed up here as well.

Another blogging buddy, Pearl Diver, created an event for the demonstrations/rallies around the state for Prop. 8.

And here's the FB link for praying for Prop. 8 to be upheld.

Please, friends, let's keep up the fight. I know life gets so, so busy, but we're in this for the long haul. Even when we apparently win battles, the opposition will look to undo our victories by circumventing the people and abusing the courts' judicial review capabilities. Remember that whole "Constitution hanging by a thread" prophecy? If that doesn't fit several things happening in our world today, friends, I don't know what does!

So, please, please, please, don't forget Prop. 8 in your prayers. Heavenly Father hears the prayers of His righteous children, and in recently reading Mormon and Ether, I was reminded by how if the people of this land fail to live the commandments, God will wipe them off of this chosen land. Let's show our mettle as followers of Jesus Christ.

Love you guys!!! You are so amazing. Keep up the good work!!!

Much love,
Christa