Prop 8 bites: 1st 'No' ad; Cities v. 8; Other fundies v. KJ;

Qnews  Sep 22 08

CA Prop. 8     ::    The campaign against Proposition 8, the effort to ban same-sex marriage in California, began airing its first statewide ad today . The No-on-8 campaign is taking a "personal approach", selecting one of a number of personal stories to highlight in the ad. Samuel and Julia Thoron , who have been married for 46 years, are the first to tell their story. "My wife and I never treated our children differently, we never loved them any differently and now the law doesn't treat them differently, either," says Samuel in the ad. Julia points. Full story...

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