Over 400 Posts Contributed for Write to Marry Day

Wow. Bloggers contributed over 400 posts for Write to Marry Day, sharing both personal and political reasons for standing against California’s Proposition 8. Participants included both LGBT bloggers and non-LGBT allies, parents, people of faith, national and state LGBT and civil rights organizations, and blogs both large and small.

Many thanks to all of you who posted and encouraged others to do so. I know many of you have been writing against Prop 8 for months now. I hope our united voices helped each of ours carry a little farther.

Mike Rogers, the co-organizer, and I have picked a winner of the $50 Amazon.com gift certificate out of participants who left a valid e-mail address. Fran, whose entry is here, won the contest. (We’ll continue to take late submissions of posts throughout today, but the contest is closed.)

Four hundred posts is a lot to read through, so I’ll ask all of you to comment here on ones that caught your eye. Which did you find the most touching, funny, or convincing? Which ones spoke to you, and which ones will you pass on to family and friends?

Despite the success of this event, things are looking grim for equality right now. No On 8 told people yesterday: “Unless we raise $3 million in the next three days we will likely lose.”

To move the message, the campaign must push hard in print, radio and television ads. Please go to the Equality for All ActBlue page to give your donations.

Also, breaking news this morning is that the No On Prop 8 page is being hit by a denial-of-service attack designed to block others from accessing the site. It’s up as of this writing, but has been iffy. The Equality for All ActBlue page is still working, however, so people can continue to give even in the face of this heinous act.

Money is the greatest need, but community leaders in California are also reminding people:

• For those who vote in California: Don’t Stop at the Top! – Propositions are at the bottom of the ballot. At Don’t Stop at the Top people can submit mobile numbers of friends in California so on election day they are reminded to vote down ballot.
• No On 8 is seeking volunteers to help with Get Out The Vote efforts throughout the state. To volunteer, visit the No On 8’s Netroots page.

Write to Marry Day: Contributed Posts

Below (after the jump) is the master list of OVER 400 posts contributed for Write to Marry Day. Thanks to all are who participating.

I’m still taking posts, to account for differences in time zones and allow for some latecomers. Submit your link through the form at the end of this post, after the jump.

Special Update from No On 8: No On 8 is now telling people: “Unless we raise $3 million in the next three days we will likely lose.”

If you have not yet donated money to the No On 8 campaign, or wish to do so again, please do so here.

I will update this list as quickly as possible, but submitted posts may not appear immediately. Please be patient. [UPDATED AS OF November 1, 8:15 p.m. Eastern. New posts at bottom of list below.]

Contributed posts are after the jump. Read the rest of this post »

Join Us October 29 for Write to Marry Day

Please join bloggers around the country and around the world on Wednesday, October 29 to blog in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples and against California’s Proposition 8.

The event will give bloggers a chance to voice their opposition to Prop 8 and highlight what they may have already done, online or off, to stop the measure. The campaign will also educate California voters of the need to “go all the way” down the ballot to vote on the proposition.

Mike Rogers of PageOneQ approached me last week to ask if I’d organize a blog carnival like Blogging for LGBT Families Day, but this time to help generate awareness and action against Prop 8. I readily agreed, and here it is.

To participate, post on your own blog against Prop 8 on or before October 29, 2008, then submit the link to your post by completing the form below. Links to your own videos on YouTube or other video sites are also accepted.

Many of you have already done much to try and stop Prop 8 in California, donating and raising money, blogging, and talking with friends and family. Please share your efforts and post about them for Write to Marry Day, or submit a link to a previous post. This will help us create a comprehensive view of bloggers’ efforts to stop Prop 8.

I urge you to spread the word about this event as widely as possible, on both LGBT and mainstream sites. All bloggers who are against Prop 8 are welcome to contribute posts, regardless of where they live or whether they are LGBT or not.

I will showcase the full list of participants here on October 29.

Not only that, but all participants who leave a valid e-mail address will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com.

You can track this event by joining the Write to Marry event on Facebook or MySpace, or by following Mombian on Twitter.

Thanks to corporate sponsors Witeck-Combs Communications and Renna Communications for their with the event. Thanks also to Mike Tidmus for the graphics.

Download an event banner here for use on your own blogs. Submit your posts below.