As a Christian, I'm voting NO on Proposition 8 because I believe in religious freedom, and the importance of keeping the state separate from our churches.
Marriage is a civil contract: currently, in California all citizens share equal rights to enter into this contract.
A civil marriage, of course, does not require religious authorities to endorse it, perform it, or even like it. You're a Catholic priest, and you don't want to let a divorced woman get married in your church? Fine. You're a rabbi and you don't want to perform a marriage between a Christian and a Jew? Fine. You're a Presbyterian minister and you don't want to marry two men? Fine. But what's not OK is for religious authorities to decide what legal rights the state can give to divorced people, or gay people, or people outside their faith traditions.
The sacraments or rituals of any faith do not belong to the state. And my civil rights should not depend on someone else's religious beliefs.
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