Here's my first volley in the R-71 battle.
While we wait for the courts to decide if the signatures on R-71 are to remain public, I have something only semi-wasteful of your time that you can ponder.
When you click here, you'll be directed to No on R-71, which is acting as an anti-gay-rights home page of sorts for Washingtonians; it's put together by the same folks who brought you the initiative in the first place. Click through the members. See if you recognize someone. If you do, consider sending them a message. Something polite.
("F*cking hater! Get your slimy holier-than-thou paws off my friend's sex life!" is probably not your best strategy.)
Something like "Gays are entitled to civil rights too. Please consider that R-71 is not about marriage, but about about guaranteeing equal rights to gay couples in matters such as visitation rights, medical care, estate planning, and power of attorney. These are options you take for granted, but which you seemingly want to deny to gay partners, and I wish you would reconsider. Thanks for listening." That will have a more than 0 percent success rate. Not much more, granted, but it'll also make you feel better, which is something.
Oh, you can follow this link too, it's the same.
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