In a nutshell: Four months after gay marriage was declared legal in California, an initiative has been introduced to the November ballot, called Proposition 8, to make such a union illegal again. I am of mixed feelings about this, because while I whole-heartedly support gay marriage, I have a number of presents waiting to go to the post office for friends who have recently tied the knot, and if their marriage suddenly becomes illegal, I can return the gifts for cash.

I kid, of course. I'd barter them on the street for drugs.

I kid again. I don't have any friends.

So, what do you do?

If you live in California, vote NO on Proposition 8.

If you live either in or out of California, donate to the cause. Polly at Lesbian Dad has a handy little donation page that I've linked to here. Click on it. Donate. If you all donated $5 the minute you read this, we'd have almost $10,000 additional dollars by the end of today. Donate $10 and we'd double that. Do it. If you are not sure, read Polly's site here, here and here. Then do it.

So you've pledged to vote, donated to the cause, read the propaganda, and even promised to raise all your babies gay just to marry them legally in California and you still want to do more?

Steal this post.

Below are seven different post-ready ads that you can copy and post on your blog or myspace page or whatever you kids have these days and won't tell me about because I'm almost forty. Each is followed by a code that you can copy and paste directly. Take them and spread them everywhere. You can also send me your own awkward wedding photos and I'll make more posters to spread around. If I receive enough, I splice them into a youtube video and we'll all be famous! (Nothing like being mocked for a good cause. And yes, I'm in these somewhere. I won't say which one I am, just that I'm really cute, short, and blonde.)

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