<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a08df9ac-8a7b-421d-8ca7-59fcbd6ae5e3/8F34E157-4B2F-41D4-B694-65566C5DC9E4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815" href="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815" style="font-size: 11px;">www.edgeboston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edgeboston.com/img/3FF06A9C-7E44-41A1-8D0A-D4E38B3D496B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815"><DIV>Proponents of California’s anti-gay Proposition 8 argued that repealing marriage equality was necessary to protect children. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815"><DIV>But a new <A target="new" href="http://www.marriageequality.org/uploads/REPORT TWO_PROP_8_HURT_MY_FAMILY_FINAL_VERSION.pdf<br>">study</A> indicates that Proposition 8, and measures like it, have served to harm children and their families, causing kids and their same-sex parents alike to fear for the safety of their families, and for themselves as individuals.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815"><DIV>The report, titled "Prop 8 Hurt My Family--Ask Me How," which was compiled by Marriage Equality USA, cited three reports from the American Psychological Association on the negative effect that anti-gay initiatives like Proposition 8 have on GLBT individuals, their children, and their communities, including their extended families and friends.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=85815"><DIV>In the case of Proposition 8 specifically, which was the most expensive and one of the hardest-fought battles over a ballot initiative ever, the report claimed that the anti-gay measure harmed society as a whole.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8F34E157-4B2F-41D4-B694-65566C5DC9E4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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