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slackerstalker's Policy Matters Post describes a Yes on 8 television advertisement in which a child comes home to tell her mother that "I can marry a princess!".

In my head this was the most adorable thing ever: a five year old in a tutu and wings skipping around a table going on about ponies and princesses, and naming all the puppies and kittens they were going to have.

Of course I had to look up the commercial and was sorely disappointed: no laughing, no magic wands, and no colorful galoshes (Galoshes with tutus and wings is totally de rigueur, by the way). This commercial I found tells me that, without same sex marriage, children will be condemned to dark, drab kitchens with mothers who only come to their level to communicate when they want to impose restrictive religious guidelines.

Screw that! Californians, vote no on 8! Preserve innocence, let children believe (for a little bit longer) that marriage is about princesses (and/or princes) living happily ever after with someone they love.



I need a "But I wanna marry a princess!" icon. Thanks cardboard_dream!