When No is Yes and Yes is No

I know the election is tomorrow. However, I wish things could be easier for people to understand. As an attorney, I can take ten sentences and make them so confusing that someone would need to read them ten times to understand it. I suppose it is something you learn as you go along in your legal career.

However, when people are going to vote, I think it needs to be clear what your vote actually means. In discussions with various people, I have often heard that people don’t actually understand the way to vote on Proposition 8 and I have offered clarity on the topic. People keep asking, if I vote “yes” does that mean I want to vote for same-sex marriage? The actual language reads:

ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

• Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.
• Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California

After reading this, it is clear that voting yes means that you actually are arguing to ban same-sex marriage. I am not going to get into which way I want to vote as that is not the purpose of this post. The bigger purpose is to point out that you would think with such a big initiative such as this that they would make it a bit more clear as to what voting “yes” or “no” actually means. Seems to be in line with everything to do with politics as I just keep wanting to ask what the candidates really mean. I know everyone is passionate about certain candidates but I have to admit I have not fallen in line. Tomorrow should be interesting. Just know what voting “yes” and “no” really mean. Take your time.