API Equality-LA Releases Public Service Announcements on Prop 8
Video Messages from School Board Member and Father of Gay Daughter Will Help Asian Communities Understand the Truth re: Prop 8
Los Angeles -- Today, API Equality-LA announces the release of two Public Service Announcements (PSAs) targeted at helping Asian Americans understand the truth about Proposition 8.
(1) School board member Jay Chen explains that gay marriage does NOT affect schools or education (in Mandarin Chinese)
To respond to concerns from Chinese community members that advertisements from the Yes on Prop 8 campaign are giving false information to the Chinese community, API Equality-LA and Hacienda/La Puente School Board Member Jay Chen announce the launch of a public service announcement for the Chinese community. In the short (1.5 minute) video, Chen explains that contrary to the fears that many Chinese parents have, children will not be forced to learn about gay marriage in schools.
The video can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5evyB00kJsg
(2) Harold Kameya, who is the father of a gay daughter, explains how Prop 8 would hurt families (in English)
Harold Kameya urges a vote of No on Prop 8, because Prop 8 would hurt families like his by taking away the right of his daughter to get married, a day which every parent cherishes and looks forward to. He has also written a moving essay about his support for his daughter and her rights.
The video can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=216XyvDs1NA
The essay can be viewed at (originally printed in The Pacific Citizen):
http://www.apiequalityla.org/stories.php?id=5
Karin Wang, API Equality-LA Steering Committee member and Vice-President of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, says: "As a lawyer, I have a special responsibility to look beyond the advertisements and to really understand what is fact and what is fiction about Prop 8. These two videos help explain the truth about Prop 8 and how they affect our communities. I urge our community to watch them and to understand why I am joining other Asian American community leaders as well as the head of the California public schools, the leading law professors in the state of California, the California Teachers Association, the California Nurses Association, the California American Academy of Pediatrics, and hundreds of other respected institutions and leaders in saying No to Prop 8."
In addition, dozens of Asian American community, political and
entertainment leaders have also said No to Prop 8 -- video clips of their
comments can be viewed at:
Los Angeles: http://www.youtube.com/user/apiequalityla
San Francisco: http://www.youtube.com/user/apiequality