Fast4Equality - Fight Prop. 8 With a Brief Fast!

Last week I wrote about the religious right's takeover of the Yes on 8 campaign, and their efforts to rile up their base to eliminate marriage for same-sex couples. In particular, I highlighted this statement:

Hundreds of pastors have called on their congregations to fast and pray for passage of a ballot measure in November that would put an end to gay marriage in California.

The collective act of piety, starting Wednesday and culminating three days before the election in a revival for as many as 100,000 people at the San Diego Chargers' stadium, comes as church leaders across California put people, money and powerful words behind Proposition 8 [...]

the gathering, called the call, will conclude a 40-day fasting period for california that begins sept. 24. christians are being asked to fast in some way, either the entire 40 days or perhaps by using team relays to cover the entire 40 days.

This "fast relay" thing just sounded more like eliminating between-meal snacking. And just the notion of fasting to pass a ballot initiative is kee-razy to the extreme. Well, if they can do it, so can we.

Calitics has decided to set up a Counter-Fast For Equality. Participants can fast for 1 minute, 10 minutes, half an hour, whatever you can spare. At the Counter-Fast For Equality website, you can sign up for the amount of time you'll be fasting (hey Jews, don't pick Yom Kippur, you're fasting anyway!). And much like a charity race, you can get sponsored for your time and trouble for fasting at the rate of a dollar a minute. At the Fast4Equality ActBlue page, you can donate as little as $1 (or one minute's worth of fasting) to the No on 8 campaign.

Just to get you in the swing of things, we put together this video detailing the ins and outs of a short-term fast. Actually, our volunteer faster had a little trouble with it:



So get to it, America! Join us at The Counter-Fast For Equality and sign up today!