Text of Yes on 8's TV Ad Which Began Airing Wednesday: 'It's Already Happened'

Text of Yes on 8's TV Ad Which Began Airing Wednesday: 'It's Already Happened'

Yes on Proposition 8's second television ad began statewide airing Wednesday. A Spanish version began airing Tuesday. Copies of the ad are available on the http://www.protectmarriage.com/ website or by calling the campaign at (916) 446-2956. The text of the ad follows:

Protect Marriage
"It's Already Happened"
Draft TV Script -- FINAL APPROVED FOR PRODUCTION

INT. KITCHEN. A mom is sitting at the kitchen table working on paperwork. Her young daughter, a second-grader, comes into the kitchen and excitedly starts talking.

GIRL
Mom, guess what we learned in school today?

MOM
What, sweetie?

MCU: Girl is fishing something out of her backpack.

GIRL
We learned about a prince who married another prince.

CU: The girl hands her mother a copy of the book, King and King.

GIRL
And I can marry a princess.

CU MOM. She has a look of total disbelief on her face.

EFX: The footage of the kitchen scene freezes. We have a distinguished gentleman in a dark suit walk on screen. (He's standing before a green screen.)

SUPER: Professor Richard Peterson
Pepperdine University School of Law

PETERSON
Think it can't happen? It's already happened.

EFX: Peterson walks off screen. Footage of court scene comes up.

ANNCR

When Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled...

SUPER: No Legal Right to Object
Parker v. Hurley, 414 F.3d 87 (1st Cir.2008)

ANNCR
Parents had no right to object.

EFX: We see footage of a book that reads California Education Code. A hand opens it to section 51933. Camera moves to a close up and the words are highlighted in yellow: "Instruction and materials shall teach respect for marriage."

ANNCR

Under California law, public schools instruct kids about marriage. Teaching children about gay marriage WILL happen here,

EFX: We are back in the kitchen. We see the mother holding the book in her hands with a dumbfounded look on her face.

ANNCR
...unless we pass Proposition 8.

SUPER: Protect Our Children. Restore Marriage. Yes on Proposition 8
www.protectmarriage.com

EFX: A red swoosh line comes on screen underlining the text as if from a magic marker.

ANNCR
Yes on 8.

SUPER: Paid for by ProtectMarriage.com -- Yes on 8, a project of California Renewal. Major funding by Knights of Columbus, National Organization for Marriage California Committee and Focus on the Family.

CONTACT: Chip White for ProtectMarriage.com, 916-446-2956

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Oct. 9/

Source: ProtectMarriage.com

Web Site: http://www.protectmarriage.com/

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