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Here are two very different user-generated videos, each arguing convincingly against California’s Proposition 8, which would overturn the California Supreme Court’s decision to allow gay marriage in that state. I do not live in California, so I can’t vote on this question, but perhaps some readers will see these videos and think twice before voting yes.

These videos are similar in that they both make their appeals to those who would vote “yes” on prop 8. The arguments they use are each quite effective in their own ways.

First, IP lawyer and Big Thinker, Lawrence Lessig, applies reason and cogent analysis to the issue and appeals to viewers’ fundamental American values of freedom and equality…

Next, Galacticast persona, actress and writer, Casey McKinnon, makes an appeal based upon the prospect of her own nerd-girl-on-nerd-girl marriage to tech diva, Veronica Belmont…

Vote NO on PROP 8 from Casey McKinnon on Vimeo.

I’m trying to decide which argument is more compelling. Either way, it’s clear that Californians should vote “no” on prop 8.