Gay marriage
--posted by Unknown on 11/04/2012
Gay Marriage and the
Minnesota Constitution
I would like to
start my contribution to this blog by adding my thoughts to the marriage
amendment being considered for the state constitution. I plan on voting no for the following
reasons.
1.
Maybe I
am a bit rusty on the constitution but I am sure that in the there somewhere is
language regarding equal protection under the law. If I am right and any rights are granted to
married couples then we must either recognize same sex relationships or the
government needs to get out of the marriage business. What comes to mind immediately is power of attorney,
inheritance and tax codes.
2.
I don’t believe that the marriage amendment will
stand up to the supreme court of Minnesota and rulings from other states lend
weight to my position. I think the U.S.
supreme court will someday here the matter but until then I think the state
courts will continue their current track
3.
With the tremendous level of debt at both the
state level and national level the court costs don’t justify any gains that
would be made. With gay marriage already
not legal we are doing no more than making it more not legal. I know the anti-gay marriage folks are trying
to avert the courts making it legal as they did in Iowa but please refer to my
first point.
4.
They church has every right to not ever
recognize gat marriage and would never expect them to recognize it nor should
they ever have to. They can speak of
moral all they wish but I don’t want my church dictating what is acceptable in
society much less some OTHER church deciding what our laws should be. I wonder what the westburo Baptist church
would like to see change. If one thinks
I am off base here please keep in mind that the southern Baptists in our
country try to dictate policy on a regular basis.
5.
My number one reason is my children. I have a son and a daughter with one on the
way. I imagine someday one of my
children who I love with all of my heart coming to me and declaring that they
are gay. I would never want that for them
because I think gay people have a tough row to hoe but still, they tell me that
they have found the love of their life.
Who am I to say how a person lives their life but for my kids I just
want them to be happy, I love them and really only want them to be productive
members of society and happy and if my son wants to be happy and marry some
fella and contribute to America who am I to stand in his way or tell him
marriage is out of the question…
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