Gay Marriage Debate Exposes Bigger Problem with Government in General
Government, as currently set up in the United States, can not reward one group without punishing others. This is as much an undeniable truth as the fact that the Earth is round. Yet, no one wants to acknowledge this.
Supporters and opponents of gay marriage jammed a public hearing before the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees Tuesday morning to sound off. So many people flocked to the State Capitol that legislative pages had to herd them into two overflow rooms.
At stake is a constitutional amendment in Wisconsin banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Currently Wisconsin has no official state definition of marriage but state supreme court ruling and Attorney General opinion held that only heterosexual marriages are legal. In 2003 a statute to establish a state definition of marriage was approved by the Legislature but vetoed by Jim Doyle. This led the constitutional amendment being advanced.
Supporters say that the traditional monogamous husband-wife family is the bedrock of society. That it is in the best interest of children to be raised by their biological parents as a loving couple. That failure to protect the sanctity of marriage will lead to the erosion of other cultural norms and morals until the nation becomes a giant Sodom and Gomorrah.
It is impossible to disagree with the their intents. What one has to disagree with is the vehicle used to advance their cause. You can not legislate values and morality.
If they want to save the sanctity and dignity of marriage they need to also do something about wedding of actors, athletes, rock stars, and models. It's only a matter of time till we see Dennis Rodman and J Lo seeking a divorce.
Government can't legislate an end to married men having a mistress, government can't prevent single women from getting pregnant, government can't end gay men from shaking-up unless they want to crack down on all the college dorms and marine barracks where young men share common sleeping quarters.
Government can not force people into monogamous male-female couples. This isn't the goal of the pro-traditional marriage supporters (for lack of a better term). What they want to do is slow, stop or reverse advancement's made by gay rights advocates.
What gay right group's say they want is the same rights as a couple that heterosexual couples have when they marry. This is the
Supporters and opponents of gay marriage jammed a public hearing before the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees Tuesday morning to sound off. So many people flocked to the State Capitol that legislative pages had to herd them into two overflow rooms.
At stake is a constitutional amendment in Wisconsin banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Currently Wisconsin has no official state definition of marriage but state supreme court ruling and Attorney General opinion held that only heterosexual marriages are legal. In 2003 a statute to establish a state definition of marriage was approved by the Legislature but vetoed by Jim Doyle. This led the constitutional amendment being advanced.
Supporters say that the traditional monogamous husband-wife family is the bedrock of society. That it is in the best interest of children to be raised by their biological parents as a loving couple. That failure to protect the sanctity of marriage will lead to the erosion of other cultural norms and morals until the nation becomes a giant Sodom and Gomorrah.
It is impossible to disagree with the their intents. What one has to disagree with is the vehicle used to advance their cause. You can not legislate values and morality.
If they want to save the sanctity and dignity of marriage they need to also do something about wedding of actors, athletes, rock stars, and models. It's only a matter of time till we see Dennis Rodman and J Lo seeking a divorce.
Government can't legislate an end to married men having a mistress, government can't prevent single women from getting pregnant, government can't end gay men from shaking-up unless they want to crack down on all the college dorms and marine barracks where young men share common sleeping quarters.
Government can not force people into monogamous male-female couples. This isn't the goal of the pro-traditional marriage supporters (for lack of a better term). What they want to do is slow, stop or reverse advancement's made by gay rights advocates.
What gay right group's say they want is the same rights as a couple that heterosexual couples have when they marry. This is the
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