YES
Marriage is and always has been a legal and social institution between a man and a woman. We are the only state currently disputing this.
Twenty-six other states have passed legislation presenting same-sex marriage; the rest do not even see the need to question a union that has remained exclusively heterosexual for centuries.
Marriage is and always has been a legal and social institution between a man and a woman. We are the only state currently disputing this.
Twenty-six other states have passed legislation presenting same-sex marriage; the rest do not even see the need to question a union that has remained exclusively heterosexual for centuries.
to place children in the gender-unbalanced environment of a homosexual marriage could endanger their development by generating gender-role confusion.
Homosexual marriage would also bring the wrong kid of attention to our state. An unbalanced sense of tourism could result, endangering a $10.3 billion-a-year industry.
Though an almost certain influx of homosexuals would possibly give our current economy a short-lived boost, this soial group only currently accounts for about 5 percent of our tourism industry.
The prospect of offending the other 95 percent of our tourism customers, including the $2 billion-a-year heterosexual marriage and honeymoon market, is a fiscally stupid move for an economically suffering state.
The issue of preventing same-sex marriage is by all means one of logic and values, not discrimination.
NO
Common themes for opponents of the same-sex marriage issue revolve on the belief that same-sex marriage has never been legal, it will hurt children, and that voting "yes" will not take away anyone's rights.
Unfortunately, these arguments are wrong.
It is true that same-sex marriage has never been legal in the U.S. However, some other rights we enjoy today were at one time illegal.
Until the passage of the 19th Amendment, voting by women had never been legal. Until the Emancipation Proclamation, freedom for African-Americans in the South had never been legal.
Those who say same-sex marriage will hurt children can in no way prove their claim. This rhetoric is solely the work of alarmists who will try anything to get their agenda passed.
To say voting "yes" will not deny rights of anyone may be the biggest mistake of all. Marriage offers many legal benefits such as joint tax payments and inheritance rights. However, these right pale in comparison to the right of equal treatment under the law.
The issue of preventing same-sex marriage is by all means one of logic and values, not discrimination.
NO
Common themes for opponents of the same-sex marriage issue revolve on the belief that same-sex marriage has never been legal, it will hurt children, and that voting "yes" will not take away anyone's rights.
Unfortunately, these arguments are wrong.
It is true that same-sex marriage has never been legal in the U.S. However, some other rights we enjoy today were at one time illegal.
Until the passage of the 19th Amendment, voting by women had never been legal. Until the Emancipation Proclamation, freedom for African-Americans in the South had never been legal.
Those who say same-sex marriage will hurt children can in no way prove their claim. This rhetoric is solely the work of alarmists who will try anything to get their agenda passed.
To say voting "yes" will not deny rights of anyone may be the biggest mistake of all. Marriage offers many legal benefits such as joint tax payments and inheritance rights. However, these right pale in comparison to the right of equal treatment under the law.
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