[Vision2020] Strike Down Gay Amendment

[Donovan Arnold]

I wonder how many of the House members that voted for this Anti-Gay bill have
alter egos registered with Gay.com.

AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henderson,
      Lake, Loertscher, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Moyle, Nielsen,
      Nonini, Raybould, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
      Shepherd(8), Shirley, Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Wills,
      Wood, Mr. Speaker

_DJA

  

Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:  >From today's (February 17, 2006) UI Argonaut with a special thanks to J.R..

It is certainly nice to realize that there are some members of our community
whose minds are not as narrow and whose sight is not as short as those
opinions expressed on the Brainless Log (BLog) of Comb-Over Courtney, Anselm
House's pet rock.

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Strike Down Gay Amendment

Written by J.R. - Argonaut     
Friday, 17 February 2006  

The Idaho Legislature has officially spoken out against gay marriage. With
the passage of HJR002, an amendment to the constitution that would outlaw
gay marriage in Idaho, members of the legislature have told Idaho residents
that gay marriage is wrong. They have said not only that it's wrong but that
life with a person of the same sex is morally reprehensible. 

The bill, which passed 53-17, is a black mark in the state's history. Just
like historical bans against interracial marriage, this effort by the
legislature will seem foolish and ill-founded to future generations. The
decision to ban gay marriage now goes to the voters, and The Argonaut would
like to encourage people of voting age to strike down this proposal. If
voter turnout is strong enough, and the bill is defeated by a large enough
margin, maybe our representatives will take a hint and not bring up this
issue again.

Members of the legislature simply do not want to admit that there are gay
people living in Idaho. Forbidding marriage by members of the same sex means
that these partners, who love each other just as much as straight partners,
can't enjoy the benefits of forming a union recognized by the state. They
get no tax breaks, or tuition credits. They do not have permission to visit
their partner in the hospital. 
Bill sponsor Rep. Lawrence Denney said he believes this is perfectly
reasonable. In today's Argonaut, Denney even said laws can be seen as a
societal boundaries, implying that gay people are not socially acceptable.

An exploration of things that are socially acceptable would probably include
the practices of divorce and adultery. If gay marriage is so horrible that
it threatens the sanctity of marriage, why aren't these other indiscretions
prohibited by the state? How is sleeping with someone else's spouse worse
than sharing vows with a person of the same sex? Why should a serial divorce
artist be treated in higher esteem than a same-sex couple that has been
together for years and years?
When the time for voting on this amendment comes, go to the polls and vote
to strike this amendment from the minds of our representatives.

J.R.

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Take care, Moscow.

Tom "Straight, but not Narrow" Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in
Albany, Georgia and St. Augustine, Florida, and many other campaigns of the
Civil Rights Movement.  Many of these courageous men and women were fighting
for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and
I salute their contributions."

- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998)



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