December 6, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A three-judge panel is considering California's same sex marriage ban at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
The supporters of Prop 8 spent almost $39,000,000 to get this one issue to the ballot.
Those who opposed Prop 8 spent just over $44,000,000 in an attempt to defeat this issue.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-moneymap,0,2198220.htmlstory
Imagine the myriad of causes that could have benefited from $83,000,000! That's 83 MILLION dollars! (Millions of additional dollars continue to be spent on both sides of this issue).
The National Organization for Marriage, as well as many religious groups state that 7 million Californian's voted in 2008 to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. What they fail to state is that 6,401,482 Californias voted against it. And one "arrogant" federal court judge found it unconstitutional.
http://www.twomillionformarriage.com
Many have even gone as far as to predict the destruction of the family structure.
"Laws supporting gay unions as equal to traditional marriage will ultimately, completely destroy the family structure as we know it today within 20yrs."
The Washington Post
Now, shall we consider some facts?
The US has one of the highest divorce rates in the world 54.8%. Shall we blame gay marriage for this?
http://www.darndivorce.com/divorce-rates-around-the-world/
Recent studies reveal that 45-55% of married women and 50-60% of married men engage in extramarital sex at some time or another during their relationship. Shall we blame gay marriage for this?
(Atwood & Schwartz, 2002 - Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy)
The US has the highest crime rate when compared to our civil neighbors (UK, Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, S. Africa, India. Shall we blame gay marriage for this?
http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/countries-with-highest-reported-crime-rates.html
In 2007, nearly 5 children in the US died every day because of abuse and/or neglect. - Shall we blame gay marriage for this?
http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics
There are at least 21,500 gangs and more than 731,000 active gang members in the United States. Shall we blame gay marriage for this?
http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs11/13157/index.htm
435,000 people die each year from smoking cigarettes. Shall we blame gay marriage for this?
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
Each year, 3.5 million Americans experience homelessness. Children make up 23% of people experiencing homeless. Shall we blame the gay marriage for this?
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/index.html
Considering the state of the American Family, BEFORE gay marriage was legal, it seems logical to conclude that blaming gays for destroying the American Family, or even being a threat is nothing less than absurd! The "destruction" of the "American Family" has been well underway for years without the help or influence of gay marriage.
As history shows, "We the People"used to own human slaves, and we fought hard to keep them.
But guess what? Some arrogant judge decided that it was unconstitutional.
"We the People" used to think that it was unheard of that women should want to the right to vote, or attend college, or be paid the same as men. We fought hard to keep them submissive.
But guess what? Some arrogant judge decided that it was unconstitutional.
And not very long ago, "We the People" used to force "Blacks" to sit in the back of the bus, and drink from separate drinking fountains, and to attend different schools. We fought hard to keep then down.
But guess what? Some arrogant judge decided it was unconstitutional.
So today, "We the People" want to deny gay Americans the right to marriage. Some are fighting hard to "protect our children" (read above), and prevent gays from "destroying" the American Family.
But guess what? Some arrogant judge decided it was unconstitutional.
If religious and conservative groups really wants to do God's work and protect the American Family, it's blatantly obvious that there are a lot of worthy and utterly critical causes that could truly benefit from their generous donation of time, money, and enthusiasm.
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December 6, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A three-judge panel is considering California's same sex marriage ban at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
The supporters of Prop 8 spent almost $39,000,000 to get this one issue to the ballot.
Those who opposed Prop 8 spent just over $44,000,000 in an attempt to defeat this issue.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-moneymap,0,2198220.htmlstory
Imagine the myriad of causes that could have benefited from $83,000,000! That's 83 MILLION dollars! (Millions of additional dollars continue to be spent on both sides of this issue).
The National Organization for Marriage, as well as many religious groups state that 7 million Californian's voted in 2008 to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. What they fail to state is that 6,401,482 Californians voted against it. And one "arrogant" federal court judge found it unconstitutional.
http://www.twomillionformarriage.com
Many have even gone as far as to predict the destruction of the family structure.
"Laws supporting gay unions as equal to traditional marriage will ultimately, completely destroy the family structure as we know it today within 20yrs."
The Washington Post
Now, shall we consider some facts?
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