This morning I read an article in the Associated Press about how the citizens of Missouri have passed an amendment to their state constitution banning gay marriage. What they have also done through this action is to destroy previous provisions already in place that at least recognized same-sex relationships in that state. I was so relived last week when the Bush Administration's attempt to get a similar vote into the US Constitution failed miserably but even to have it pass in one state seems like a huge let down. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "what is the threat here?" This isn't really about the sanctity of marriage at all. It's about power. You would think the conservative groups in this country would have learned something from past preducial mistakes. Hm? American Indians, African Americans, Women to name a few. We're all Americans! We all deserve EQUAL protection under the law! Why can't they just let us love who we want to love? Are they so used to hating that they prefer that emotion to love? How would recognizing same-sex unions do anything to the sanctity of marriage that the divorces, adulterers, and priests haven't done already? Can someone explain this to me?
Here is a link to an organization that is fighting these state constitutional amendments through grassroots education. Check it out: Constitution Defense League
