Marriage amendment question now getting voters attention
July 15, 2012 at 4:49 am in Pierce County Herald
Minnesota News – An epic fight between Minnesotans against gay marriage and those who support it mostly has flown under the public’s radar for 14 months. But that is changing as Nov. 6 nears. That’s when Minnesota voters will decide the issue.
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Unfortunately, to whatever degree Minnesotans support gay marriage probably isn’t due to some new found epiphany on the subject. Rather, it’s due the lack of information on same-sex behavior, including the experiences of other countries with same-sex marriage, and the deliberate misinformation and deception of those who support gay marriage, including the media.
For knowledge of homosexuality and its application to law, produces a strong argument against gay marriage. For one homosexuality bears no resemblance to race and gender. The former is a behavioral urge that arises through a complex interplay of genetic, biologic, and social factors. Varying in significance among people, these factors do not guarantee a homosexual outcome but create a disposition for it. The urge resulting from this interplay may be difficult to control and may have arisen irrespective of choice. Nonetheless, the manifestation of the urge – behavior – is most definitely controllable, since the person having the urge can decide to indulge the urge and engage in the behavior or not. In comparison, race and gender are solely due to genetics and are natural physical conditions over which no one has any control.
Consequently, it’s irrefutable that what results is same-sex behavior. As such, it is not like race and gender for which rights and privileges cannot be removed (or granted) by vote or decree. Rather, what results from homosexuality – same-sex behavior – is, just like every other behavior, subject to laws passed by the people.
The next question to ask though is the legal category in which to place same-sex behavior. If facts indicate the behavior is beneficial to the individual and to society, we generally pass laws to encourage the behavior. If facts indicate the behavior involves elevated risk but not so much to be banned without causing an undue burden on personal liberty, we limit the behavior to consenting adults without any form of encouragement. Finally, if the behavior is acutely harmful, society bans it and imposes strict penalties to enforce the ban.
As the facts show, the appropriate legal category for same-sex behavior is the second one: between consenting adults without legal recognition or incentives. The reasons have to do with the origin of same-sex behavior and it’s consequences within uncommitted relationships and committed ones. For example,
1.Unlike race or gender, homosexuality can be triggered though social and cultural influences.
2.In comparison to heterosexuals, homosexuals are far more prone to bodily damage and disease.
3.Even in they’re committed, men are notoriously non-monogamous.
4.In areas that permit SSM, homosexuals are far more likely to divorce than heterosexuals.
5.Homosexuals experience more emotional and mental illness, than heterosexuals, even in the Netherlands, which completely accepts homosexuality.
6.Domestic violence is much more prevalent in male same-sex relationships than in heterosexual ones.
The basis for this information is not from sources that are either ant-gay or anti-gay marriage, as many may falsely claim. Rather, it is from peer-reviewed research performed by apolitical, mainstream, and reputable sources. A listing of these sources and a summary of them is in the essay entitled, “The Case For Government Recognition of Traditional Relationships.” It can be found at
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I urge those viewing this comment string to please read it and pass it on to others. In this way, we can work together to educate the public on the need to keep marriage as it should be: between one man and one woman.
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It’s really none of your concern if 2 men or 2 women want to marry…
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