Marriage Equality Diminishes No One
As you may be aware, at the next election Californians will be voting on "Proposition 8": "ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT" (from California's Official Voter Information Guide). I liked the beginning of this editorial opposing the proposition.
In one of the most famous American defenses of religious freedom, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "[I]t does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
We must say the same thing about same-sex marriage.
["Same-sex vows cause no harm to our families", Redding [CA] Record Searchlight, 9 October 2008.]
I first saw this at Box Turtle Bulletin (Timothy Kincaid, "Redding Record-Searchlight Opposes Proposition 8", 9 October). The same article updates their list of newspapers urging a vote against California Proposition 8.
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on Friday, 10 October 2008 at 14.37
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That's true and very good. Alas, I suspect it won't cut much ice with those trying to navigate the 21st century with a Dark Ages mindset. Younger people, too many of whom probably won't vote, offer hope for the future, though.