On being 'wrong,' and sticking by it

[wyldwolf]

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On being 'wrong,' and sticking by it


I always thought that if I ever ran for public office, I'd rather lose with 100 percent of the electorate voting than to win with only 40 percent casting their votes. My reasoning was that in order to govern effectively, I would want to be assured that most of my constituency felt the same way as I did on the crucial issues of the day. I'd take comfort in the fact that if the public voted their conscience, than whatever they decided would be for the best, even if they didn't agree with me.

While this premise may still be correct, I find myself eating my words. I voted for John Kerry, and I thought he'd win. The major topic for my inner circle over the last few weeks has been, "How could we be so wrong?"

To some extent, the nationwide perspective on gay marriage seems to be one of language. Many states approved civil unions for homosexuals, but simply rejected the word "marriage" as the appropriate term. When I hear the evangelicals speak, however, it seems that they were voting against homosexuality as a concept, as if to prevent gay marriage would mean that homosexuals would cease to exist, or at the very least, stop partnering up or raising children.

Like many Americans, I struggle with the issue of abortion. I am old enough to remember the days before Roe vs. Wade, when young girls routinely would be dumped in emergency room parking lots with their internal organs butchered by some back-room abortionist. I still don't like the procedure, and I am saddened whenever I hear of someone who has felt that it was their only solution...

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http://www2.townonline.com/watertown/opinion/view.bg?articleid=130115

[annabanana]

1. the state should have nothing to do with marriage...

The state should ONLY be able to make "civil unions" and it should be up to the religious community to make them "marriages"...

[JI7]

2. states need to start passing civil unions to expose the gay bashers

right now they seem to get away with claiming it's about family values to preserve marriage for a man and a woman since most seem to agree with it for some reason.

but lets start pushing to legalize civil unions in the states and the gay bashers who don't want gays to have any rights should be exposed. it was never about family values but about being anti gay.