"Sanctity of Marriage" Resolution in My Hometown

[GiovanniC]

About a week or so ago some moron in our County Board of Commissioners (local government in Jackson County, Michigan) introduced a resolution that would supposedly stand up for the sanctity of marriage by urging our state representatives to amend our state constitution to say that marriage is only between a man and a woman. In the week or so since, these guys have been in the media speaking against gay marriage and the like, culminating in the local headline that was something to the effect of "Sanctity Proposal Passed".

I sent in a letter to the editor today. Here it is:

Good job, {author of bill} and the Jackson County Board of Commissioners! I think it's about time that someone stood up for the sanctity of marriage. Right now, we live in a world where almost half of all first-time marriages end in divorce, where celebrity marriages don't even last as long as a gallon of milk, where we're bombarded with "reality" television shows like "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?" and "Married By America". So protecting the sanctity of marriage sounds like a pretty darned good idea to me.

That's why I'm puzzled over this move by the Commissioners to protect the "sanctity of marriage" by passing a resolution urging the state to limit the rights of homosexuals. Seems to me that it's us straight people that have been screwing up the "sanctity of marriage" so far. It's like author Ernest Benn once said, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy."

Way to go, guys!

Anyone else's local government attacking civil rights lately?

[IrateCitizen]

1. That is a GREAT LTTE!

Let us know if they publish it.

[gWbush is Mabus]

2. i was thinking...

we should frame the issue:

not as pro-marriage, but

anti-visitation rights in hospitals for homosexuals.


so a Repug says, "i believe in the sanctity of marriage" and you say,
"you mean you don't want gay people to be allowed to visit their partner in a hospital?"


i think it would resonate better with some of the more compassionate pro-marriage people

[meegbear]

3. Interesting twist ...

hmmmmmmmmm.

[GiovanniC]

4. That's sort of what I was trying to imply

with the statement "limit the rights of homosexuals".

It's easier to get people to agree that limiting the rights of homosexuals is bad than to agree that banning gay marriage/unions is bad.

[gWbush is Mabus]

6. totally

your letter to the editor was great!
i was speaking of my thoughts in general.

[NYC]

5. Excellent letter.

Well done.

[roughsatori]

7. That is an excellent letter

I hope they publish it. You make your point clearly and with wit. I would have been lost in my own anger and sent an un-publishable one. That really is a good one. If it gets published let us know and post it again, and any responses. Thanks

[radwriter0555]

8. Then tell em to outlaw DIVORCE, if marriage is so sacred...

geesh. it ain't all that hard.

[tucson]

9. Thanks for your support.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi tucson!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: