Seawytch
Information isnt Advocacy
- Aug 5, 2010
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Marriage equality isn't partisan.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5511435?utm_hp_ref=politics
14 former Michigan Republican legislators and others in the party affirmed that conservative "values are advanced by recognizing civil marriage rights for same-sex couples," rather than harmed.
"Marriage is strengthened and its benefits, importance to society, and the social stability of the family unit are promoted by providing access to civil marriage for same-sex couples," they argue. "Providing access to civil marriage for same-sex couples poses no credible threat to religious freedom or to the institution of religious marriage."[...]
They also made the point that marriage is not just about having children, but about the mutual rights and obligations conferred on partners, invoking George Washington.
"Whatever the merits of speculation that marriage was originally fashioned only to channel the procreative impulse, it has been centuries since marriage was so limited (if it ever was). Our Nations first President and his wife had no children together, but their marriage provided a protective family structure for raising Martha Washingtons children by her first marriage as well as her grandchildren."
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5511435?utm_hp_ref=politics
14 former Michigan Republican legislators and others in the party affirmed that conservative "values are advanced by recognizing civil marriage rights for same-sex couples," rather than harmed.
"Marriage is strengthened and its benefits, importance to society, and the social stability of the family unit are promoted by providing access to civil marriage for same-sex couples," they argue. "Providing access to civil marriage for same-sex couples poses no credible threat to religious freedom or to the institution of religious marriage."[...]
They also made the point that marriage is not just about having children, but about the mutual rights and obligations conferred on partners, invoking George Washington.
"Whatever the merits of speculation that marriage was originally fashioned only to channel the procreative impulse, it has been centuries since marriage was so limited (if it ever was). Our Nations first President and his wife had no children together, but their marriage provided a protective family structure for raising Martha Washingtons children by her first marriage as well as her grandchildren."