I support the right for everyone to marry. It doesn’t matter to me if that marriage is between two men, two women or one of each. This might surprise some of you who know me because I am Catholic and I politically tend to be conservative. I feel in my heart that marriage should be defined as a legal union between any two people in a committed, caring relationship.
I am proud to live in a country that goes to great lengths to stand up for the rights and freedoms of people around the world yet greatly saddened that in 2012 we would even consider limiting or denying the right of marriage between two consenting adults.
Let’s be honest, I am afraid that publicly sharing my views could have a negative impact for me and for my family but I feel it is more important to stand up for what I believe is right than to silently stand by and let this amendment pass.
Silence implies consent. I do not consent to this amendment. If in your heart you also feel that the amendment is wrong—regardless of your religious or political standing—vote no and allow everyone the right to legally marry, because it’s the right thing to do.
Sandy Holthaus
Schroeder/South Haven, MN
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