Supporters of same-sex marriage ban have vastly outspent opponents

all that money spend on hate and bigotry….???? Pathetic and disgraceful…..but I expect Nothing less from those FAKE christians…..Im sure Many of the floundering FOOD BANKS for the poor could have USED that Money…..I mean, THAT would have been “christ-like” , right?

Reasons to support this ballot initiative, limiting marriage to between one man and one woman, involve how we make law, the serious problems of same-sex behavior, and how those problems far outweigh any benefits that same-sex “marriage” would provide. First, law in this country is purposefully based on facts. If facts show the behavior to be beneficial, we pass laws to encourage it with legal and financial incentives. If facts show the behavior to be potentially harmful but not enough to be banned without unduly burdening our personal freedoms, we limit it to consenting adults without government recognition or incentives. Finally, if the facts show the behavior to be so damaging that it causes immediate and serious harm to the individual and society, we ban it.

On the average, marriage between one man and one woman has consistently shown that it’s beneficial. Consequently, it lies in the first behavioral category, which deserves the legal and financial forms of encouragement provided by the government. In comparison, so-called “marriage” between two people of the same-sex is not beneficial. Because of this factor, same-sex behavior lies in the second behavioral category, which the government allows between consenting adults without legal and financial incentives of any kind.

The reasons for this categorization have to do with the serious medical, psychological, and sociological problems of same sex behavior – problems that are either not associated with, or are far less prevalent in, heterosexual behavior, especially in heterosexual marriage. These problems include:

1. Homosexuality bears no resemblance to race or gender. Rather it’s a behavioral urge, just like every other behavior. Even if the person having the urge didn’t choose to have it or feels they have no control over it, they can decide to act on the urge or not.

2. Unlike race or gender, homosexuality can be triggered through social/cultural influences.

3. In comparison to heterosexuals, homosexuals are far more prone to bodily damage and disease, much of which is serious and life threatening.

4. Even in so-called “committed” relationships, homosexuals, primarily men, are notoriously non-monogamous, much more so than heterosexuals, which defeats the main purpose for marriage.

5. In jurisdictions that permit same-sex marriage, such as Sweden and Norway, homosexuals are far more likely to divorce than heterosexuals. This fact, including the one in item 4, above, would not enhance marriage, as some falsely claim, but would diminish it below its already weakened state.

6. In general, heterosexuals experience a higher incidence of emotional and mental illnesses, than heterosexuals,

7. Domestic violence is much more prevalent in male same-sex relationships than in heterosexual ones.

3 of 3 – Reasons To Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

These facts do not originate from organizations or individuals opposed to same-sex marriage. Rather, they originate from mainstream, respected, and apolitical research organizations, such as USC, UCLA, Princeton, Columbia University, the Max Planck Institute in Germany, the Center for Disease Control, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, and others. The specific citations, including the study titles and authors, are on pages 4 and 5 of the essay entitled “The Case for Limiting Government Recognition to Traditional Relationships.” The link for it is labeled as item 2, below.

Quite obviously, we can’t rely on dishonest and agenda-drive media, like the Globe, to distribute this information to the public. We have to do so ourselves. So please email this information to as many people as you can and ask that they do the same. Also, please do the same for your legislators and demand that they either oppose laws recognizing same-sex marriage or pass laws over turning it. In this way, we can keep marriage between one and one woman and, just as importantly, resist efforts by our schools to misrepresent homosexuality as normal and healthy to our children.

(1) – http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politico/2011091400
(2) – http://marriage-onemanandonewoman.blogspot.com/

Notice how the haters have always had a problem telling the truth?

Minnesota Catholic Conference:

Stop lying.

Stop spreading the false claim that same sex marriage somehow undermines heterosexual marriage either in theory or practice.

In theory its extremely difficult to see how this could even be the case. What possible causal connection could there be between two women getting married and this somehow weakening other marriages?

In practice there’s NO evidence that same sex marriage undermines heterosexual marriage. In fact, if you look at the divorce rates in the states you find:

“The findings, based on data collected by the American Community Survey in 2009 and published in a new report titled Marital Events of Americans: 2009, indicate that men and women in the southern United States have the highest divorce rates in the country, while those in the Northeast have the lowest (2009 is the most recent year for which Census data on this topic is available).”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/divorce-rates-by-state-ne_n_935868.html#s338915&title=Arkansas

In other words, the states that tend to have the highest levels of Christian belief and conservative politics tend to have the highest divorce rates! The article quotes a census official’s explanation that since more marriages happen in the southern US, they also have more divorces. But what we can also hypothesize from these higher divorce rates is that “moral absolutes”, faith, belief in a god, church-attendance, and so forth–all correlates of the conservative religious worldview–might very well have NO impact on divorce rates. They may in fact contribute to them, but we’ll save that discussion for later.

Further, if same sex marriage was such a threat to “traditional” marriage, then we might expect to see some statistical effect of this in a state like Massachusetts that has legalized same sex marriage. Yet MA still had the lowest divorce rate in the country 5 years after legalizing same sex marriage.

So, Minnesota Catholic Conference, how many more times must we listen to your lies about same sex marriage?

Millions in ANONYMOUS donations at that. It’s clear the number of supporters of the amendment are few, but it’s also extremely clear that several large wealthy supporters must be funding them. No wonder they’ve been so secretive, even in clear violation of the law, in hiding who those donors are in trying to effect this amendment.

One of the Ten Commandments, central to Christian thinking, is “Thou shalt not lie”. That “Christians” would completely ignore this commandment while campaigning against homosexuality shows just how hypocritical they are in their biblical cherry-picking. They are bigots using religion as an excuse.

Take away their tax exempt status and let the government start meddling in their teachings and rites, then see how much they think they should have a say in politics.

To GGGP1856, your insight about why we make laws is spot on, your conclusions about which category homosexual behavior falls into is quite the opposite. Try citing original sources, not bloggers with their own intentions and agendas, and poor conclusions about the APA perspective on homosexuality, which actually de-listed it as a disorder decades ago.

“Sexual orientation is commonly discussed as if it were solely a characteristic of an individual, like biological sex, gender identity, or age. This perspective is incomplete because sexual orientation is defined in terms of relationships with others.” – Not limited to homosexuality, heterosexuality also is subject to society as well.

And for evidence that homosexuals have more emotional and mental problems, this is not due to their sexual orientation, but the prejudices they experience due to societies lack of acceptance.
“On an individual level, such prejudice and discrimination may also have negative consequences, especially if lesbian, gay, and bisexual people attempt to conceal or deny their sexual orientation. Although many lesbians and gay men learn to cope with the social stigma against homosexuality, this pattern of prejudice can have serious negative effects on health and well-being. ”

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx

One could easily find arguments that domestic violence or other problems are more prevalent among any group you can categorize, be it by race, economic standing, or culture, but we do not limit the right to marry based on the conflicts of a social group, instead we try to bring attention to the root causes and through education and advocacy we as a society attempt to correct these faults.