Marriage Protection protects no one!

Pennsylvania is poised to move this hate-based legislation from Committee to the full vote of the Senate. That is a sad state of affairs in this Commonwealth! And it is something that demands our collective attention. If you believe this piece of legislation to be against what you believe as an equal citizen, then I am asking you to call your Pennsylvania Senator and him or her to vote "NO" to SB 1250.

Protecting marriage is not a national priority, and it is hardly a state priority. If it were such, then politicians would be advancing laws that make divorce more difficult to achieve. If protecting marriage were the priority, then legislators would author bills that encourage counseling before someone can say "I do."

This is NOT about "protecting the institution of marriage." No one has ever demonstrated, in as long as this argument has raged, how the marriage of two gay men effects the marriage of a heterosexual couple? That's because it doesn't! No more than the marriage of any single couple effects the marriage of any other. This is a faith-based attack & endorsement of ignorance and hate. God has nothing to do with a marriage license! Marriage is a personal commitment that is protected and offered protection as a civil contract by the government. The Federal government offers over 1,100+ protections, rights, and privileges to married couples. As marriage is entered into because of love and individual commitment, I say that single reason is what all couples have in common and it should be enough for our government to protect us equally as citizens one and all.

But that is not how it's seen apparently.

Instead, America, and now Pennsylvania seem hell bent of adding language to our founding documents that expressly exclude a class of citizens from equality. There is nothing more un-American than this action, yet it somehow finds support and advances?

In Pennsylvania, this is what they want to add:

"No union other than a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as marriage or the functional equivalent of marriage by the commonwealth."

Be afraid Pennsylvania, be very afraid!

The "functional equivalent of marriage" is the scary part of the definition. Like Virginia & Ohio, who also chose this type of language, they are saying that no gay couple may create wills, living wills, survivor-ship clauses, medical directives, or the like because as unrelated same-sex couples you are trying to enjoy the "functional equivalent of marriage." This Amendment, should it advance, and survive the four successive votes requires to put it on a ballot, would immediately upon passage VOID all wills between unmarried same sex individuals.

Do not delay! The odds are against us on this, and the fundies are loud and proud in this argument! They have the ears of the cowards that are often elevated to politician to represent us all! Well, let's put our own fear into their voter roster. Tell them that a vote in favor of SB-1250 will not be forgotten, and will result in the loss of your vote the next time they look for it at reelection.

Find your Senator here.