I Thought Branson was the only reason to hate Missouri
Same-sex marriage amendment passes in Missouri
Missouri voters cast ballots in favor of writing a ban on same-sex marriage into the state's Constitution Tuesday, making the Missouri's charter document a "tool for discrimination," according to one prominent gay rights activist.
Results had yet to be certified, but with all precincts reporting, the measure was easily passing with 71 percent of the vote.
The outcome of the vote was condemned by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT advocacy group.
"This was motivated by politics, pure and simple," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques in a statement. "This was part of an effort by President Bush to distract Missourians from the fact that the state has lost almost 80,000 jobs over the past three and half years."
Groups on both sides of the debate view Missouri as a test of how upcoming votes on similar proposed constitutional amendments may go in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah. Similar initiatives are also pending in Michigan, North Dakota and Ohio.
Proponents of the measures were spurred on by a court decision in Massachusetts that allowed gay couples to wed there.
Even though Missouri already had a law refusing to recognize same-sex marriages, amendment supporters feared a court could overturn that law, and they believe an outright ban written into the Constitution would make that more difficult.
"We want to make sure that marriage in Missouri stays as it has always been," said Kerry Messer, president of Missouri Family Network, which backed the amendment.
The debate shifted to the states after last month's vote by the U.S. Senate that blocked an effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with a same-sex marriage ban.
Passage of the ban in Missouri came as no surprise in the conservative state, however it was discouraging for LGBT activists.
"The Missouri Constitution is now a tool for discrimination," said Jacques. "History will show that we are on the right side and equality will win out."
Missouri, the "Show Me State"? How about showing compassion for others?
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I hope that they don't vote here in Oklahoma, because i know it will pass here.
posted by Brian Smith @ 6:20 PM
1 Comments:
You would think Missouri would be the last place to ban same sex marriages.... They do have a lot of musicals in Branson after all.
But I have to agree, koge, it is a shame. It's so clear to me, that oppressing us is wrong, I don't know what is keeping them from seeing that. It makes me sad just thinking about it; a whole state just stops their pursuit of equality and demolished citizens' freedoms. They might as well segregate schools and enslave African Americans while they are at it; hell they should burn witches too. Where will they stop; until everyone is blue eyed, straight, and white? Diversity has always been America’s strong point, and discouraging that should be illegal, not marriage between two loving adults. I guess I would be considered bias, but I would hope that I would feel the same way even if I were straight; I’m not black but I want them to have every freedom and opportunity that a white person has, so I guess that I probably would feel the same way if I were straight.
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