Any people of faith around here?

[musical_soul]

If so, I have a request. I know I don't post often, but I thought I'd throw this out there.

Tuesday, a very critical decision will be made. The rights of the minority will be decided by the majority. People will also be in danger of losing their health benefits and other benefits.

So, if you're voting and getting the word out against this amendment, then that's great. Let's also pray about it. Let's pray that Tuesday, a miracle happens and this amendment doesn't pass.

I want to thank everybody who already voted against it.

[2labslib]

1. "The rights of the minority will be will be decided by the majority."

Other states have already set this kind of precedent, and it scares me. When Prop 8 was being voted on here in California, I tried to use that logic to explain why it should never have been put to vote in the first place. It fell on deaf ears.

[musical_soul]

2. If this amendment does pass, then this is the next step.

We wouldn't allow a vote by the majority on whether blacks and whites can marry or whether people can remarry. That wouldn't happen.

If this gets passed, we have to keep fighting to get it off the books (and meanwhile fight to get the clarification, took Ohio a few years to clarify that their amendment didn't mean one couldn't be charged with domestic violence).

[classof56]

3. I consider myself a person of faith, though to much less extent that most of my life.

A few years ago, 2004 to be exact, I walked out of the Southern Baptist church I attended when they actively lobbied for passage of an amendment to our state's constitution banning same-sex marriage. They circulated petitions to get the ballot measure up for a vote and raised money to that purpose. Sadly, the measure passed, but I have never since participated in any church services (save for funerals, weddings, mass with a visiting relative). I do cling to my faith in our country and my fellow citizens, and pray that truth and wisdom will prevail, leading to the turnaround we so desperately need. Not sure where those prayers end up, but I will include in them a request that the miracle you seek on Tuesday happens. I also pray that God will prevail over the Kochs, Rove, and all those whose money is stealing our freedoms and destroying our democracy. Maybe some day that prayer, too, will be answered.

Best wishes. And as we used to say in the 60s, Keep the Faith!