With all of the speculation that conservative voters may not make it to the polls in November, it is difficult to stay motivated and get charged up about exercising my right to vote. I can surely understand the frustration of not believing any candidate really represents your view of the world. It seems like every one of them has their issues, and certainly none are a "perfect match". I also think the message needs to be sent to the GOP that if they don't make some changes, they will not have a party. And maybe sitting out would be one way to get that point across.
With the recent decision by the California Supreme Court making any ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, my perspective changed quite a bit and I find myself feeling a sense of duty and purpose to get to polls in November no matter what.
Now that these 4 activist judges in California have ruled this way, it opens the door for other states to follow suit. Nationally, the California legislature has historically taken the role of setting an example for other state legislatures, especially in family court rulings. This means we need to act fast to reverse this extreme decision that does not reflect the will of the majority or the family values of most American's.
The only way to reverse this decision is to get an initiative on the ballot so the voters can make an amendment to the California Constitution to protect the definition of marriage as between "one man and one woman". Efforts are already under way to accomplish this, and it looks likely that there will be an opportunity to vote this coming election on a measure to protect this institution that is foundational to ANY society.
This also means that those conservative voters who are looking to punish the GOP by staying home on election day will also miss an extremely important opportunity to have their voice heard on this issue! On top of that, liberal voters who are more motivated (at least so far) could get out the vote and decide the future of marriage for all of us. We cannot sit back in our armchairs and watch this happen!
Remember, there are 2 types of sin:
1. Commission - intentional, where you know it is wrong, but do it anyway.
2. Omission - where you know what is right, but fail to act
If you are not a resident of California, and you think this doesn't, or couldn't impact your state and your family, don't be fooled! It is only a matter of time before citizens of your state who are interested in redefining marriage take their case to the Supreme Court as well (if they haven't already), and your state justices would have an easier time making a similar decision about gay marriage because California has already laid the track.
See ProtectMarriage.com for more details on the Marriage Protection Act, and do your part to protect marriage before it is too late!
5 comments:
Oh My! I usually swing by your blog about every other day or so, but my computer has been in the shop for a while and look what happened while I was gone!!
I haven't read a thing yet, but I'm looking forwad to it.
In that case, I can forgive you for starting a good exchange on your blog, then leaving me hanging. Hope your computer is healthy again!
I am going to be encouraging people on the radio show to get out and vote in November for their conservative Congressmen and Senators and important ballot issues like Marriage regardless of whether they vote for McCain or not.
I'm really concerned that because so many are disillusioned about McCain that they just won't get out and vote period.
Also, just because some members of the GOP are liberal or moderate doesn't mean that the conservative members should be punished as well. I wish people could understand that. In '06 many punished my conservative senator for the sins of other Republican senators and it was sad to see.
I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that there will be a stay to the CA Supreme Court's asinine verdict.
We have to be vigilant, the Homosexual lobby will likely cream the Pro-Marriage lobby in resources (cash, that is). They were building a war chest in preparation for rebuttals before this measure even past. They are prepared to fight to the death, and so should we.
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