Gay Marriage Amendment still alive

Advance Indiana clued me in on this. I was working on a post till Firefox crashed on me. I might have to shorten it so I can get to work.

The Republicans passed this to whip up terror that gays and lesbians might share our heterosexual wedded bliss. Not that Indiana law recognizes marriage between same sex couples. Not that there was a threat that Indiana would force any religious institution to recognize a gay marriage. No, just to make Indiana safe from those dreaded gays and lesbians.

Well, Indiana did not and does not need the protection. The state constitution protected the religious institutions. Federal and state law protects marriage.

The proposal pretty much cripples our rights under the first section of Indiana's Bill of Rights. If you read the proposal, it affects unmarried heterosexual couples, too.

Marriage in Indiana consists only of the union of one man and one woman.

This Constitution or any other Indiana law may not be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups

Gay and lesbian couple ought to have the same rights to state benefits as we heterosexuals do. That is my reading of Indiana's Bill of Rights. Before anyone gets all homophobic about this, read the state Bill of Rights. How do you feel about eviscerating the Declaration of Independence? And remember that this is not the theocracy of Indiana but the State of Indiana.

These are the first four sections of Indiana's Bill of Rights. Read the first section and try to explain to me how this "gay marriage" proposal does not conflict with the first section? Or how discriminating against gays and lesbians (or unmarried heterosexual couples) in regards to marriage benefits does not violate this section?

Section 1. WE DECLARE, That all people are created equal; that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that all power is inherent in the people; and that all free governments are, and of right ought to be, founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and well-being. For the advancement of these ends, the people have, at all times, an indefeasible right to alter and reform their government.
(History: As Amended November 6, 1984).

Section 2. All people shall be secured in the natural right to worship ALMIGHTY GOD, according to the dictates of their own consciences.
(History: As Amended November 6, 1984).

Section 3. No law shall, in any case whatever, control the free exercise and enjoyment of religious opinions, or interfere with the rights of conscience.

Section 4. No preference shall be given, by law, to any creed, religious society, or mode of worship; and no person shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support, any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent.
(History: As Amended November 6, 1984).

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