Houston Democrats

If you are inclined to "protect traditional marriage" by voting in favor of Proposition 2, at the very least know what you are not voting for and who is firmly behind your decision. Proposition 2 will modify the Texas Constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman, as well as other things, but it will not provide the protections our elected officials have been claiming.

During a period of a divorce rate over 50%, high gasoline prices, soaring education costs, sky rocketing insurance rates, high property taxes, and our under funded public education system, our elected officials spent considerable time drafting a poorly worded amendment to the Constitution. Not only will this amendment define the word "marriage", but will also to deny rights to many in Texas by banning civil unions, or any other legal union between two individuals.

Realize what this amendment will not do. It does not address the 50% divorce rate, with Texas having one of the highest rates in the nation. Our elected officials, many unable to keep their own marriages together, should have focused their time on understanding and solving the problem of marriages breaking up, including their own. Instead of denying the use of the floor of our Texas House of Representatives for the second (or third?) marriage of State Representative Mary Denny (R-Aubrey), they are denying rights to a singled out set of people. Maybe the amendment should have just simple-mindedly banned divorce and enforced the "till death do we part"
pledge.

Same sex marriage is not recognized in Texas and will never be. This amendment does nothing more than spew hatred and deny rights to those who have secured legal unions between two individuals. If you are inclined to vote for this amendment at the very least know who will be standing firmly behind you, the Ku Klux Klan with a history of hatred, and the Catholic Church with a history of sexual scandals. Neither of these organizations should decide who should be allowed to marry or judge others that do.

And also at the end of the day when this amendment passes, you will still be paying $3.00 for a gallon of gas, your insurance bill be still be the highest in the nation, our schools will still be under funded and State Legislators can still get divorced multiple times and get married on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives.

God help us all.