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Same sex marriage.

Some call it the civil rights fight of our generation.

We call it an unGodly attempt to overcome our Judeo-Christian heritage and a God-given Truth...marriage is between one man and one woman.

A vast majority of states have already responded to the national homosexual political agenda by either passing laws or changing their constitutions to say that marriage will remain between a man and a woman.

Indiana is exposed. Indiana does currently have a law on the books that says that marriage will be between a man and a woman. So why does Indiana need SJR 7, a constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage?

Let’s ask it a different way: if someone is going to decide whether or not to allow gay marriage in Indiana, who would you rather it be? The citizens, or their elected representatives (the legislature)....or an activist judge with the sweep of a pen? In Indiana, the proposal SJR 7 is just that simple – it's about who gets to decide. The leadership of the Indiana House of Representatives, controlled by House Speaker Pat Bauer, doesn’t want you to. He wants to keep this out of the hands of voters at all costs, because Hoosiers will affirm traditional marriage by a wide margin.

In Indiana, we believe that Hoosiers should have a say whether they are ready to change history and the Hoosier tradition of marriage to allow what has formerly been an “alternative lifestyle” to become a legal norm in our state. Hoosiers should decide for themselves whether they want gay marriage in their communities.

This past April, Speaker Bauer and Representative Terri Austin blocked the passage of SJR 7, essentially blocking Hoosiers’ right to have a say on this question. After campaigning on the issue and supporting traditional marriage, she flipped-flopped and voted "no" instead. And they both hid behind the business community and fears of domestic violence to do it.

Democratic members of the House Rules Committee knew what they were doing when they defeated SJR 7 last April -- most of whom voted "yes" for SJR 7 in 2005. No strangers to legal discussions, they know their way around a bill. By killing the proposal they were, in effect, inviting the courts to require incidents of marriage for homosexuals in Indiana. “Require” was the key word in the amendment, and that’s just what they are inviting the courts to do. They want a court to require it so they won’t have to. The legislature is beholden to its voters and won’t have to get ‘messy’ with the gay marriage issue – if SJR 7 doesn’t pass...the legislature can duck and let the courts do it.

That’s it in a nutshell. There’s much more on this web site, including rebuttals to the massive misinformation campaign that was swallowed by friend and foe alike – that the business community didn’t want SJR 7, and that if it passed, domestic violence laws would be wiped out. Neither could be further from the truth.

Don’t let activist judges usher in gay marriage in Indiana. And don’t let the House of Representatives get in your way.

SJR 7 has one more chance to pass in the 2008 session of the Indiana General Assembly. Tell your Hoosier legislator to vote 'yes' to SJR 7 with no amendments!!