Another issue where the initial tendency is to side with support for gay marriage as the option that provides the most free agency. That argument I can almost buy, except when activist judges outright repeal laws that voters have chosen…and when such laws violate our specifically stated constitutional right to freedom of religion. How would someone getting married violate our freedom to believe? Well, if judges are able to bring down rulings like they have, how long is it before they can rule that churches who do not marry gay couples are in violation and lose their tax-exempt status. What about adoption agencies who don’t believe it is acceptable to adopt to gay couples? They might lose their ability to place children, and the good that they do would be lost. There are HUGE ramifications from taking away this freedom of religion, which is essentially what you’re doing if the government states that there is absolutely NO LEGAL DIFFERENCE between a heterosexual marriage and a homosexual marriage. My church, which almost never takes a side when it comes to matters of voting, has actually come out very strongly in favor of California’s Proposition 8. Because Senator Obama is against Proposition 8, it makes me very concerned about his ability to see the ramifications of such decisions, past the “feel good” aspect of it.

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