On Marriage...

[crschmidt]

Ganked from:

pezstar, roy, aiobheil, damnitnicole, burr86, ladysisyphus, rahaeli, hill_the_khore. Wording copied direct from pezstar.

The American Family Association has decided to try and "prove a point" by having a poll on their website for folks to take about their opinion on gay marriage. They intend to present the results of this poll to the United States Congress in an attempt to instate a federal law against Gay Marriage.

It's obvious that they think that this poll will come out in their favor, and that the vast majority of people will vote to keep marriage for traditional couples only. However, this is LiveJournal, and we are FAR from traditional!

I ask you all to please visit http://www.afa.net/petitions/marriagepoll.asp and let your opinion be heard. It takes about 45 seconds, and it is SUCH an important topic. Whether you are gay or straight, conservative or liberal, your opinion matters, and you NEED to vote here.

While it's obvious that I am on the "pro gay marriage" side of the fence, I still want you to vote if you are against it. THe point here is to have a LEGITIMATE cross section of people voting in this poll. The only folks who were even made aware of it's existance were the peole on the AMAs mailing list and the people who happened to wander across their website. They have absolutely every intention of presenting this poll in the form of a petition to congress against gay marriage. I wonder if they will still present it when the YAYs outweigh the NEIGHs?

PLEASE let your voice be heard.

Current results at 9:40AM CST:
I oppose legalization of homosexual marriage and "civil unions" 84.19% (102406 votes)
I favor legalization of homosexual marriage 12.93% (15728 votes)
I favor a "civil union" with the full benefits of marriage except for the name 2.88% (3505 votes)

From damnitnicole: PS: taken from the comments on rahaeli's entry: "Oh, and anyone who gives them their e-mail address: leave-afapetition@lists.afa.net. Send a blank e-mail to that address after you fill out the survey so you can get off their list. Unless you want to keep getting them, in which case, have fun!"

Comments

[pthalo]

the NAYs have doubled since i last looked earlier today. whee! and neigh is the sound a horse makes ;)

[emma]

13.13% for! 2.89% on the pro civil union thing.

and of course i live in beverley hills 90210 *innocent look*

[zhonnika.livejournal.com]

Grrr mind if I swipe the text of this? I'm certain I can get my entire flist to vote.

[beginning.livejournal.com]

*waves to her comment which damnitnicole has apparently now worked into this meme*

[hill-the-khore.livejournal.com]

It was at 6% yesterday. We're doing a good job. Now it's at 16%.

We're rockin' the vote!

[damnitnicole]

I oppose legalization of homosexual marriage and "civil unions" 73.18% (111119 votes)

I favor legalization of homosexual marriage 22.59% (34302 votes)

I favor a "civil union" with the full benefits of marriage except for the name 4.23% (6430 votes)

Gay Marriage Is Not Acceptable

[(Anonymous)]

Consummate: to complete (a marriage) by the first act of sexual intercourse

Intercourse: sexual relations, esp. coital relations

Coitus: sexual intercourse, esp. between male and female humans; copulation

Based on the above definitions, it is impossible to define marriage as anything other than between heterosexuals. Yes, I am deeply offended by the passing of gay marriages/civil unions, and it has nothing to do with religion or politics. It has everything to do with the fact that what my husband and myself share, along with millions of other husband and wife couples, is no longer something special. I cannot really explain my feelings on this the way that I would like to, partially because I am so outraged over all theses "special people" (not only gays) getting all these "special rights" -- hijacking every issue and making it about THEM, going above and beyond to take full advantage of the overly politically correct state of mind that has shamefully come to be in this country! Whether it be bans on peanut butter or legalization of gay marriage, or trying to take the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance, things have spun out of control.

Anyone can marry now -- it is no longer a big deal. The one thing we had that was ours and it is being taken away. Can't people leave well enough alone? Gays want acceptance - they got it. They wanted a SEPARATE school in NY - they got it. Now they want marriage?! Someone needs to draw the line!