Dear Editor,
The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment, and the stakes couldn’t be higher for our country and its future generations.
It’s important to note that those who support the amendment aren’t trying to deprive homosexuals of any of the legal protections they currently enjoy; gay marriage has never been a constitutional right in America. It is not ‘discriminatory’ to want the law to continue to provide for reasonable limitations on who can marry.
Even some conservatives say there’s no need for the MPA because state marriage-protection amendments are sufficient to preserve the institution. The problem with that logic is that a federal judge has already struck down Nebraska’s marriage amendment – only a federal amendment can put marriage outside the reach of federal judges.
Our two United States Senators can be contacted as follows:
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
One Post St., Ste. 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
The Honorable Barbara Boxer
501 I St., Ste. 7-600
Sacramento, CA 95814
We must help our senators see beyond the liberal spin and demand they vote the will of their constituents when they consider the amendment in early June.
Marilyn Markham, Morgan Hill
