Utah’s Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, January 24, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Since April 2, 1996, marriage in Georgia has been defined as the union of man and woman; Georgia does not recognize same-sex marriage performed elsewhere, and prohibits the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses. Language identical to that law was added to the State Constitution in a referendum voters passed in 2004.

So far, Georgia’s law and constitutional amendment are intact, but Utah’s amendment defining marriage, passed by 66 percent of voters in 2004, is being challenged. The Utah amendment states that no other domestic union would be recognized as marriage and would not have the same or equivalent legal effect.

Despite overwhelming public approval, Utah’s U.S. District Court struck down the amendment on December 20, 2013 but on January 6th the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on same-sex marriages until after an Appeals Court ruling.Since Georgia’s marriage definition may be challenged, it’s good to know what’s happened in Massachusetts since 2004, where same-sex marriage has “become a hammer to force the acceptance and normalization of homosexuality on everyone, including children.”

Massachusetts school-wide assemblies celebrate same-sex “marriage;” teachers announce plans to marry same-sex partners, and start families by adoption or artificial insemination; on National Public Radio an eighth-grade teacher said the marriage ruling opened doors for her to teach homosexuality and discuss explicit gay sex with students; Massachusetts judges ruled that schools don’t have to notify parents about what’s taught or allow students to opt out of courses.

Their director of Public Health, who’s married to another man, told kids at the state Youth Pride event that it’s “wonderful being gay,” and he’s making sure there’s enough AIDS testing for all students. Nearly every major Boston hospital actively supports the radical homosexual movement and one threatened to fire a doctor who objected to the hospital’s promotion of homosexual behavior; all insurance in Massachusetts has to cover same-sex married couples and businesses must give them benefits; expressing religious objections to same-sex marriage can get you fired and businesses are often “tested” to see whether they tolerate alternate lifestyles. Massachusetts marriage licenses now indicate “Party A” and “Party B” instead of husband and wife and some Justices of the Peace have resigned, after being told they must perform same-sex marriages.

States with same-sex marriage are undergoing social turmoil that we don’t need in Georgia. For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.