Get government out of the marriage business
To mark the one-month anniversary of the election, here’s an unscientific assessment of the impact of Prop 8 and discriminatory ballot measures:
In the past month, at least 18 blogs have discussed getting government out of the marriage business. In the month before the election, only 6 bloggers were thinking along those lines.
Of course, the public’s attention span is short, and fame is fleeting even for an issue that affects 93 million people. As AtMP plans its objectives and activities for 2009, we invite your proposals:
What is the one thing you think AtMP could best do within the next 12 months to get government out of the marriage business?
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December 18th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I’ve heard it suggested over the last few years that, as a compromise on the debate over gay marriage, perhaps the government should limit itself to civil unions only, leaving marriage to the churches.
In the aftermath of Proposition 8 maybe AtMP can suggest this as a compromise course that might be acceptable to all sides.
The potential downside is that the gay community might see it as a way of denying them marriage just when they’re on the verge of getting it.