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MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED!
In
the end, pro-family values won the day.
Ohio
Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has posted the election day results of Issue 1
and with 100% of precincts reporting states:
YES votes = 3,202,272 (61.64%)
NO votes = 1,992,561 (38.36%)
The
Ohio Campaign to Protect Marriage from the beginning has been a coalition of
groups, activists, and volunteers who were concerned about the family and the
attempts in our culture to redefine it by undermining the institution of
marriage.
Success
was accomplished by each of us doing our own small part, using our gifts and
talents as a vital part of the whole body to accomplish this huge task.
A
heart-felt thanks to all who circulated petitions, stood on street corners
collecting signatures, manned a booth at a fair or church, donated money,
defended us in court, prayed us through the court victories, defended marriage
in the pulpit, counseled with us, advised us, strategized with us, passed out
bulletins and flyers, delivered yard signs, worked polls, sent e-mails, wrote
letters, made phone calls, answered phone calls, debated our opponents, spoke to
groups and forums. You name it! And we all had a part, whatever we did.
Most
of all, we thank God for the help through the process and for the victory!
Click
on the link below to view Issue 1 election results by county: http://election.sos.state.oh.us/results/CountyBreakdown.aspx?issuenum=1
The
following language, having been approved by a majority of voters in Ohio, is
expected to take effect 30 days after the election:
Be it Resolved by the People of the State of Ohio:
That the Constitution of the State of Ohio be amended by
adopting a section to be designated as Section 11 of Article XV thereof, to read
as follows:
Article XV
Section 11. Only a union between one man and one woman may be
a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions.
This state and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal
status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate
the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage.
How
many times have you heard it? "Same-sex marriage is inevitable." Well,
the fact is, when you give the people a chance to vote on it, they have said NO
every time. Such was the case in 11 out of 11 states on November 2.
The
following links provide insightful news accounts of the election.
Text
of each marriage amendment and margins of victory (includes all states)
http://www.alliancealert.org/aa2004/2004_11_03.htm
Arkansas
- 75-25%
Georgia
- 77-23%
Kentucky
- 75-25%
Michigan
- 59-41%
Mississippi
- 86-14%
Montana
- 66-34%
North
Dakota - 73-27%
Ohio
- 62-38%
Oklahoma
- 76-24%
Oregon
- 57-43%
Utah
- 66-34%
Focus
on the Family's Citizen Link: 11-State Sweep for Traditional Marriage
http://election.citizenlink.org/templates/cuscitizenlink/details.asp?id=28298&PID=195176&mast=
Alliance
Defense Fund: Landslide Victory for Marriage
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/story/?id=531
AFA's
AgapePress: Traditional Marriage Exalted in Every State's Amendment Vote
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/32004b.asp
CNN
Exit Polls
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
One
FoxNews.Com story was particularly insightful re: homosexual activists'
response to the elections and their future intentions.
After
a 13 for 13 run in 2004 in favor of marriage protection amendments, more states
are pursuing amendments. Opponents will no doubt attempt to use the same
arguments against them. Don't believe the liberal media and homosexual
activists. Get the facts here! Read more...
A
FINAL WORD
Keep
in mind that most all of these ballot measures were a response to four
Massachusetts judges who peered into the oldest state constitution in the nation
and somehow found in the shadows for the first time the "right" to
same-sex marriage. Claiming that the state law was in violation of the
constitution, they attempted to force the state legislature to change their
marriage laws to fit their views.
After
Tuesday's elections, Fox News said homosexual "rights leaders were dismayed
by the results but declared that their struggle for marriage equality would
continue unabated."
"Fundamental
human rights should never be put up for a popular vote," said Matt
Foreman of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "We'll win some
states and we'll lose some states, but eventually the Supreme Court is going to
look at the Bill of Rights and isn't going to give a _ _ _ _ what's in any of
these state constitutions."
Ohio
is now among 17 states who have further protected themselves from judicial
activism through a constitutional amendment defining marriage. But, it must be
our collective goal to rid our country of activist judges who think they are
legislators and replace them with jurists who will apply the laws as they are
written. We have three equal branches of government, not three with one
holding all the trump cards.
In
an odd sense, we thank the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for what they
did in attempting to force their morality on the rest of the nation. Homosexual
activists have over played their hands and it appears to be the very catalyst
that has awakened the church and those who care deeply about the future of this
great nation and the kind of society we will leave to our posterity. Let's just
hope that we don't go back to sleep now that the election is over.
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