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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.
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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