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Support: "The Freedom to Marry AND Religious Freedom Amendment"


Fallsites, I am urging all of you to support the above mentioned amendment to the Ohio Constitution. We, the Ohio electorate, have a very unique opportunity to set the right precedence for every state in our beloved union. This Amendment would repeal and replace Section 11, Article XV of the Ohio Constitution to:

“Allow two consenting adults freedom to enter into a marriage regardless of gender; Give religious institutions freedom to determine whom to marry; Give religious institutions protection to refuse to perform a marriage.”

This Amendment respects religious freedom, strengthens religious liberty, and most importantly it allows religious institutions to marry or not marry same-sex couples based on sound religious principles. Everyone wins!

Government plays a very specific role in our lives, but telling two consenting individuals who are in love that they cannot get married because they just so happen to be the same-sex, is not one of them. In America, we have the right to pursue our own happiness, it is not guaranteed. I believe government does not have the right or authority to obstruct the quest for happiness by same-sex couples simply based on religious or perceived moral grounds.

Freedom alone is moral, BIG government, exclusive and intrusive government is not. Lastly, every Ohioan deserves equal representation under the law and, in my opinion, to deny the equal representation for some our neighbors, friends and family is wrong and it is the exact opposite of E pluribus unum.


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