Found a fabulous article from 2004 that looked at the decline of the family in the Netherlands. The legalization of same-sex marriage was just a stepping stone on the path, but it doesn’t sound like a path we in California should be on. The fact that we even have to correct our course today is a frightening sign post of where we are already. Read the article at http://www.heritage.org/research/Family/wm577.cfm.
I’m fairly sensitive to exaggerations, half truths and outright lies that are told as part of any campaign, especially when they are on the same side as me. I try to do sufficient research, to read the stories and check out the facts before taking a position. So today’s post is the outright lies told by the No on 8 Campaign.
Lie: Yes on 8 is sponsored and financed by big out of state interest groups.
Fact: The No on 8 campaign has received a full 37% of its money from donors out of state compared to a measly 20.1% for the Yes on 8 campaign.
Source: LA Times Money Tracker (10/16/08)
Lie: Failure of Prop 8 will not lead to the forced expansion of the gay agenda, including the attempts to limit religious freedom.
Fact: The backers of No on 8 have used every legal maneuver they could in Massachusetts to prevent parental consent in schools and limit the opportunities for religious group to operate unmolested.
Source: Massachusetts Court Records
Lie: No on 8 will not lead to a slippery slope of marriage arrangements
Fact: The Netherlands , the first country to legalize homosexual marriage, allows multipartner unions (polygamy).
Source: The Brussels Journal
Lie: No on 8 is about Love
Fact: No on 8 is about social acceptance of a damaging shift in family relationship and the promotion of homosexual freedoms at the cost of religious freedoms.
Source: New York Times
The Bible famously states that “By their fruit you shall know them.” I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise that those that hate religion would break the eighth commandment – “Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
** Thanks to an article on ProtectMarriage.com for providing some of these glaring falsehoods.
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