Editor's Note: The following post is based on information from the city of Roseville's weekly newsletter updates:
The Human Rights Commissions from Roseville and Maplewood invite you to a free forum where the proposed constitutional Marriage amendments will be discussed. Both supporters and opponents of the amendment will present arguments for their positions.
Join us on Tuesday, October 23, for a discussion on the proposed marriage amendment and the future of marriage in Minnesota. We’ll discuss the function of marriage, public and social benefits of marriage, how marriage is different from a civil union, and whether marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
The presentation will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Maplewood Community Center, 2100 White Bear Ave, Maplewood.
Contact the Maplewood Human Rights Commission at 651-249-2000 or www.ci.maplewood.mn.us/index.aspx?nid=716 for further information or if you have questions about the forum.
The same arguements I hear about same sex marriage are the same arguements made about interracial marriage: kids, destroying morals, marrying animals, forcing churches to preform them against their will. Guess what? The bigots against interracial marriage lost and the world survived. And now the bigots are fighting against same-sex marriage. The false accustations are the same. I read an interesting comparison today. Iran has a death penalty for same sex marriages. Countries like Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Canada allow same sex marriage. Which category do we want to belong to? I want to look back in 50 years and tell my kids that my home stood up for me and my rights and rejected discrimination. I was a Roseville student and lived my entire life in Falcon Heights. Join me and spread love, not hate. Let's be better than Iran or Jim Crow. Vote no!