Had that happened, there would have been no outcry, health benefits would not be threatened, and we would not be having this conversation right now.

Unfortunately, that’s not what happened, is it James?

Calling me despicable doesn’t change the reality that this so-called marriage amendment was intentionally hurtful to citizens of the state, that it created an indsidious conversation about marriage and privacy that should never have occured, or that it is a direct affront to the state constitution, the common law and the common good — not to mention the intelligence of all involved.

You are crapping all over the sanctitiy of marriage. No matter how hard you try, you can not change something that is not natural into something that is. It brings nothing but destruction to a couples life. There is only one way to reproduce, and that is for a reason. People should not be denied health care for any reason, and that IS a seperate issue, but to promote something that is destructive to the preservation of mankind is despicable.

Despicable is the GOP national scheme to make this an issue to press the buttons of voters — though whether or not these referendums help Republicans at the polls is debatable.

Despicable are repeated lies throughout this process from both Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin) and Scott Fitzgerald, the cosponsors of the insidious marriage amendment.

If the amendment is defeated they said, the door will be open for courts to make gay marriage legal in Wisconsin. FALSE.

The New Jersey courts, they said, consecrated gay marriage in their decision last month. FALSE.

No one in the U.S. has lost health care benefits because of a marriage amendment, they said. FALSE. It happened to state of Michigan employees. And to say this after Gundrum, Fitz, et al, voted to deny an extension of health benefits to UW-System employees with legal partnerships, affecting both gay and straight couples

Wake up. Marriage is under attack in all this, but not from gay couples or from Fair Wisconsin. Throughout the history of Wisconsin, the state constitution has been used to extend protections to citizens. With the marriage amendment, for the first time the constitution will be used to remove and prevent civil union and partnership protections of thousands of couples, gay and straight.

Despicable.

Fair Wisconsin argument regarding health care is incorrect.

You simply sign a legal health care poa, and give the hospital permission to consult with that person.
Also, phone calls made by Fair Wis. to intentionally deceive and mislead voters day before election were despicable.

I thought Wisconsin would do better with this.

and just an FYI, while Fair WI adds used volunteers or ordinary wisconsinites on the street (who gave permission), the adds the pro amendment people ran used paid actors.