Mainstream Moderates seeking middling people
The Mainstream Coalition is in the middle of a membership/fundraising drive, sending out letters across South Dakota.
It talks about how "the rhetoric of divisiveness is escalating. The threat of polarization is increasing. And they want to offer information to as many of our fellow citizens as we can how to resist the imposition of ideologies upon us."
What do we need them for? I thought that's why L. Ron Hubbard created Scientology.
Anyway, the letter also talks about how the group "will promote and preserve traditional American values.." Curiously enough, without exception, the Republican legislators who founded the organization all voted against placing Constitutional Amendment C on the ballot (regarding the definition of marriage) which was intended to preserve a tradition that most South Dakotans share a similar opinion on.
While they (The MAINstreamers) are trying to tap into the undercurrents of the abortion issue for their membership drive, many South Dakotans might not be as divided on Amendment C. And as far as taking a stand on it, I'm sure the people (especially the members of the clergy) who presently sit on the organization's board want to avoid that one with a ten-foot pole.
As per the letter, go to www.mainstreamsouthdakota.org to find out more.
It talks about how "the rhetoric of divisiveness is escalating. The threat of polarization is increasing. And they want to offer information to as many of our fellow citizens as we can how to resist the imposition of ideologies upon us."
What do we need them for? I thought that's why L. Ron Hubbard created Scientology.
Anyway, the letter also talks about how the group "will promote and preserve traditional American values.." Curiously enough, without exception, the Republican legislators who founded the organization all voted against placing Constitutional Amendment C on the ballot (regarding the definition of marriage) which was intended to preserve a tradition that most South Dakotans share a similar opinion on.
While they (The MAINstreamers) are trying to tap into the undercurrents of the abortion issue for their membership drive, many South Dakotans might not be as divided on Amendment C. And as far as taking a stand on it, I'm sure the people (especially the members of the clergy) who presently sit on the organization's board want to avoid that one with a ten-foot pole.
As per the letter, go to www.mainstreamsouthdakota.org to find out more.
Comments
I would suspect that the mainstreamers voted against the gay marriage amendment primarily because it is unnecessary, not because they are all for gay marriage.
With the amendment in the state constitution, three activist judges could not rule that the ban is unconstitutional since it would be in the constitution. The ban would be safe from judicial tampering.
All you have to do is look at Massachusetts where last year their Supreme Court threw out their law banning gay marriages.
That's from the mainstreamers website.
I dunno, PP, looks like the mainstream clergy have no problem opposing Amendment C.
Can you explain why you support it?
Is there a real argument why a sanctioned monogamous relationship is worse than simply shacking up?
If it was really only about "gay marriage," then it wouldn't also ban civil unions, domestic partnerships, or "quasi-marital" relationships.
Amendment C is really asking South Dakotans to treat a married family differently from a non-married family.
If passed, Amendment C could essentially strip any rights from ALL non-married families (not just same-sex couples), and could deny them domestic violence protections, healthcare, and pensions, among other things.
That goes WAY beyond "gay marriage."