We
may not all agree on the issue of same-sex marriage, but we can agree
that the Knight Initiative must be defeated. It's unfair, divisive and
intrusive. The Knight Initiative threatens important rights and
responsibilities for couples in committed relationships.
Unfair
The
Knight Initiative threatens hospital visitation rights, inheritance
rights and other equal rights and protections that any two people in a
committed relationship deserve.
In
other states, right-wing activists have used laws like the Knight
Initiative to challenge local and state domestic partnership laws and
anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation.
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Divisive
The
Knight Initiative will increase the rhetoric of hate and intolerance
towards gay and lesbian Californians and their families.
The
Knight Initiative is a mean-spirited effort to divide and polarize
Californians over marriage and further a broader, right-wing agenda for
our state.
Intrusive
The
Knight Initiative introduces government intrusion into private lives
and choices. Government ought not pass laws that regulate private
decisions about whom we spend our lives with. |