Now theres a deplorable misguided concept Michele Bachmann expects from the Muslim Brotherhood that are taking over our country.

...don't you, Fish? Voting yes gives us time to have a full public debate on this issue and if the public can be swayed that gays can provide the same benefits to society as a couple that heterosexual couples can, then they can put another amendment referendum together and vote to enshrine homosexual marriage in our constitution. Until then, the peoples' will be the law of the land, not a handful of activist judges' will.

Conservatives think that the people are wise enough to always vote constitutionally. What happened to Prop. 8 in California when the people voted? Thank goodness we have a judiciary that can throw out discriminatory votes from our enlightened electorate.

Conservatives love activist judges when they rule the way they want, but hate the judicial branch when they rule the way they do not like.

Sock it to them Joe tonight and expose these radicals for who they really are, a couple of lying right-wing idealogues whose policies would ruin this country.

will determine the outcome of this amendment. Seniors by and large will not understand it. Or not vote for either amendment. Just guessing here, so don't get your undies in a bunch.

Dean: when someone states my beliefs better than I could, I pay more attention. And I remember their words.

Like this: "Give me your tired, your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my light beside the golden door."

You really do not know why people include other, reputable and topic related experts? Could it be that liberals do have reputable and topic related experts to corroborate their own opinions and conservatives only have their own opinions? Ever hear of adding weight to your arguments? I guess not since you conservatives have a very hard time finding such reputable and topic related experts.

I also believe that the older generation has the hardest time understanding this issue and as time passes the question will be what was all the fuss about. WhitePages.com shows Addie as being 65+. I wonder if the online posters here against marriage equality fit that demographic?

when the movement will start to ban heterosexual marriage?

lives with parents.

...and have. Remember Chick-fil-A? Remember Catholic Charities highly successful adoption program in MA that had to be shut down? In Vermont, people have been fined for not wanting to participate in providing services to gay marriages. Passing the amendment does nothing to affect homosexuals being able to marry in any faith tradition that allows it, nor does it speak to their right to live where they like or work at any job they are qualified to do. What it does do is recognize that there are over 50% of the people who do not share the view that homosexual marriage is the same as heterosexual marriage and that they should not be persecuted for having that belief.

Star Tribune, September 17, 2012:

"Young, old divide over Minnesota's marriage amendment"
" Age is a defining factor in who supports marriage amendment."

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/169981126.html?refer=y

Excerpt:

"From California to Maine, an overriding thread that stitched together residents across the country is that younger voters tend to oppose the amendments and older voters generally support them."

Ooooo....those pesky facts and statistics. They are bothersome, aren't they?

While I deplore the left's attempt to redefine marriage (of which I have enjoyed with my wife for the past 18 years) I don't harbor any ill will towards any gay couple who wants the legal right to make a lifelong and legal commitment to their partner. I think civil unions are the way to go which would allow gay couples the same rights as married couples without redefining marriage for the rest of us. If the rest of us have to go through the legal debacle of divorce when a marriage doesn't work, who are we to keep that same wonderful experience from being enjoyed by our gay friends and neighbors?
These types of issues can be worked out with an actual experienced leader in the White House (like Romney) instead of an inexperienced leftist ideologue like Obama who has failed again and again in his feeble attempts to lead this nation (which consist of imposing his extremist will regardless of the resistance). America deserves better.

Wisdom comes with age bond. The fact that 18 year olds support something should make the average 'adult' cringe and run from it. When you get older and earn some of that wisdom, you'll understand.

Youth does not equal wisdom, nor do youthful ideas necessarily survive maturity (unless of course you are perpetual child, like many in the Democrat base). Your surveys are meaningless, because they deal with people with virtually no life experience. Rather like the youngsters who thought it was a good idea to vote for Mr. Hope and Change and four years later realize that wasn't such a great idea!

"I find your implication that old people are less thoughtful and wise than young people not only offensive, but untrue. "

I find your implication that young people are less thoughtful and wise than old people not only offensive, but untrue.

Sadie, it is amazing what you can find on the Internets!

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”

Winston Churchill