42 days: Sarah Stacy

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!

I'm choosing to vote no on the marriage amendment because I truly believe that love has no boundaries, when people find someone they want to commit to, marriage is the major bond that ties them together. Love should be shared not taken away.

42 days: Katey

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!


Why I am voting No this November.

42 days: Andy Jacobson

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!

I’m going to tell you upfront, I’m not a very political person. The most political I get is researching the candidates around elections. Honestly, that’s as political as I want to get. I don’t want to protest or debate. I’d rather just live my life, find a nice guy and settle down. Unfortunately, it is impossible to do this with the restrictions put on my relationship.

42 days: Rebecca

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!

No.
Why?
My name is Rebecca. I’m a junior at St. Cloud State University. If I hadn’t made the decision to move to a college where I wouldn’t know anyone and would have to learn to make new friends, I’m not sure I would vote the same way I am today.

42 days: Kelsey

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!



I’ve always known I’d be voting NO on the Marriage Amendment come election day – there was never a question in my mind. I’ve always believed everyone deserves the same rights and should have them in the eyes of the law. Unfortunately, that’s not even what this amendment is about. The Marriage Amendment, if it were passed, would change the constitution of the state of Minnesota to define marriage as between a man and a woman. If it does not pass, the constitution remains unchanged, but that still doesn’t make it legal. That would take yet another vote. I believe this is something quite a few people voting on the amendment still haven’t realized.

42 days: Trixi

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!


I was in California the day that gay marriage was legalized. While I didn’t see celebrations in the street, and I hadn’t even come out to my mother yet, I knew it was a big deal. Unfortunately, I was also in California for the entirety of the Prop 8 movement, and I had to witness discrimination, lies, ignorance, and the eventual heart break of having equality ripped from our hands. I was sitting with the majority of our college democrats club watching the election. We cheered when we learned Obama was the new president, but the energy in the room was sucked out when we found the fate of Prop 8. This issue was bigger than picking the president. I barely saw any political signs for candidates; it was all about the freedom to marry. And because we were on a liberal-dominated campus, it seemed like there was no way that this stupid proposition could pass.

42 days: Patrick Mefford

This post is a guest post for the 42 days series. Learn more here!

The Conservative Case for Same Sex Marriage

I’m openly an atheist, nothing spectacular about that in the SSA. What does raise some eyebrows is that I am an atheist who openly identifies as a political conservative, which can make one a bit of a pariah in the “movement” so to speak. Happily, my local SSA group has been entirely accepting of me and my glorious co-president asked me to pen a blog post for his “42 days of No” campaign which not only honored me, encouraged me to dutifully comply. Before I make my simple case, I need to make some important clarifying points which might help readers unfamiliar with my opinions better understand them.