Vermont Gay Marriage Bill Veto Threat Draws Mail

The Vermont Capitol, site of the next attempt to neuter marriage and redefine it for the convenience of gay activists. The governor of Vermont says he will veto the bill to neuter marriage.

The political climate in Vermont is heating up, even if temperatures remain cold. The Associated Press reports that the governor of Vermont, Jim Douglas, is receiving a lot of mail after announcing his decision to veto the anti-marriage bill now in the Vermont House. Some of the letters were misleading:

"(Vetoing the bill) would clearly show the deep feelings of discrimination, bigotry and hate you feel for a group of Vermont people who have already had to wait for equal marriage rights in our state too long," wrote a Newport man.

Considering that same sex couples have equal "marriage" rights under Vermont's civil union laws enacted in 2000, this Newport man says that the governor's decision boils down to "discrimination, bigotry and hate." However, what if the Newport man is incorrect? Let's suppose that there's some other driving force behind Governor Douglas' veto declaration. To anyone other than gay activists, we can see that the governor may have other reasons for vetoing the bill. Perhaps, just perhaps, neutering marriage isn't about bigotry. Perhaps it's about preserving the time-honored institution.

There were other misleading statements such as this:

"You have disappointed me," wrote a Middlesex man. "I will vote against you in the primary if you choose to seek re-election, and I will not vote for you again in any election," said the man, who said he was from a family now turning from "formerly loyal Republicans into Democrats."

Time and research has shown that most statements such as these, which threaten political action, are not written by Republicans or conservatives. Referring to such political ploys, Breitbart says this:

Political leftists play for keeps. They are willing to lie, perform deceptive acts in a coordinated fashion and do so in a wicked way - all in the pursuit of victory. Moral relativism is alive and well in the land of Hope and Change and its Web-savvy youth brigade expresses its "idealism" in a most cynical fashion. (Washington Times)

Which means that Governor Douglas really has little to fear from these political threats. I suspect that Vermont would choose to vote for him again after vetoing this bill.

Interestingly, since the governor announced he would veto the bill, marriage supporters have taken heart and now account for 60% of the mail the governor receives:

Prior to Douglas' announcement, the letters and e-mails on gay marriage were running about 70 percent against the bill to legalize it, Casey said. Since the announcement, supporters of same-sex marriage have been outnumbering opponents, with 60 percent of the letters and e-mails received speaking in favor it and 40 percent against, she said.

Keep up the great work folks. We're winning the fight to preserve marriage. For more information and to support marriage, please visit the National Organization for Marriage.