Not an end to it

One of the House of Representatives of North Carolina said that he voted to put the amendment to ban same sex unions on the ballot in the form of a constitutional amendment in order to put this question to rest "once and for all." The only trouble is that this amendment which is called Defense of Marriage may ultimately work in the opposite direction.

This amendment which bans same sex unions will make the repeal of it very difficult. Once it passes it will be very hard to overturn it. So what will be left for those who are homosexuals to do? What will be there next target? It is obvious to me that they will not disappear from society if this amendment passes. They will not stop loving and seeking relationships. So what will be the next thing that they can target?

As part of a religious denomination which has just recently changed its requirements after about thirty years of debate to allow congregations and governing bodies to ordain and install homosexuals in positions of leadership. The denomination refused to do this for more than thirty years but the homosexuals did not go away or stop their struggle. They did not go away. They did not stop fighting for the opportunity to serve the church. Neither will they stop seeking to have their relationships recognized.

So I suspect that if this amendment passes and same sex unions are banned by constitutional amendment then only visible target for them will be to seek to change the definition of marriage in the state law. Currently state law says that marriage is between a man and a woman. So now if same sex unions were permitted those unions would not be marriage and marriage is protected. If this amendment passes, the easiest target would be in the legislature to redefine marriage to allow it to be the union between two loving people regardless of sexual orientation. That redefinition would be much easier than rescinding a constitutional amendment.

So what is now being proposed as a defense of marriage may very likely force the gay community to target the redefinition of marriage. What is suppose to protect will in the end change marriage. Funny how things turn out.