Marriage says “family” in a way no other word can, and we should encourage our fellow citizens to honor the love, commitment and responsibility that marriage demands.

It is a powerful statement on the importance of marriage that same-sex couples desire to join the institution, and permanently limiting their freedom to do so is wrong, unjust and unfair.

Wheelock Whitney, July 20, 2012
Source: St. Cloud Times

Take a minute to reach Mr. Whitney’s letter to the St. Cloud Times. It’s a very powerful message from a lifelong Republican and Minnesota businessman. Whitney, once part-owner and president of the Minnesota Vikings, shares that this amendment is about more government in our lives, and how that fact alone goes against what the GOP believes in.