Posted by
Harp on Friday, November 03, 2006 1:14:11 AM
Here in Colorado Amendment 43 would define marriage between one man and one woman. I like this amendment and it's one most conservatives will back. For good reasons such as; keeping sacred what God created, not adding excessive burdens and cost to employers for benefits, and loving our country and values so much that you want it to continue for future generations. These are all good reasons I support 43.
Yet, I've seen a few signs around town that gives a completely absurd and deceiving reason to vote for Amendment 43. The sign says "Choose Life. Yes on 43."
CHOOSE LIFE???? This amendment has nothing to do with abortion. And this phrase is clearly a dominant one in the fight for the unborn. There is no connection between preserving marriage as a man and woman as defined within this amendment and the battle to giving life over abortion.
This is a horrible act to use pro-life rallying points in order to support something else on the ballot.
In spite of my disdain and disgust with this attempt to attract voters onto Amendment 43, I'm not going to oppose the amendment itself. If I did, then I would be committing a 'bad reason fallacy' or a 'fallacy fallacy,' which is a claim that 43 is wrong/bad because the argument is wrong/bad. Well 43 is not bad. And it has many good arguments to vote for it. This particular sign is not one of them.
Define marriage. Choose life. But don't deceive people to support what is good.