Facts about the recent Michigan Supreme Court Case on Domestic Partnerships
- by: John Stemberger May 8, 2008
Michigan is not Florida-- and any state law decision it makes will have absolutely no effect upon Florida law.
The language of the Michigan amendment and Florida’s marriage amendment are totally different and Michigan has one of the broadest and most sweeping languages of any state in the country.
Look on our website www.yes2marriage.org under “opponent’s arguments” for a side by side comparison of the two states languages.
Our opponents, Florida Red and Blue will not discuss details of the complete differences in Michigan and Florida language-- much less post the languages of the 2 amendments on their website.
A yes vote on Amendment 2, The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment, does one thing and one thing alone. It defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman and does not prevent the government or any private company from extending benefits to anyone.
Ironically, the Florida language was designed and crafted specifically to protect and avoid any effect on domestic partnerships but our opponents ignore the plain truth of the matter and have to resort to scaring people with vague generalities and avoiding good legal scholarship.
The highest legal authority in this state, the Florida Supreme Court has clearly ruled just what we have said, namely that the amendment does not affect any benefits in Florida and only takes the existing marriage law and places it into the constitution as the best arrangement for children and families. Click HERE to see excerpts from the Florida Supreme Court ruling.
Most amendments do something new. This amendment merely protects something old, something precious and something beautiful-- Marriage as the cornerstone of society and the best arrangement for the rearing and protecting of children.