Privatization: A Third Position on Marriage

7/31/2011 • Free Patriot Press

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who many believe may be preparing to enter the GOP Presidential race, has recently come out on two sides of the same issue. ABCNews reports, “Last week in Aspen, Colo., Rick Perry said he supported New York’s decision to allow gay marriage because it is a states’ rights issue, saying 'that's fine with me.'" Just days later the Texas Governor said, “I am for the federal marriage amendment.” I'm not sure how one supports a federal amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman while simultaneously supporting the “right” of each of the 50 states of the USA to define marriage as they see fit. Gordon Anderson writes, “The very groups promoting a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman should realize that this would put the government, not God, in charge of marriage. It would undermine the separation of church and state, be a totalitarian law, and desacralize marriage.” The only position of the issue that Rick Perry