Kansas Marriage Amendment Resources
Support the
Kansas
Marriage Amendment, April 5
CHECK’s mission is to further the interests of private home education in
Kansas
. One of means is to accomplish this is by advocating for home education in the
state and federal legislatures and other relevant organizations. We believe that
actions with strengthen marriage and the family serves the interest of home
education.
On April 5, Kansans will have an opportunity to vote on an amendment to its
state constitution that will define marriage in the traditional way, as a civil
contract between a man and a woman. The proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution will add a new section
on marriage which would state:
"(a) The marriage contract is to be considered in law as a civil
contract. Marriage shall be constituted by one man and one woman only. All
other marriages are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state
and are void.
"(b) No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized by the
state as entitling the parties to the rights or incidents of marriage."
No doubt you have heard much on the subject already and the “discussion”
will intensify with each week and day as April 5 approaches. I live in
Lawrence
and our paper has a regular letters to the editor that label those who favor
the traditional definition of marriage as fearful bigots. They don’t see how
broadening the definition of marriage to weakens it.
The amendment would take the existing law of our state,
which already defines marriage as between one man and one woman and put this
definition in our state constitution. Why is this needed? To keep an activist
judge for declaring the law unconstitutional. Don’t doubt the day will come.
We would encourage you to inform yourself on this issue and
to get involved. Web sites with helpful resources include:
On these sites you will find background information,
bulletin inserts, links to information on voter registration and obtain yard
signs, and where to contribute money to this cause.
If you feel strongly about this issue, we encourage you to help get out
the vote, as this will likely determine whether the amendment passes or fails.
This vote should not be taken for granted. Here are a few things you can do:
·
Encourage your church to put one or more of the inserts in it
Sunday bulletins. The inserts can be found on the sites above and there is
nothing to prevent a church from being involved in this non-partisan issue.
·
Put up a yard sign and help distribute them to others (see One
Voice
Kansas
site for distribute locations)
·
Educate your self on the issue, download one or more of the
re-printable material handouts on these web sites, and pass out literature in
your neighborhood. The gay community of
Topeka
uses this strategy effectively in a recent special election and won. And they
plan to use it again for this vote.
·
Contact One Voice
Kansas
to find out how to help with grass-roots organization in your neighborhood.
·
Pray
