Say Anything Blog

Money has always been the Mother’s Milk of liberal politics; particularly YOUR money. The process is a simple and very effective one: Identify a victim-group, funnel tax-dollars to them or their cause and - voila! - pick up a new voting bloc.

Thus, in one of those rare candid moments, a legislator in Maine has unwittingly revealed what the stakes really are in the public referendum on Question 1, the gay marriage issue.

On Nov. 3, Maine voters will become the first in any state with the chance to repeal or uphold a law, passed by their legislature and signed by their governor, legalizing same-sex marriage. The outcome is considered too close to call, and the race is galvanizing activists on both sides of the issue across the country.

The ballot measure, Question One, results from Maine’s provision for a “people’s veto” - any newly passed law can be subject to repeal by voters if enough valid signatures are obtained to trigger a referendum.

Among the lawmakers backing the marriage bill was state Sen. Larry Bliss, an openly gay Democrat who moved many colleagues with personal stories of raising a family as half of a same-sex couple. Initially, Mr. Bliss felt the bill was premature, but changed his mind when his longtime partner quit his job and needed to get on Mr. Bliss’s health insurance.

Understand, please, that getting Mr. Bliss’ unemployed partner on his health insurance means that all others in that healthcare plan will be paying for the partner’s care for as long as he lives… and the partner is potentially one among hundreds of thousands that we will pay for if homosexual marriage becomes the law of the land.

Given the unpleasant reality that many such partners are suffering from AIDS or AIDS-related illnesses, the cost for their care could be a staggering financial burden on the health industry and your wallets.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/10/stakes-high-for-maines-vote-on-marriage/?feat=home_headlines