This past week I attended a Meet the Candidates event held by the West Jordan Chamber and the PTA. No surprises that even with about 25 guests in the room, with only 4 questions total, a question came up about gay rights.
I ask you one more time: is gay marriage a pressing topic for the West Jordan Chamber?
When Senator Buttars replied, he boasted how the Utah Constitution amendment he sponsored (defining marriage as between a man and a woman) has saved us.
Folks, don't be fooled, and make no mistake: Marriage has existed for thousands of years. It existed thousands of years before Jesus Christ. Moses was married. Noah was married. Marriage is an institution that has provided comfort to good people and great people, to hard working peasants and and storied humanitarians. It has also provided comfort to philanderers and crooks. Marriage is an institution that has survived wars and drought and famine and it will survive thousands of years after Senator Buttars leaves the Senate, owing no debt to him.
Utahns deserve a debate about the things that really matter to them: the economy and the safety of their investments; crime and the safety of their homes; and education and the physical safety of their kids in school, to name a few.
I urge you to support me in my efforts to change the debate.
Cheers and have a great weekend,
Jennifer
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