YES on SB 707
January 26, 2010
What comes to mind when you hear the number “707″? Maybe the name of a jet airliner. Maybe an area code of a friend’s phone number.
To Pennsylvanians, 707 now brings to mind the Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment.
SB 707 is the Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Amendment and has been introduced into the State Senate. This bill would put the following definition of marriage into our State Constitution:
“Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid and recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth.”
Currently Pennsylvania has a ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ (or DOMA) which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. This Act is not strong enough as we have witnessed in states like Iowa and California where activist judges have overturned their state’s DOMA and declared it unconstitutional. SB 707 will protect our current definition of marriage as the union of husband and wife.
Currently, there is another bill in Pennsylvania that, if passed, would legalize same-sex “marriage” in our state and recognize same-sex “marriages” performed in other states. Without passing SB 707, Pennsylvania’s marriage laws remain vulnerable to radical redefinition.
That’s why the people of Pennsylvania should have the right to vote on this issue and not have our rights hijacked by a small group of activists or by an activist court. Passing SB 707 would allow the people to vote on the definition of marriage.
“Pennsylvania voters have the opportunity to decide how they want marriage to be defined and not allow an activist judge to make that decision for them,” Eichelberger said. “Thirty one other states have already gone through a similiar process and in each state, the definition of marriage was upheld.”
January 26th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
yes to SB 707
protect marriage between a man and a woman
January 26th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I agree with supporting SB 707.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
We are asking you to vote yes for SB 707.We want the definition of Marriage to be upheld. Thank You
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoffman
January 26th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Marriage is between a Man and a Woman, enough said: ONLY
January 26th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
It is vitally important that SB 707 be passed as soon as possible.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
“YES” on SB 707!!!
January 26th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Yes keep up the work has Specter Cassie vote on this let me no WBS
January 26th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Dear Sirs,
Yes please vote on SB707 as a yes vote. I believe that need to define marriage as one man one women.
Please inform all participant.
Thank you.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
YES to SB 707.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
I’m glad that some of our state representatives have the courage to stand up for morality and what is good and right today. I only hope that our representatives in Philadelphia open their eyes to the truth and the light very soon.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
YES TO SB707
January 26th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Thanks for your vote to support the historical structure of marriage which can only produce the next generation.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I believe this is the very first institution that God the Father has established when He created man,nothing can change what God has set fourth here on the earth, I believe that we as His people need to stand and take the offensive as well as defending our liberty to voice the Justice and Righteousness of God in what He has established here on the earth. In His Love and service Linda
January 26th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Please protect marriage between only a man and woman. I support SB707.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Yes, marriage is between a man and a woman.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Please hear our concerns and may God guide you to do the right thing regarding passing SB 707 and at the same time thank you for it, this is very important for all of us and specially for God, passing this will be a blessing not only to you and to all who know and understand that marriage has beeb instituted by God, one man and one woman.
Thank you ahead of time for your prompt attention and concern to this important matter.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Penna. citizens should have the right to vote on SB707. I want the right to vote that marriage is between one man and one woman as the Bible directs.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:21 am
It is a shame that we even have to have this type of legislation on the table. However, we need to get SB 707 on the books before those pushing for same sex “marriage” get their way.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Marriage must remain the union between one man and one woman.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Please continue until SB707 is passed!!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Absolutely Yes to SB 707. No same sex marriage in PA!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I wish to vote YES on SB 707
January 27th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Yes on SB 707.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
God ordained marriage for one man and one women. Thank you for vote on yes to SB 707. PTL!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I am so thankful for those who are supporting this amendment and especially for Senator Eichelberger for introducing it for I believe it is best for all of us.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
yes to SB 707
January 27th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Hooray,
It is about time.
I will share this info with my church,and contact my senator[s].God bless those who had the backbone to write this bill..
January 27th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Is this one nation under God or not? I still believe it is…so I support SB707. Marriage is to be between one man and one women.
January 27th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Is this country one nation under God or not….I believe it is. I fully support SB707. Marriage should be between one man and one woman.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
We highly support this proposed bill 707. We are ministers but more than that, Christians, who believe one man and one woman qualifying for marriage. Jim and Sandi Sproul
January 28th, 2010 at 8:55 am
God created Adam and Eve. Enough said.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Yes to SB 707.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Absolutely yes to SB 707 no same sex marriage in Pa
January 28th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Thank you for saying yes to SB707. Marriage between a husband and a wife strengthens families…it strengthens our country. It makes me a better person. You give us hope in America.
January 29th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Yes to SB 707.
January 30th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Thanks for saying yes to SB707. May our Nation waken up and get on our knees in prayer.
January 30th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Say yes to SB707
January 30th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I support SB 707.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:08 am
Thank you for saying yes to SB707. Only between a husband and a wife!
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:21 am
Thank you for supporting marriage intended as God intended.
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:22 am
Yes on SB 707.
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:24 am
‘YES ON SB 707′
February 4th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I support SB 707. I hope we have enough others as well.
February 5th, 2010 at 9:14 am
How does my marriage to another man threaten yours? Each of my parents have been married three times. I just wonder what someone my want to deny or take away from your someday.
February 5th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
If you don’t like same-sex marriages, don’t get one. Churches have always had the authority to refuse to marry people; they can still do so. However, CIVIL marriage, meaning a marriage where religion is not involved, is a civil right. I feel safe in assuming you all consider yourselves Christians; I wonder how you would react if Buddhist/Hindu/Jewish/goodness forbid, MUSLIM laws were being forced on you, or if a group of people who disliked you got to decide whether your marriage was valid. Freely practice your own religion as the Constitution decrees, but have the decency to keep it out of other people’s marriages.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
There is no reason that two men or two woman shouldn’t have the right to marry. For those of you who are so consumed with what “god intended”, you should be more concerned with treating others the way you would like to be treated. I wouldn’t doubt that at least one of you who has posted here to discriminate is homosexual yourself. It’s time for the world to recognize everyone as equals and give gays the rights they deserve because the time for that is past due.
February 18th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
To any and all of you who feels that homosexual marriage is a bad thing:
The only motivation that these people have is love. They are looking to live together with the same love that you may – or may not – have for your spouses.
Whether you are comfortable with the word or not, denying the over eleven hundred rights that are afforded to you as heterosexual married couples to a group of people based on their sexual orientation is discrimination. Discrimination is not what this country – a secular country, I might add – is based on. ‘We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal’ is an important part of our heritage. In fact, it is the core tenant that our country is founded on.
The major difference between homosexuality and hatred is that homosexuals are born gay. People who hate have to learn how to hate.
As far as God goes, when He or She or It Him/Her/Itself speaks to me directly and tells me Their opinion on what makes a marriage, I won’t presume to know what They intended it to be.
Shame on all of you.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
No to SB 707 (Discrimination)
I’m a gay man dont see why discrimination against me should be any part of any constitution. There are people like myself and even straight people who can recognize that gay relationships are as real as straight relationships and I dont see why we should be treated differently by the government because of the majority of people dont understand or have religious beliefs against it. Where would interracial couples be today if we based their rights on a majority vote? I am a person, not a belief. My love for my partner is no different than a straight person’s.
Do what you want in your church, but I am part of “We the People” just as much as anyone else, and my beliefs count too.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
I’m curious to how you think that writing bigotry into the state Constitution would some how “protect” your rights. Even if gays were allowed to marry, how would that somehow impair your existing rights?
March 15th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Another thought… isn’t our state practically bankrupt right now, as with half the other states??? Let’s put some focus on fixing these SERIOUS problems, instead of promoting bigotry!