His reasoning was that if same-sex marriage was achieved throughout the country, it would somehow create a communal living scenario in which all people would have access to the same government resources. We're not entirely sure how these links would actually occur, so here is the audio from his speech:
If you chose not to listen to Rep. King for those five minutes, let us do a recap for you. In the speech Rep. King somehow links same-sex marriage to both socialism and incest, claiming that if it were to be legalized, there would be no stopping point in regards to other types of marriages.
Interestingly, Rep. King also elected to use the term "opposite marriage" -- which is curious at best. (To be honest, we are not totally sure what opposite marriage means, but we're sure you remember Carrie Prejean's now infamous Miss USA response.)
But what struck us most was that Rep. King seems to be out of step with the rest of Iowans. A recent poll conducted by the Des Moines Register finds that 92% of Iowans felt that same-sex marriage has had no effect on their life.
Yes, the poll finds that Iowans are nearly evenly divided on support for a constitutional amendment on gay marriage, but what its findings showed was that the fears of state governments intruding on churches, doctors and educators were unfounded.
Additionally, the poll showed that 63% of respondents to the survey also stated that gay marriage was not the most pressing issue which would determine their vote in 2010 elections.
Using gay marriage as the principle strategy in upcoming elections may back-fire as approval for same-sex marriage gains nationwide.
More and more, Republican fear-mongering on the issue of gay marriage is out-of-step with cultural attitudes, and the fear-filled messages get more and more outlandish:
Rep. King has stated that repealing the Defense of Marriage Act would be tantamount to opening the floodgates towards all sorts of social perversion, but luckily here in New Mexico, our Party has taken up the cause of same-sex marriage.
In 2008, the Democratic Party of New Mexico adopted in its platform a strong support for same-sex civil marriages as well as a repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. Javier Gonzales, newly elected Party Chair has also indicated support for equal marriage rights for all and CD-1 Rep. Martin Heinrich is a sponsor for the Defense of Marriage Act's repeal. Both Heinrich and CD-3 Rep. Ben Ray Lujan support the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell policies as well.
As the pre-eminent party in New Mexico, we're proud to be the most inclusive party as well. Thank you Reps. Heinrich and Lujan for carrying the GLBT community's message to Washington.
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