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Jeremiah G. Dys: Let people vote on how to define a ?marriage?

By ADF Alliance Alert

Jeremiah G. Dys of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia writes at Journal-News.net: ". . . the 2010 legislative session is set to begin, and our leaders have failed to advance a legitimate reason not to let the people vote on the definition of marriage . . . lawmakers who appear to be holding the democratic process hostage would do well to remember Article II, Section 2-2 of West Virginia's Constitution, 'The powers of government reside in all the citizens of the state, and can be rightfully exercised only in accordance with their will and appointment.' In short, a lawmaker's answer to this critical question must be, 'Let the people vote.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).