1. MARRIAGE AMENDMENT: VOTE NO OR VOTE YES Emma Erdman

2. Background Information  What does “Vote No” mean?  What does “Vote Yes” mean?

3. Vote No – Don’t Limit the Freedom to Marry  Dignity and respect  Equal Rights  Financial security

4. Vote Yes – Limit the Freedom to Marry  Religious freedom  Children benefits  Teaching about same-sex marriage

5. Mediation  Hard to mediate – Yes or No  Civil union  Allow same rights

6. Did Minnesota pass the Marriage Amendment?

7. Works Cited  Robinson, B. A. "Same-sex Marriages (SSM), Civilunions & Domestic Partnerships."About Religious Tolerance: The Home Page of the ReligiousTolerance.org Web Site. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 18 July 2012. Web. 04 Nov. 2012.  "Gay Marriage ProCon.org." Gay Marriage ProCon.org. ProCon.org, 9 Nov. 2012. Web. 13 Nov. 2012.  Pictures:  http://thirdeyemom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/img_3388.jpg?w=1024&h= 768 http://thirdeyemom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/img_3388.jpg?w=1024&h= 768  http://www.twoharborsmn.com/media/full/jpg/2012/10/17/holy1018c1_50 0px.jpg http://www.twoharborsmn.com/media/full/jpg/2012/10/17/holy1018c1_50 0px.jpg  https://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1904/images/button.png https://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1904/images/button.png  http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vote-Yes-Minnesota-for-Marriage-Button- /00/s/NDgwWDQyMQ==/$(KGrHqV,!ksE+7NtyKpgBQTf,5hPVg~~60_35.JP G http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vote-Yes-Minnesota-for-Marriage-Button- /00/s/NDgwWDQyMQ==/$(KGrHqV,!ksE+7NtyKpgBQTf,5hPVg~~60_35.JP G  http://minnesotaforequality.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/11/minnesota_voted_no.jpg http://minnesotaforequality.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/11/minnesota_voted_no.jpg  http://www.lgbtqnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hawaii-civil- union.jpg http://www.lgbtqnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hawaii-civil- union.jpg