Let The Majority Decide Who Has Civil Union Rights

To the Editor:

Regarding civil unions in Connecticut: Since the Constitution was written in 1786, a civil union (marriage) was always considered between a man and a woman.

The Constitution was written with the thought of a common good. The common good of the nation is its future. Its future can be only secured by the generations to come. This can only be done by men and women. For over 200 years we have lived by this rule and prospered, prospered so well that most of the world envies us.

Now for the selfish reason of one to two percent of this nation, are we willing to bend the Constitution to serve the purpose of this small percentage of citizens? Not only that, we are also undermining the union of the families who are producing our future.

All this is done with the claim of First Amendment and equal rights. I ask you, is it still the majority of this nation that decides what the law should be? Or can a two percent minority decide? Why not put it to a vote to all of us? Or are we willing to let a small group of liberal lawyers change the laws of this land?

Bernhard Roegele

40 Chestnut Hill Road, Sandy Hook                          March 21, 2005