Living arrangements - the merits of the "protect marriage amendment"
An excerpt from
Bernard Schoenberg
Copyright by The State Jorunal Register
Springfield, IL
May 11, 2006
Living arrangements
A spokeswoman who discussed the merits of the "protect marriage amendment" with reporters at the State Board of Elections this week has an interesting status for somebody pushing an issue identified with family values.
CATHY SANTOS lives with, but is not married to, DOUG IBENDAHL, a former lawyer for the state GOP who also represents the Family Taxpayers Network, a group led by conservative activist JACK ROESER. The FTN helped spearhead the petition drive to get the anti-gay marriage advisory referendum on the state ballot.
Santos, a former contract worker for the state treasurer, is a volunteer spokeswoman for the FTN. She said she and Ibendahl have been a couple for 10 years and have lived together for five years.
However, she said she does not think that conflicts with their advocacy of a constitutional amendment to declare that the only legal marriage in Illinois should be between a man and a woman.
"I'm not asking to be on his health care (insurance policy)," Santos said. "He's not asking to be on mine. We're not asking for any special privileges. Basically, we just want to be left alone.
"That's the way it used to be with the gay movement, the homosexual movement," Santos added. "Twenty years ago, when I was growing up, it was just, 'Leave us alone,' and ... I think it's the way it should be.
"People should be able to make a choice as (to) what they want to do in their own private homes without any questions asked. When they try to impose that view and try to take it and change (the) constitution or change the laws and that kind of stuff, then I think ... we get into a different can of worms."
Ibendahl also helped deliver petitions Monday to the State Board of Elections.
Santos said she's been writing and illustrating children's books. She and Ibendahl still do political consulting, she said.
Bernard Schoenberg
Copyright by The State Jorunal Register
Springfield, IL
May 11, 2006
Living arrangements
A spokeswoman who discussed the merits of the "protect marriage amendment" with reporters at the State Board of Elections this week has an interesting status for somebody pushing an issue identified with family values.
CATHY SANTOS lives with, but is not married to, DOUG IBENDAHL, a former lawyer for the state GOP who also represents the Family Taxpayers Network, a group led by conservative activist JACK ROESER. The FTN helped spearhead the petition drive to get the anti-gay marriage advisory referendum on the state ballot.
Santos, a former contract worker for the state treasurer, is a volunteer spokeswoman for the FTN. She said she and Ibendahl have been a couple for 10 years and have lived together for five years.
However, she said she does not think that conflicts with their advocacy of a constitutional amendment to declare that the only legal marriage in Illinois should be between a man and a woman.
"I'm not asking to be on his health care (insurance policy)," Santos said. "He's not asking to be on mine. We're not asking for any special privileges. Basically, we just want to be left alone.
"That's the way it used to be with the gay movement, the homosexual movement," Santos added. "Twenty years ago, when I was growing up, it was just, 'Leave us alone,' and ... I think it's the way it should be.
"People should be able to make a choice as (to) what they want to do in their own private homes without any questions asked. When they try to impose that view and try to take it and change (the) constitution or change the laws and that kind of stuff, then I think ... we get into a different can of worms."
Ibendahl also helped deliver petitions Monday to the State Board of Elections.
Santos said she's been writing and illustrating children's books. She and Ibendahl still do political consulting, she said.
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