Letter: Using common sense often isn't easy

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Kathy Schwartz, in a letter published on Halloween, said that voting “yes” on the marriage amendment is “common sense,” saying that banning same-sex marriage in the state constitution will prevent confusion for children.

To paraphrase Inigo Montoya from the movie “The Princess Bride”: “Common sense. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Kathy ends her letter: “Sometimes change is good. However, some things should remain the same.” To me, this is not evidence of COMMON sense; it’s evidence of COMFORT sense. The status quo will always be comfortable, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.

If anything, history has shown time and time again that the common sense option is the one that’s most uncomfortable. The fight for equal rights for women and blacks resulted in many people being killed and many buildings being destroyed, but today, it seems like common sense to not judge anyone based on their gender or race. In a few years, we will be saying the same thing about sexual orientation and gender identification.

The true common sense vote is to vote NO on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, because, to again paraphrase “The Princess Bride,” we are all joined by the bonds of love, and you cannot track that with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it with a thousand swords.

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