Marriage in WI

As I remarked in an earlier post, the part of Mr. Doyle's budget containing a domestic partnership registry seems to be in direct violation of WI's newly approved Marriage amendment. It seems I am not the only one who thinks so. Julaine Appling and Wisconsin Family Action think so too and they are filing a petition before WI's Supreme court to have it removed. I hope to see this provision of the state budget thrown out. To repeat my earlier statement:
" party majority does not negate the law. Not even for the governor. This does not belong in the state's budget."

The amendment states:
"Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state." ~Wisconsin Constitution; Article XIII, Section 13.

In a press release, Ms. Appling says:“Gov. Doyle and the legislators who approved the registry in the budget are obviously more concerned with advancing the agenda of a fringe activist group than representing the people who elected them.” When I consider the in-state tuition and driver's cards for illegal aliens, the changes that were proposed to joint and several liability for those who drive and etc. ad nauseum, I can't help but think that anyone who voted to approve this budget had at heart the interests of just about any group EXCEPT the people they were elected to represent.

"Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;"~Jer 22:13