Just Ten Years

   Do you know where you were and what you were doing 10 years ago this summer?  I sure do.  I and our entire Wisconsin Family Council team were right in the middle of conducting the campaign to pass the Marriage Protection Amendment in the fall election. It was an extremely busy time. And it was, quite honestly, an extremely tense time as we moved ever nearer that first Tuesday in November.
   The pollsters were saying Wisconsin was going to be the first state in the nation to defeat such an amendment. Those opposed to the amendment were doing everything in their power to make sure that prediction came true, to convince people statewide that we didn’t need to protect marriage with an amendment. Marriage in Wisconsin, they said, was just fine; this state would never see marriage include persons of the same sex.  We didn’t know what we were talking about; we were just fear-mongering to win on election day and should be ashamed.
   I remember some sleepless nights, nights I spent praying for God’s intervention and blessing -- for His glory and the good of His people. On Election Day, God honored those prayers and our work -- and the prayers and work of thousands of people around the state who knew what was at stake and that we weren’t lying nor were we fear-mongering.  Nearly 60% of those who went to the polls that day, said “YES” to protecting God’s plan for marriage. The ...

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