Note—This is the text of a letter to the editor that I
sent today to the Northwest Herald,
the primary daily newspaper serving McHenry
County, Illinois.
I see newspapers
of all political persuasions across Illinois
have now endorsed the marriage equality legislation which recently passed the
Illinois Senate and is up for consideration in the House. Publications include the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago
Tribune, Daily Herald, Pioneer Press, Southtown Star, St. Louis
Post Dispatch, Journal Register
(Springfield), and Peoria Journal Star.
Where is the Northewest
Herald? Don’t you think it is
time for your editorial board to catch up with the irreversible tide of
history?
Polling now
clearly shows marriage equality is supported by a majority of Illinois citizens
and adamantly opposed by only 29%.
On behalf of the
members of the Unitarian Universalist
Congregation in McHenry, long a champion of full equality in marriage based
on our religious principles of the respect for the inherit worth and dignity of
every person, I urge you to remember that there is also a strong and growing
support for this across a wide religious spectrum.
It’s your turn
to speak up. Simple justice demands it.
Patrick Murfin,
Social Justice Chair,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation in
McHenry
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