HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.07.31 - 13005MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #03192
BY: Tom McMillin, District #11
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners of Oakland County believes – as currently provided by state law
– that: “Marriage is inherently a unique relationship between a man and a woman. As a matter of public
policy, this state has a special interest in encouraging, supporting, and protecting that unique relationship
in order to promote, among other goals, the stability and welfare of society and its children. A marriage
contracted between individuals of the same sex is invalid in this state”; and
WHEREAS an Ontario court’s invalidation of a similar law in that Canadian province makes obvious the
need to strengthen and protect Michigan’s “one man-one woman” marriage policy; and
WHEREAS an Oakland County-based group is organizing a mass “wedding” in August - in Windsor,
Ontario, Ca. – of over 100 local couples involved in same-sex relationships, presumably to pressure the
Oakland County Clerk and the State of Michigan to legally recognize such relationships, and if they
refuse, set the stage for legal challenges to Michigan’s existing “one man-one woman” marriage law
(Oakland Press, July 7, 2003); and
WHEREAS the people of Oakland County have the right to vote on an issue that so fundamentally affects
the fabric and social foundation of our families and communities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of this board support securing the definition of
marriage – exclusively between one man and one woman – in our state constitution and encourage
Oakland County’s delegation to the Legislature to support the referral of a constitutional amendment to
that effect to the people of Michigan on the November, 2004 ballot.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
TOM McMILLIN, BILL BULLARD, HUGH
CRAWFORD, DAVID MOFFITT, MICHAEL
ROGERS, CHARLES PALMER, JOHN SCOTT,
ERIC WILSON
The Vice-Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.