Alaskan Eagle Leader Debbie Joslin

Eagle Leader Debbie Joslin deserves a standing ovation for her tireless effort to pass an Alaskan advisory banning health benefits for the same-sex partners of public employees. She started a group called Vote Yes for Marriage, Alaska!, which raised $35,000 compared to the $84,000 raised by the opposition. Despite the difference in funding, Debbie’s group helped lead the way to victory. The advisory passed with 53% of the vote. Some areas, where the advisory was the only ballot issue, voted for the advisory 3 to 1.

Benefits ruling based on faulty logic

Alaskans voted in 1998 to protect in our state constitution the definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman. In October 2005, the Alaska Supreme Court essentially thumbed its nose at this vote of the people by ruling that homosexual relationships and marriage are "similarly situated." Alaskans have an opportunity to right this wrong by voting yes on the statewide advisory vote April 3. A yes vote on April 3 will tell your legislator that you want a constitutional marriage amendment to reverse court encroachment.

Anchorage Daily News, By DEBBIE JOSLIN, February 24, 2007