Idaho Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage Advances

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http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/020306idaho.htm

Tony Edmondson is a private person who sticks close to home. He never expected to stand up and describe his personal life to dozens of strangers.

But Edmondson traveled to the Idaho Statehouse from his home in Weiser Thursday to speak out against HJR002, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in Idaho. He wanted members of the House State Affairs Committee to know what kind of people their vote would effect.

“I’m not a TV character or pedophile,” said Edmondson, a medical office manager who has been with his male partner — a Vietnam War combat veteran — for 35 years.

“I am, in fact, more like you,” he said. “Frankly, I’d rather visit with you about our collection of old cars or simply complain about our property taxes. Instead, I’m compelled to focus on matters of character.”