Editor,

As pastor of a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Marysville, I support the rights of Domestic Partnership. Our Board of Trustees has publicly declared its unanimous support for Referendum 71.

As a church we affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person and we promote justice, equity, and compassion in all human relations. These are religious values that we endeavor to live every day. Based on these values, I believe and confidently assert that Domestic Partnership rights must now and always be upheld in our county, our state, and our nation.

When our young-adult son shared with us that he was gay many years ago, we were delighted that he could be open and self-assured in his sexual orientation.

When, a few years later, my sister came out as bisexual, again the love and support poured out to her from my family. And yet, in both cases, I felt a nagging concern. How might prejudice limit their rights in the years ahead?

The "worth and dignity of every person" is the American creed, the legacy of our founding fathers.

Personally, I believe in a God who embraces the whole of the human family, who holds us all in love, not in spite of our differences but actually because we are so uniquely and wondrously created. And so, with my son and my sister in my heart, I affirm our Domestic Partner law.

Please vote your conscience with mine, for Referendum 71.

Pastor Bruce Davis

Marysville

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