Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe
believes telling gay couples they can't marry is un-American.
In a video for Minnesotans United for
all Families, the 30-year-old Kluwe calls on Minnesotans to reject a
proposed constitutional amendment which would define marriage in the
state as a heterosexual union.
“After my daughters grow up,
hopefully the values that I've been able to instill in them are that
you treat others the way you want to be treated,” Kluwe says in the
video released Monday. “And if you're telling someone else how to
live their life? Well, you won't want someone else telling you how
to live your life. You're not treating others the way you would want
to be treated. And to me that's wrong.”
“Marriage to me is two people who
love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives with each
other. There is no difference between a gay household and a
heterosexual household in raising a kid. If both parents are
committed and loving to each other, then they are providing a stable
and nurturing environment for that child to be raised in. And really
that's what children need.”
“It's not the government's job to
tell us what to do. That's not what America was founded on. That's
not what America stands for,” he adds. (The video is embedded on
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