To the editor:

Tom Fairlie, a recent transplant from Chicago, last week expressed concern about legislation being proposed by one of our southern Dakota County representatives, state Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville.

Holberg is suggesting that a proposed constitutional amendment should be on this fallís
ballot. It would define the sacrament and rite of marriage as a contract only between a man and a woman. This is presently law in Minnesota.

During the past 40 years, we have been experiencing a cultural and sexual revolution in our country, supported mainly by judges of our U.S. Supreme Court and lesser-ranking federal and state courts, and by
homosexuals.

The proposal is to allow the people of Minnesota to decide whether they want judges to redefine our culture or whether the people themselves will say what our culture should be. If we should put this definition of marriage in our constitution, we would be making what has come down through thousands of years as a written part of our heritage.

There is this culture war. We do not hear it spoken about as such in our churches and schools. But itís here, right among us, as the Fairlie letter demonstrates.

Yes, itís in Chicago and Washington, too. Itís in the U.S. Senate. This is an election year. The matters of terror and conflict stemming from the Middle East, and of our economy and public debt are issues highly important to all citizens. However, the very fundamentals of our American civilization and culture are at stake in the selection of judges of our courts. Senators and the
president determine who will be judges. We donít read or hear much about this aspect, but that should be our first concern in choosing a president this year and, in several states, the
elections of senators.

WALTER KLAUS
Farmington

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