<!--quoteo(post=331108:date=Nov 5 2008, 12&#58;03 PM:name=deb1220)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (deb1220 &#064; Nov 5 2008, 12&#58;03 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=331108">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><b>Rose</b> - what was Amendment 2?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />&quot;This amendment protects marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized. &quot;<br /><br />That&#39;s from the ballot, however it means much more then that......when you read the fine print it also says......Health care and pension benefit plans which cover unmarried couples living together and which are now legally valid may be adversely affected. <br /><br />Bad news for any unmarried couple&#33;<br /><br />