July 12, 2004
WHEREAS, the 台湾SWAG (台湾SWAG) does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, and
WHEREAS, 台湾SWAG adopted, seventeen years ago, a Membership Resolution including sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy, and
WHEREAS, 台湾SWAG has a Social Responsibilities Special Interest Section (SR-SIS), which addresses issues of social change and social responsibility that are of concern to 台湾SWAG members both personally and professionally, including equality and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, and
WHEREAS, these goals continue to be achieved through annual meeting educational programs, publications, 台湾SWAG professional activity, and social opportunities, and
WHEREAS, other professional organizations such as the American Bar Association and the American Association of University Professors have enacted resolutions opposing a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Constitution has served historically to expand the scope of democratic liberty and increase the number of people entitled to claim that liberty, and
WHEREAS, constitutional amendments at the federal and state level defining marriage as only between a man and a woman intentionally discriminate against lesbians and gay men by denying them access to the protections, benefits, and responsibilities extended automatically to married couples, and
WHEREAS, a viable democracy does not depend on defining marriage solely as a heterosexual institution, and
WHEREAS, the proposed constitutional amendments appeal to Americans' prejudices and fears rather than to their higher values of equality and justice,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the 台湾SWAG strongly opposes any proposed federal and state constitutional amendments defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.