WHICH SLOPE?: From the Traverse City Record-Eagle

Panelists for and against a state proposal to constitutionally ban gay marriage debated which way the "slippery slope" slides.

Members of both sides mentioned the term in arguing their views at a town meeting on Proposal 2 attended by about 200 at Northwestern Michigan College.

Kristina Hemphill, spokeswoman for Citizens for the Protection of Marriage, a group that supports the amendment that will appear on the Nov. 2 statewide ballot, said allowing gay marriage could open the door for polygamy and other unions.

"When you take away any one element that defines marriage, why not take away all of the elements?" she said.

Paul Heaton, a member of Coalition for a Fair Michigan, which opposes the measure, fears it would encourage people to regulate other behaviors they don't like.

"You wonder about a slippery slope," he said. "If we pass this, how much further will we go?"

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