Through the grand tapestry of our nation’s history with its scenes of storm-covered battlefields and families united in peace runs the golden thread of thanksgiving. The narrative of our national identity can never be told without the word “thanksgiving.”

In the November 3, 2009 election, Maine became the 31st state to hold on to marriage as a union of a man and a woman. While voters around the country have again and again upheld the traditional definition of marriage, the debate has not ended.

[This is the second of three articles on the attempt to redefine marriage.] According to a recent news article, the redefinition of marriage has become a pressing issue in the State of New Jersey. Proponents of same-sex marriages want to pass a bill to alter the definition of marriage after this week’s general election during the lame duck session of the State legislature.