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Roseville Human Rights Commission May 10, 2012 - Minutes Page 2 of 7 Mr. Grefenberg then asked whether the public present had any questions or comments. Several members of the audience had questions as to the procedure, and Mr. Grefenberg answered them. Pursuant to the published format document, at this time Mr. Grefenberg checked the number of audience members who had signed in desiring an opportunity to speak, and there being at this over forty persons who had do designated, Mr. Grefenberg suggested to his fellow commissioners that three minutes be allotted to each speaker. The Commission members so concurred and the rules as so amended were adopted. At this time Mr. Grefenberg resumed the chair. Community Forum: Public Testimony Chair Grefenberg reviewed the substance of written communications received by the city concerning the proposed marriage amendment. Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Brisbois seconded motion incorporating the written testimony into the record. Motion prevailed unanimously. Chair Grefenberg then relinquished the chair to Vice -Chair Singleton for the remainder of the Public Comment portion of the meeting. Presiding Chair Singleton invited speakers to provide testimony. Roseville resident T.W. Held addressed the Commission, speaking in favor of the proposed amendment. He said that failure to pass the amendment would threaten religious liberty. Resident Richard Shelton expressed his concern that the marriage amendment was a form of Sharia law, and said there was wide disagreement among Christians on biblical interpretation of homosexuality. Resident Duane Sanocki indicated he supports the proposed amendment as a Catholic who believes marriage is a sacrament. He also indicated that in various states Catholic Charities had been forced out of adoption services because of laws giving homosexual couples the right to adopt. Mr. Sanocki concluded that he saw homosexual marriage as an attack on religion. Lucille Caliguire, a Roseville resident, spoke in opposition to the proposed amendment and encouraged the Commission to take a public stand against it. She indicated that in the South the civil rights of black people would never had passed if it was up to a public vote. She also spoke of the many form of families which she has experienced in her life, and saw the amendment as an assault on families not composed of a man, woman, and child. Mary Walser, a Roseville resident for 35 years, said she spoke with some trepidation in opposing the proposed amendment, indicating it was an on -going problem for her and her partner in navigating the legal system. She said she especially feared that this amendment vote would be a