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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 27,2012 Page 23 Recognizing that this issue is divisive, Mr. Oren expressed his disturbance in the City Council being put in the position to speak for who he is as a Roseville citizen; or telling me what he's going to say or to speak on his behalf. As serv- ants of the City of Roseville, and if individual Councilmembers felt strongly one way or the other on this issue, Mr. Oren suggested that they— as individuals — work hard for that particular side, but not to do so as an officer of the City of Roseville. Mr. Oren opined that it was the job of the City Council to support the entire City,not one group or another, but the whole City. As a Roseville cit- izen, Mr. Oren asked that the City not tell him how to think Anne Collopy,3155 Old Highway 8 Ms. Collopy clarified that she was speaking only for herself as a Roseville citi- zen, not for any other agency or group. Ms. Collopy recognized that this was an emotional issue with strong opinions held by all. However, Ms. Collopy echoed the comments of a previous speaker that this was not an issue for the City Council to take a position either way. While having heard the arguments on both sides, Ms. Collopy advised that she looked at it from a different angle,hav- ing come from a family of teachers, and recognizing that words are very power- ful and have many definitions and meanings. When taking such an important term as "marriage," Ms. Collopy opined that one could not be intellectually honest from the perspective of world civilizations, take the word to mean any- thing other than what it was originally intended to mean. For a special interest group to take that term and say it means something other than what you've al- ways understood it to mean and thereby change the definition of that word, Ms. Collopy opined that you were then manipulating language in law, with stagger- ing consequences that would carry over in all levels of government and legal as- sociations. Ms. Collopy opined that this was a critical issue; and for statements to be made about hostility toward gay people if one disagreed with their posi- tion; or leaving an impression that one's disagreement with a position indicated hatred was nothing more than bullying. Ms. Collopy asked that the language of the constitution not be manipulated. Tom Schroud, 1142 Rose Place Mr. Schroud referenced other items on tonight's agenda in comparison to this item on the proposed marriage amendment; and opined that its inclusion on a City Council agenda was completely out-of-line. Mr. Schroud took issue with the comments of the HRC Chair, opining that they were blatantly false; and flat- ly rejected the HRC comments and their resolution. Mr. Schroud further opined that, if a citizen disagreed with any of the State's laws, there was a process through their legislative delegation to address those concerns in a different method. Mr. Schroud opined that the right to marriage was not a civil right; and for the City Council to get involved in this political issue when other elected of- ficials are already in place to address it, was attempting to supercede their pow- ers, and was not their job. Mr. Schroud opined that it was the job of the City