On Gay Marriage
Dennis Prager expresses perfectly many conservatives' views on the gay marriage amendment:
[T]hough it is painful for us to see a perfectly decent homosexual unable to marry a person of the same sex, we are nevertheless more preoccupied with:
(1) Giving every child the opportunity to at least begin life with a mother and father; (2) Honoring the will of the great majority of Americans, secular and religious, liberal and conservative, to preserve the man-woman marital ideal, and not allow a judge to single-handedly destroy that ideal; (3) Preserving the ability of teachers and clergy to tell the story of marriage to young children in terms of a man and woman and not confuse the vast majority of kids who are forming their vision of marriage and sexuality.
These preoccupations are neither bigoted nor radical. They are, in our view, civilization-saving.
[T]hough it is painful for us to see a perfectly decent homosexual unable to marry a person of the same sex, we are nevertheless more preoccupied with:
(1) Giving every child the opportunity to at least begin life with a mother and father; (2) Honoring the will of the great majority of Americans, secular and religious, liberal and conservative, to preserve the man-woman marital ideal, and not allow a judge to single-handedly destroy that ideal; (3) Preserving the ability of teachers and clergy to tell the story of marriage to young children in terms of a man and woman and not confuse the vast majority of kids who are forming their vision of marriage and sexuality.
These preoccupations are neither bigoted nor radical. They are, in our view, civilization-saving.
posted by LadybugUSA at 10:12 AM
4 Comments:
I agree with RZAFFT.
But I'm also snickering a little that ROVING is so upset that the Republican base might get energized. :o)
Look, I have to admit something. I've been posting occasionally here for a while and I think I need to "come out of the closet".
That's right - I'm an evangelical Christian.
But at the same time as being an evangelical, I'm also a political liberal.
Yet despite being a political liberal, I also believe in the Bible. Look up "Sola Sciptura" and the "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" on Wikipedia and you will see what I believe.
This means, of course, that I believe that homosexuality is actually wrong.
Yet, for some reason, I just can't get excited about this marriage amendment thingy that my fellow evangelicals are all happy about.
I don't see how allowing Gay marriage will "destroy" or "threaten" traditional marriage.
As far as I'm concerned, homosexuality results from human sin - a condition that everyone has. Since the majority of Americans are "unbelievers" (from an evangelical pov) why should I expect or even demand that unbelievers follow biblical priciples?
And even if society does allow gay marriage, what danger will it present to evangelicals like me who wish to honour God and obey the Bible?
I mean, the greatest sin of all is to reject Jesus as your saviour and Lord. But I don't see evangelicals lobbying politicians to enforce that rule, or even make it part of the constitution. Is that because being worried about "the gay" is mroe important than the gospel?
You all should be reading the excellent articles about this issue on National Review Online, which discusses the state of gay marriages in Scandinavian countries where they have been legalized. There is actually a lot of evidence out there that the legalization of gay marriage does weaken the idea of marriage altogether and that is what many liberals fighting for gay marriage are actually hoping for.
I was a single mom for several years. I know that children can thrive in non-traditional arrangements. However, I also know that my son and I have been doing a lot better since I remarried. Kids deserve to have what is BEST, not just what is okay. What is best for kids is to have a mother and a father and our laws should reflect our society's commitment to providing that to children in as many cases as possible.
Thanks Jessica, that is the salient point. To look at the countries that have allowed it and see that the whole goal was to destroy the idea of marriage. In fact, the statistics show that not many gays actually do participate in the legalized marriage once they are able to. Because the other fact is, they change partners often. Which is why they can't donate blood...but I digress...
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