Gay
marriage is NOT a Republican or Democratic
issue. It
is your issue. It is becoming a reality in your
country. It is also a question concerning simple
moral decency. Keep in mind that gay marriage is
NOT a civil rights issue, as some would have you
believe. The civil rights struggle was a valid and
righteous struggle to obtain legal parity between
races that were distinguished by characteristics
they were born with and of which they could do
nothing about. Regarding the issue facing us
today, we must ask the question: is it the
"decent" and prudent thing to do for society to
legalize gay marriage? For instance, is it prudent
to allow people to drive drunk? No, it would hurt
society as a whole. It is not the prudent thing to
do. Outlawing gay marriage is no more
discriminatory than it is to forbid children to
vote. It is not a "civil rights" issue; it is
simply not a good idea.
Canada
passed a bill to legalize gay marriage, as has
Massachusetts and a few European countries like
Sweden, where it has corrupted the sexual and
marriage values of the last generation of
children, many of whom are morally bankrupt. Gay
marriage has not improved any society where it was
introduced — quite the contrary. It has broken
down many of the traditional moral values that
have sustained civilization for thousands of
years.
Gay marriage in America.
This is not fiction — it is in the works. Without
civic involvement to oppose it, a bill legalizing
gay marriage is likely to pass in Illinois within
a year, possibly two. Other states are also
considering it. Only the fear of a public backlash
has temporarily slowed the tide. Speaking out to
your elected officials is the main avenue for
preserving traditional marriage. The movement to
legalize gay marriage is backed by mobilized and
committed people. The opposition to gay marriage
needs your help.
In America, we've grown
complacent and naïve regarding the moral issues of
our day. We think that somehow we'll be
protected and things will turn out all right. 9/11
changed all that. We now know that America's
homeland CAN be attacked. The forces that now
ruthlessly wage war for gay marriage can also
attack it from within. Abortion via Roe vs. Wade
should have been the 9/11 for our spiritual
homeland, but it wasn't, and now abortion
continues unabated like an assembly line. If gay
marriage is legalized, everything associated with
traditional values will change, and it will be
near impossible to reverse. If Roe vs. Wade
weakened the foundation; legalized gay marriage
will tear down the whole house.
When
society legalizes gay marriage with all the
benefits thereof, the following things will occur,
among many others:
·
Many
young people will become hopelessly confused about
their sexuality (as if they're not confused enough
already).
·
The
feminization of men and the coarsening of women
will grow as traditionally accepted concepts of
sexual behavior and family roles
blend.
·
Traditional
concepts regarding lifelong commitments between a
man and a woman and the strength of the
traditional family will quickly and permanently
erode. Two thousand years of traditional values
will be reversed within a
generation.
·
Textbooks
in grammar schools and high schools will be
required to teach this unnatural 'marriage'
arrangement as being normal and legal. If a church
run school receives state aid, it too will be
required to present gay marriage as normal. At the
very least, it will be legally prevented from
preaching against it. Imagine that — Bible
teachings being outlawed in the same country where
our Declaration of Independence says "We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their
CREATOR with certain unalienable
Rights."
·
The
medical and insurance industries will be
overwhelmed, as hundreds of thousands of new
people are added to the traditional list of
beneficiaries. The cost of giving care to legions
of new beneficiaries (many with HIV & AIDS)
will cause many companies to curtail health
benefits or force you to bear the bulk of the
premium. The cost of your medical care will
skyrocket.
·
Television
shows will include all manner of gay related
themes beyond what is already being shown. It will
be much worse and more graphic and it will be
shown in primetime.
·
It
will be impossible to insulate your children from
the gay lifestyle since they will be inundated by
the supposed normality of gay marriage and gay
'values' everywhere, and the full force of law
will protect it all.
·
Laws
will be passed requiring foster parents to undergo
"tolerance" training — they will also be forbidden
to teach against gay marriage, as is currently the
legal requirement in California for all new foster
parents.
·
Foster
kids will be required to be placed in gay marriage
homes because the law will recognize gay marriage
as legal and normal. A foster kid may have two
fathers. Can two gay fathers identify with — and
adequately help — a young girl cope with her first
period?
·
New
hate speech laws will be drafted. It will be
ILLEGAL to preach homosexuality and gay marriage
as being against God's Law. A conversation at the
water cooler can turn you into a convicted felon.
This is reality in Massachusetts and it is on the
way to becoming reality in America, with Illinois
on the fast-track.
·
With
the keystones of abortion and gay marriage
legalized, thereby cheapening life and commitment,
it opens the door to almost anything else, no
matter how vile or
unnatural.
Until
very recently, there has NEVER been a country or
culture that legalized gay marriage —
never.
It's unlikely that it would have happened in
Europe recently unless America had not
relinquished its role as an effective moral and
spiritual force in the world. Other countries
looked to America and saw the cultural turmoil
within. They saw the majority of its leaders and
citizens abdicate their moral responsibility. They
saw the lack of public opposition by Christians
and other decent Americans to all manner of
perversion, and subsequently the countries of
Europe (and now Canada) became "progressive." But
it's progressing towards the abyss.
I am not
suggesting that we strip homosexuals of their
constitutional rights or that we humiliate or
degrade them. But I am saying that we need to ask
a few questions:
·
Is
the gay agenda good for the
country?
·
Is
gay marriage good for our
culture?
·
Is
gay marriage good for the family
structure?
·
Is
gay marriage good for
children?
·
Is
legalizing gay marriage the right thing to
do?
I
maintain that for a number of reasons, it is not
good for our country, and it is not the right
thing to do. It is not decent nor is it prudent.
It is unwise.
If it is unwise, why legalize
it?
And if there are forces in our
country fighting to legalize an unwise and
indecent thing, shouldn't we fight against them?
Why should good citizens not also fight to protect
the traditional family structure that has survived
and benefited mankind for thousands of years, and
upon which America was built?
I used to
think that other, more important and
better-informed people would fight the fight, but
many aren't. We — you and I — will determine what
type of future we will leave to future
generations. Consider the earlier fortitude of our
parents and grandparents, who rose to the
challenge in WWII. The battle against gay marriage
and the gay agenda may not be the battle you want
to fight, and it may not come at a convenient time
for you, but neither was WWII to those who fought
it. I'm sure that David did not entirely relish
the thought of fighting Goliath, but he knew it
had to be done. We are stationed on the
battlefield, and which way the battle will go
depends on us — every one of us.
Rise to
the challenge. How should we fight? Legally, but
vigorously. At this point in time, contacting your
elected officials is the best way to stop this
assault on the family. Write your Congressmen and
Senators, call them or send them an email. Five
minutes a day every month or so, will do a great
deal to let politicians know that their
reelections depend on them adhering to the moral
platform of the majority of their constituents.
The squeaky wheel gets the
grease.