We were married 29 years ago in Seattle, Washington. This year, Washington’s legislature passed a law abolishing the traditional definition of marriage, and they reconstituted the institution as genderless.
As the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy has pointed out, “…once the judiciary or legislature adopts ‘the union of any two persons’ as the legal definition of civil marriage, that conception becomes the sole definitional basis for the only law-sanctioned marriage that any couple can enter, whether same-sex or man-woman. Therefore, legally sanctioned genderless marriage, rather than peacefully coexisting with the contemporary man-woman marriage institution, actually displaces and replaces it.”
So our big question is, does this change our marriage retroactively? Are we now part of a gender nonspecific revolution? Personally, we want no part of it. And it seems many citizens of Washington feel the same way. A quarter of a million people signed petitions to send the adopted law to the voters for review. In addition to Washington, the states of Minnesota, Maine, and Maryland will have genderless marriage on the ballot this fall.
Barack Obama and the mainstream media have been busy promoting Gay marriage. To see the other side of the issue, we thought we might share with you the arguments against.
Marriage is historically a private and religious institution. In ancient times, marriage was usually the result of an agreement between families. Marriages were arranged. With the advance of Christianity in the Roman Empire, marriage transformed, becoming a voluntary institution requiring the agreement of both the man and the woman.
It wasn’t until the French Revolution in 1792 introduced the compulsory civil marriage ceremony that government began to regulate marriage. Germany didn’t follow suit with civil marriages until the 19th century, when Bismarck diminished the influence of the Catholic Church. Slowly, marriage before some magistrate or government official became the form of marriage adopted in most of the Western world.
While many forms of marriage existed in ancient history, the institution was always recognized universally as being between a man and a woman. Even in societies that tolerated homosexuality such as ancient Sparta, marriage was always reserved to men and women.
The reason marriage is between a man and a woman is because only this union can produce children. Protecting the interests of children is the primary reason that government regulates and licenses marriage.
Since the sexual revolution of the 60’s and 70’s, government does not regulate most forms of sexual relationships – not friendship or dating or cohabitation. People are free, under current law, to have sex as they choose. People can co-habitate with whomever they choose and engage in sexual relationships with whomever they choose – as long as the sale of sex or coerced sex is not involved. Most states even allow civil unions between same sex couples.
For example, consider the case of Elaine Huguenin. She was contacted in 2006 by a same-sex couple wanting pictures taken of their “commitment ceremony.” Huguenin refused, saying she only photographed traditional marriages. The couple filed a complaint for discrimination with the New Mexico Human Rights Commission because of their sexual orientation. The state commission ordered the photographer to pay close to $7,000.
Or what about the case of online dating service e-Harmony? According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a California judge ordered that “The firm also would establish a $2 million settlement fund, with about $500,000 set aside for gay, lesbian and bisexual Californians who can show they were harmed by eHarmony’s policies.”
In each of these cases, the force of law was used to limit the freedom of association of religious people. In each case, the freedom favored was homosexual, and the freedom disfavored was religious. Homosexuals want the legal power to coerce others into accepting their lifestyles, and Gay marriage is yet another way they get it.
Gay marriage is about using the power of government to coerce religious believers into accepting what many consider sinful behavior as legitimate.
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Our state governments should not go along with the lie that is homosexual “marriage.” And that lie should never be forced on those of us who want nothing to do with it, by way of forcing business and churches to participate in such, schools to teach it, or anything else.
Debra…
Informing Christians Writer
Notice that Hurricane Sandy hit all the northern states that legalized gay marriage. God is not going to put up with it.
You’re right, Sam. I think “Sandy” was the wrath of God. He’s not gonna put up with this perversion for much longer. So-called same-sex marriage — well there’s not such a thing as “gay” marriage — marriage is ONLY between one woman and one man as ordained by God. “Gay” marriage is a perversion; an assault on the Creator, on the Temple of the Holy Spirit — the human body and soul. This perversion is influenced by satan himself as an assault on the God he hates. He knows he can’t attack God directly so he attacks what God made — His institutions and creatures. Remember, God destroyed Sodom and Gamorah for the sin of sodom which is homosexuality. America has become another Sodom. Wake up Christians.
Excellent article, Floyd and Mary Beth. Here’s another perspective.
Homosexuality is an addiction, not an unalienable right. Homosexuality is a rare, intensely codependent sexual addiction that, like other addiction epidemics, has poisoned civilizations. It is the sine qua non of personal and national failure. All homosexuals I’ve known have had personality disorders. Legislatively enshrining any addiction in marriage or the military is utter madness, or treachery. Humanity has an inherent Natural right of self-defense. That right has been defamed as a hate crime by addicts, Gramscian Progressives/communists promoting cultural destabilization, and RINOs craving power over principle.
The hypocrisy and irony is that self-hating homosexuals are in virulent denial of their addiction and are committing projection hate crimes and acts of violence and intolerance against Christians. Homosexual addicts naturally exclude themselves from Christianity and civilization by their acts; this inclines them to atheism and opposition to our God-given unalienable rights and responsibilities, which further inclines them to communism (political sodomy). Many become enemies.
No one, including Obama, members of Congress and State elected officials, has the right to inflict addiction on our healthy society — that’s just common sense. Homosexual acts were felonies throughout our States’ histories, to prevent social and political rot, until forty years ago. They should still be felonies. Help and treatment are available.
http://elect.ErnestHuberforCongress.com/
The only good news is that eventually all the gays and lesbian’s that marry won’t produce any offsprings of their own, and eventually they will all die off.
At least they get to vote on the issue in Washington, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota. In Connecticut it was crammed down the throats of 3.5 million citizens by 4 lawyers in black robes. A tedious process was tried to get it on the ballot as we do not have initiative and referendum rights here, the calling of a constitutional convention would have to be first approved by the voters. Few people actually knew what they were voting for or against here and a multimillion dollar ad campaign was run by the homosexual mafia which only muddled the issue, spearheaded by then AG, now Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Pro marriage forces had maybe a tenth of the finances to work with and came close but lost in the end. And they protest Citizens United. What evil hypocrites! Why so many here actually think that Blumenthal, whose AG legacy was to leave many businesses and individuals ruined, is intelligent or good for America and Connecticut I’ll never know. Just mindless Democrat loyalty, I guess.
Homosexuals can’t get marryed in Florida we voted on that about two years ago.
When MEN marry MEN and WOMEN marry WOMEN, these people are running around with a brigck short of a full load. Their elevator does not go all the way to the top floor.
What else can you say about these people.
God showed the world how wrong homosexuality was for Sodom and Gomorrah… And He is going to show the world once again just how wrong homosexuality is for America…
What’s next? Muslum men from the mideast entering the USA wanting to marry goats?
Spudmans2 – If youare serious about wanting to know what is next read God’s judgment for America’s future or lack thereof, google: “The Message For America, Hand of Help Ministries.” To read how I was led to this, google: ” Watchman On The Wall, America ~ Mystery Babylon? ” To read the message of 2nd major terrorist attack, google; “The Eagle and the Serpents, Hand of Help Ministry.” And for where I believe the location of the 2nd attack will be, google: “Watchman On The Wall, The Eagle and the Serpents (Part 2).”
Man’s so called wisdom in thinking he knows all that there is to be known has always amazed me. True wisdom is gained from what man has experienced in life. There is nothing in this life that man can say for a certainty, unless he has seen, or experienced directly or indirectly that which pertains to his statements, beliefs, or faith. In other words, for man to say, “I know God does not exist,” just because he personally has not experienced a life changing event is nothing less than pure ignorance.
Or maybe sisters wanting to marry their brothers? Or sisters wanting marry their sisters and so on and so forth? Once you change the laws just to accomidate the minority (not racial) views then where does it all stop?
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Daniel, you didn’t say what college you went to and that’s important. Because if you haven’t been to one of the esteemed American Universities like Harvard, Yale, Columbia or Berkley you can’t possibly understand how much better the world is when same sex marriage is allowed! You see, you’re not intellectually suited to make a judgment on such an issue an important issue as same sex marriage. You have to have had your brain washed by some navel gazing, bed-wetting, stinking liberal professors from one of those colleges to understand. But Daniel, don’t fret, you do have a lot of company, namely the millions of people like me who have common sense.
I’m a gay libertarian and the reason I don’t support statist solutions to issues like marriage is because the state has no business certifying marriages in the first place. It’s a spiritual bond between two people and if God chooses to bless a couple, the state has no power to prevent it. Also, did you know that in America the marriage license originated as a way to prevent interracial marriage? It doesn’t grant rights, it was a procedure to allow the state to deny them. The state can’t give us rights, we are born with them. All it can do is trick you into thinking you need permission for things that free people ought to be ashamed for asking. A general rule of thumb is that if you are asking permission to do something, you are not free. Hence, I oppose state marriage altogether. In closing I would like to invite you all to join my FB group that promotes the concept of freedom to marry!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovenotlaw/