Maybe I'm overreacting, but a May 31 Billings Gazette ad arguing for a gay marriage amendment struck me as particularly abhorrent. The inscrutable headline on the Focus on the Family ad was, "Why Doesn't Senator Baucus Believe Every Child Needs a Mother and a Father?" The nub was this: "The reality is that homosexual marriages intentionally create motherless families or fatherless families."
So the gay marriage amendment isn't about morality. It isn't about preserving marriage. It's about the kids. And Sen. Baucus must hate kids or he wouldn't vote against it.
I'm among those who think the Bible rejects homosexual relations. I'm also among those who think the Bible prohibits lying. If this ad doesn't break that rule, it cuts awfully close.
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I've got a pretty basic method for figuring out whether something is right/fair or not: Would I like it if I was on the other side of the proposition?. In this case the question would be:
If 90% of the population was gay/non-Christion, and was trying to pass a law saying that a marriage could only consist of two people of the SAME sex (and then deny legal and social rights to those who weren't married), would it be okay?
That is if the Bible is true!?
First of all, I just want to say that I as a person cannot thank you enough for posting this! The Providence Journal had to run those same disturbing ads (against Senator Lincoln Chafee, who is a Republican but frequently follows his conscience instead of party lines). What a great post to come across.
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Politicians look for hot-button issues - that's all this is. There'll be no gay marriage amendment, and the subject will be dropped November 8, 2006. There are a few issues like this - so hot that people will decide their vote base on those issues alone - abortion, gun control, and gays - politicians seek out these issues, use them, but have no other use for them.
Mark T is right, this is nothing more than pandering to special interest groups without any intention of following through. I remember when Reagan ran for reelection he came out for getting prayer back in public schools (actually I think he said , "God"). That rallied some of his troops but he did nothing to move that issue during the next 4 years, probably because he knew it would never get past the courts. These politicians would make a case for bringing back slavery to stimulate the economy in the south if they thought it had enough votes in it.
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