Letters to the Editor
Xanthro
Published Letters: 522 Editor's Choice: 47
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No Gerry, the State cannot chose to legally discriminate
[Read the article: James Dobson: Gay marriage is like slavery, only worse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"You just contradicted yourself. If the state can legitimately say only two people can enter into a contract, it can then legitimately define who those two people can be. Indeed, it already does. All states have laws limiting who may marry whom, e.g., you can't marry your sister, you can't marry your first cousin, etc."
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No, contracts can be limited by the number of partners, but not who those partners are, if they can legally enter into contracts.
Until Loving V. Virgina, some States illegally outlawed marriage between races, using the same arguments you are using now. It took the Supreme Court to overturn such obviously illegal laws.
Also, you can marry your first cousin in almost every State, including California.
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And marriage has always been more than just a "contract." Such reasoning has lead to the divorce tragedy that is now into its third generation. Marriage is a covenant that has larger societal implications than just the particular desires of two individuals.
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Religous marriage perhaps, but we aren't talking about Christian marriage, because such an institution has no more weight in Law than Satanic marriage.
You are free to marry and never divorce whether your spouse cheats on your, beats you, or murders your neighbor and rapes your childern. Whether you personally seek a divorce is your business, but what you cannot do is tell your neighbors what to do with the backing of the State.
Societial implications do not matter, we live in a Republic a form of government that specially does not allow such considerations. Your proposals are at direct odds with our Constitution. Just as interracially marriage could not be legitimatelly forbidden based on societial implications neither can gay marriage.
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God does not equal Christianity
[Read the article: James Dobson: Gay marriage is like slavery, only worse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]AS the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and blessing of Almighty God; and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him, but a duty whose natural influence is favorable to the promotion of that morality and piety, without which social happiness cannot exist, nor the blessings of a free government be enjoyed; and as this duty, at all times incumbent, is so especially in seasons of difficulty and of danger. ... --President John Adams' March 23, 1798, national Fasting and Prayer proclamation; as printed in the The Phenix/Windham Herald, April 12, 1798.
This is but one of many, many examples I could cite from our Founding Fathers, who intended this nation to be governed by Christian principles.
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Exactly where does your quote say Christ, Jesus or Christianity?
It doesn't. It's quite simply a lie to State our nation was founded to be governed by Christian principles.
This nation did not generally celebrate Christmas until the late 1800s, God did not appear on coins till this time, and under God wasn't added to the Pledge of Alligence until 1953.
Our nation was unique during it's founding because it REJECTED theological legitimacy as foundation of Government. We had and have on official religion nor religious tests to hold office. This was a major change in World Affairs.
While many of our Nation's founders were deeply religous, they did not use the force of law to legislate others into following their religion.
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The problem with Africa is many Africans don't like different Africans
[Read the article: Blame the natives]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Almost all of Africa is fragmented by ethnic divisions and many of them actively dislike each other. This undercurrent of hate makes it easier for certain elites to play off one group against another. Look how Republicans play the Gay card, the Flag card and the Pro-Life card and how successful they are at it. Multiply that by 100 and you may begin to understand Africa.