Gay Marriage: Ten Reasons to be Against Same Sex Marriage
Well, we here at American Conservative Values have to tell you--we just cannot condone gay marriage. We know that we have homosexual Conservative brothers and sisters, and while their numbers are small they are all just as important to us as those of heterosexual (or bisexual) orientation among our total numbers. But when it all comes down, we cannot give our support to same sex marriage.
The problem with gay marriage is not the fact of being gay per se. While 90% of the population is not gay or lesbian, we recognize that sexuality is at the very heart of all human experience and identity and so it is to that 10% minority among us. We recognize that acknowledgment of homosexuals is healthy, and that it simply shows us heterosexuals a wider reality than many of us might naively believe exists otherwise. Homosexual Americans have the same divine rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of joy and property as the rest of us do.
But they have no divine right to same sex marriage, just like no heterosexual man has a "right" to a wife.
This is a hot, hot topic, we know. We also know that the Liberals have gone out of their way to fan the flames of this burning topic. It's one more way that they sow the seeds of dissent and divisiveness in our crumbling nation. We need to make Conservative perspectives clear on this issue--and so we bring you our
Ten Reasons to Be Against Same Sex Marriage
1)The gods were never involved in same sex marriage. The gods themselves decreed that, however promiscuous some of them might be, marriage is defined as between one man and one woman. Later on, the "god/desses" become the One God of our Judeo-Christian heritage. This One God happens to be male, but there is a deep and abiding tradition, especially preserved among Jews, that God has a divine consort--his "Shekinah". This Shekinah is female, and she is God's only consort (and often called his "bride").
Now, what is our point? Our point is that, no matter what your religious beliefs may be and no matter what you think of the "true nature" of the Divine, you cannot choose not to acknowledge that there is something so powerful about heterosexual marriage unions, something about it that works so profoundly and so highly effectively, that God himself does (or is "said to", if you prefer) not only fully condone it, but he calls homosexual unions unnatural and he himself may actually be involved in a divine heterosexual marriage. (Notice that this deeply abiding principle is preserved in modern day Christianity with "Christ" being the male "bridegroom" to "The Church", which is his "wife".)
But modern day Liberals want to just throw this all away--as if it has never existed and never had any deep impact on mankind
.2) Homosexuals seem to have always existed. Ancient Greek "elite" males often embraced homosexuality, for just one instance. Yet, all of a sudden, in the last several years, it has become an urgent matter for homosexuals to be publicly acknowledged as married--even though they "came out of the closet" and became accepted by modern society as a group well over 40 years ago. What gives with this sudden urgency? It certainly sounds like there are ulterior motives--certainly not the pure and precious motivation of "love". Perhaps these are financial motivations, eh?
3) Gay marriage contributes to the fracturing of the family unit which is the very backbone of society and which is already in jeopardy even among heterosexuals. Homosexuals and those who conduct studies favoring them insist that they can love children just as much as heterosexuals. This is very probably true. But, what's love got to do with it? A homosexual couple just cannot provide the psychological balance to a child that all children need. A child is not better off with a mommy and an auntie, or a daddy and an uncle, than s/he is with mommy and daddy.
Are there some children who come from single-parent or even single-sex homes who are very well adjusted and not significantly screwed up? Yes--but they are the exception, not the rule, just as a child violin prodigy is the exception, not the rule.
4) Homosexuals insist that they have to be allowed to marry because traditional marriage laws discriminate against them. Well, according to that logic, they also discriminate against single heterosexual people. According to that logic, highways that don't allow horses or bicycles to be ridden on them discriminate against bicyclists and horseback riders. Where does this "poor pitiful me" argument end?
5) If we allow gay marriage, what are the unintended consequences? Well, how about we start being made to allow a woman to marry her own son, and a father his own daughter? How about a pedophile being allowed to marry his victims? After all, they will argue that they, too, feel "love" and have their own unique minority sexual orientation. Where do arguments like this end?
6) If same sex marriage is allowed, schools will need to teach that when it comes to sex, "anything goes". This may not be what most homosexuals intend; but that does not stop the law of unintended consequences from operating.
7) Gay marriage implies that homosexuals are "just like" everyone else. But, homosexuals make it a point to say that they are not just like everybody else. So--which is it, people?
8) The absurdity of "sensitivity training" in the United States and Western civilizations will inevitably reach new heights--wasting time and money for all, and exposing innocent people to potential lawsuits that harm them, plus waste even more time and money.
9) Heterosexual marriage laws, including those pertaining to divorce, have evolved over thousands of years from the "ground up". Now, gay marriage law would just be imposed from "the top down". Effective law just doesn't work that way, regardless of somebody's feelings.
10) It is a common-sense observation that the typical homosexual, because of their minority sexual status, is much more open to true sexual perversions (such as a love for pornography) than the typical heterosexual. Why should we institutionalize this and make it sanctioned to expose children to this?
So, in sum--once again, we love our Conservative homosexual brothers and sisters--but, we say to them with love, please reserve the marriage ritual and rites for the rest of us. Forget about same sex marriage.
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