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Who would it hurt?

Therese Stewart is the chief deputy attorney for the city of San Fransodomy--er, I mean San Francisco, where Mayor Gavin "Back Door" Newsom determined that he was above California law and could issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples. Ms. Stewart claims that "[T]here is nobody who is hurt by allowing gay people to marry." In fact, most of the pro-sodomizer-marriage crowd claims that this is a "civil rights" issue, which is interesting since nowhere does the Constitution guarantee the right to marry.

You will note, perhaps with some dismay, that I refer to those who practice homosexuality as "sodomizers" because I want to make a distinction between those who experience homosexual temptations and those who succumb to them. If we are to love the sinner and hate the sin, then we need to distinguish between them. A "singer" is one who sings, a "murderer" is one who murders. If you only think about singing, you're not a singer. If you've only thought about killing someone, you're not a murderer. Sodomy is a homosexual act. It's not pleasant to think about, and that's the point. It certainly doesn't have anything to do with pretty rainbows or being "gay." Homosexuality acted out is an ugly, twisted depravity that damages human beings, and it deserves to be recognized as such, for the sake of those who are tempted by it.

Back to the point. Is anyone really hurt by allowing sodomizers to marry? Consider an alternate question. Would anyone really be hurt if we eliminated the legal drinking age? What about if we allowed small children the option of riding in a car safety seat, or not, as they chose? I personally know some kids who seem to feel that being strapped into "the chair" is cruel and unusual punishment of some sort. And those "baby gates" that people put around their houses--surely those are oppressive. Shouldn't children be given the same "civil rights" as the rest of us? Why is it OK to force our collective will on these innocents?

Those questions should sound ludicrous. Of course we don't want to sell booze to three-year-olds, or let them decide whether or not to strap in. Why? Because we understand the fundamental Biblical truth that "folly is bound up in the heart of a child" and adults have a responsibility to protect children until they are able to be accountable for themselves. Our child-protection laws are based on this fundamental truth. So who would be hurt if we decided to ignore that fundamental truth and give kids the run of the place? Kids, for one. They'd be injured and killed by the thousands, if not millions (that is, unless parents became criminals by protecting their children). When kids are injured or killed, parents suffer. The health care system would be overwhelmed. Insurance companies would go bankrupt. Sales of children's products would plummet. The stock market would fall. Any way you look at it, our society would be irreparably harmed. The only positive outcome might be the closing of a few government schools, and even that wouldn't give me any joy under the circumstances.

The same Bible that provides the fundamental foundation of our child-protection laws also provides the foundational definition of marriage, which is one man and one woman, one flesh for life. To redefine marriage would bring about the same kinds of far-reaching consequences as would redefining the accountability of children. For starters, crime statistics show that sodomizers commit pedophilia at a rate five times greater than the "straight" population. A sodomizer is 60 times more likely to contract HIV than a heterosexual. Sodomite "parents" have no choice but to train their "children" to accept and engage in a destructive lifestyle (after all, who is more likely to be an alcoholic than someone who grew up with an alcoholic parent?). That's not to mention the spiritual price of ignoring Biblical precepts, as well as the very real historical penalty that is incurred when a nation turns its collective back on God. The litany of societal ills caused by sodomy is staggering in its length and breadth.

The reason that so many people seem to have no problem with homosexual "marriage" is that they have been suckered by the "gay" propaganda. Flash a few photos of smiling same-sex couples, even some with grinning kids, and talk about love and acceptance for everyone. Sounds nice, doesn't it? News flash: what it's all about is sodomy. Sodomy between "consenting adults." Sodomy with "consenting minors." Sodomy in public places. Sodomy taught to your kids in public school (if you're still crazy enough to have them there). Sodomy on prime-time TV. Rampant HIV, AIDS, and other STDs. All that, plus being ignored by God as a nation. It ain't pretty, folks.

We need to get over our love affair with the rainbow, and call a spade a spade.

Posted by jon at February 21, 2004 11:51 PM