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Friday, 07 November 2008

Come on, Christians. Why isn't gay marriage a civil rights issue? And why not just ban divorce?

"Some say they are uncomfortable with the thought of gays and lesbians marrying. But our rights as Americans do not depend on the approval of others. Our rights depend on us being Americans." - Congressman John Lewis
As both Christians and Americans, how can we say that it's not discrimatory to tell people that they can't marry the person they love? Didn't we go through something similar in 1967? And while we're on the subject, why do we have to have all these amendments outlawing gay marriages in the name of "protecting marriage?"
How does more people wanting to get married threaten marriage? What does one family's marriage have to do with anyone else's? Isn't divorce the biggest threat to marriage? If the real desire is to protect the institution of marriage, why don't we stop picking on people different from us who want to get married and start focusing much-needed energy on curbing the escalating rate of divorce and broken families among Christians and Americans of all faiths?
In the words of our Lord: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”
Mildred Loving
"Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don't think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the 'wrong kind of person' for me to marry. I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people's civil rights.
I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard's and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving, and loving, are all about."
Mildred Loving, along with her husband, Richard, were plantiffs in the historic Supreme Court decision "Loving v. Virginia" which overturned state laws preventing two persons of different races from getting married.