Posted by
Jason Cunningham on Friday, May 16, 2008 6:08:35 PM
I forgot to mention the most fundamental aspect of the entire same-sex marriage issue: Homosexual acts are wrong. Period. It's contrary to nature and nature's God. It's one thing for people to say they approve of homosexuality -- they do have the right to their opinion -- but it's a travesty when they try to rationalize it using Scripture. The Bible is crystal clear on this: Engaging in homosexual acts is sinful. I know that it's a personal issue that hits home with a lot of people (including myself), but my criticisms are not intended as personal attacks. It's simply a case of right vs. wrong, and the homosexual lifestyle is wrong.
Of course, this issue, including the current happenings in California, highlight the double-standard our society is practicing: Homosexuality is okay but polygamy is wrong. How can that be? If one "alternate definition" of marriage is acceptable, why not all others? Conversely, if one "alternate definition" of marriage is unacceptable, why not all others? People who support same-sex marriage have absolutely no call condemning polygamy. If people disagree with the underage-marriage aspect of polygamy, I understand that -- but even then society is being somewhat hypocritical, because with one side of its mouth it's protesting underage marriage, while out of the other side of its mouth it's granting approval to underage abortions (without even so much as parental consent, in some cases). This isn't to mention the fact that these polygamist sects are living in the 1800s -- when it was common for young girls to be married. But do we consider those marriages of olden days "rape"? I'm not saying that rape never occurs in these cults; it may, and if so, it's wrong. But for a society that is so much about being "progressive" and sexually permissive and letting everyone do their own thing without interference, it amazes me, angers me, that so many people are wanting to interfere with polygamist groups -- while not even batting a lash at the legalization of "gay" marriage and the usurpation of the people's will. Complete inconsistency. Complete hypocrisy.
I know, I know. It's about "the children." Give me a break. If our society truly cared about children to the degree it should, our culture wouldn't be encouraging sexual promiscuity. But we have individuals and groups in this country -- plenty of them, particularly Planned Parenthood -- who find it perfectly acceptable for 12-year-old girls to have "consensual" sex (like that's really possible) and abortions. Who think schools are supposed to be birth-control dispensaries instead of educational institutions. Who think kids actually have "rights" over their parents.