[MegaSilver]

"Let freedom ring. Let freedom ring. My God Almighty, let freedom ring," the Rev. George Welles, an Episcopalian minister from Milton, proclaimed last week, paraphrasing Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech. He spoke at a rally celebrating the state Supreme Judicial Court's gay marriage decision.

Take Christianity out of the Church. Take Christianity out of the Church. My God Almighty, take Christianity out of the Church.

[Angelus Errare]

I rather doubt that Reverend Welles's opinion is shared by most African Americans. It'd be an interesting test for political correctness to see whether it is possible for a black preacher to condemn the invocation of civil rights rhetoric by the homosexual lobby as an insult to blacks. Does that make him homophobic or them racist?

[goldstategop]

The heterophobes don't want tolerance - they want to shove their personal choices in our face and have us lend them our approval.

[Inyokern]

Jennifer Peter

That's really her name, right?

[ClearCase_guy]

Clearly not a civil rights issue. Any prejudice against homosexuals is based upon citizens saying "Ewwwwwwww!" when they encounter homosexuality. The civil rights movement was about police forces telling blacks: "You can't sit there. You can't vote. Use the other water fountain. You try that and I'll bust your head."

I dunno. I see a difference.

[longtermmemmory]

Below is a handy form letter.

Below this are the two committees

The FMA is in the House AND the Senate

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Dear {{Representative}},

I support the Federal marriage amendment. As you constituent I urge your support to amend the Constitution. Specifically, please cosponsor support H.J. Res. 56 and S.J. Res. 26 when these resolutions should come up for a vote. I supprt the Federal marriage amendment. As you constituent I urge your support to amend the Constitution. Specifically, please cosponsor support H.J. Res. 56 and S.J. Res. 26 when these resolutions should come up for a vote."

This amendment will remove the courts from redefining the marriage based on social activist judges. This will allso protect our state from any actions taken or will be taken in any other state. Private sexual behavior should not be the standard which defines marriage. Marriage is a public instutiton which is how we raise and support societies children. This institution needs protecting by putting into the contitution what we have today.

This is not the first time the constitution has been used for social issues. All of the constititon is based on various social issues. This only codifies what exists now.

Any same sex couple has the legal right to make a private cohabitation agreement, they have the right make powers of attoryn and have the right to make health care surrogate directives. These form documents are redily available for nominal cost or free on the internet. None of these agreements require any special lawyer help. Marriage under the law is one man and one woman. There is no sexual behavior test. Homosexual rantings to the contrary, their opposition is only attempting to impose public acceptance on what should remain a private consentual behavior.

Please support the support H.J. Res. 56 and S.J. Res. 26, amend the Constitution and protect marraige.

Sincerely,

{{your name}}

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This is the House committee that has the Federal Marriage Amendment.
This is at www.house.gov
These members count the letters of support.

 

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F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman

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Mr. King	Mr. Jerrold Nadler
Mr. Jenkins	Mr. John Conyers
Mr. Bachus	Mr. Robert Scott
Mr. Hostettler	Mr. Melvin Watt
Ms. Hart	Mr. Adam Schiff
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BELOW IS THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHICH HAS THE SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL SJ RES 26
FEDERA MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

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Orrin G. Hatch CHAIRMAN, UTAH	Patrick J. Leahy RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT
Charles E. Grassley IOWA	Edward M. Kennedy MASSACHUSETTS
Arlen Specter PENNSYLVANIA	Joseph R. Biden, Jr. DELAWARE
Jon Kyl ARIZONA	Herbert Kohl WISCONSIN
Mike DeWine OHIO	Dianne Feinstein CALIFORNIA
Jeff Sessions ALABAMA	Russell D. Feingold WISCONSIN
Lindsey Graham SOUTH CAROLINA	Charles E. Schumer NEW YORK
Larry Craig IDAHO	Richard J. Durbin ILLINOIS
Saxby Chambliss GEORGIA	John Edwards NORTH CAROLINA
John Cornyn TEXAS

 

[Old Professer]

If the parallel is to continue, they will need to supply a martyr.

[Snuffington]

I can't help it. Every time someone tries to portray the gay "right" to marry someone of the same sex, it brings to mind the bit from Monty Python's Life of Brian, in which they agree to fight for Stan's right to have babies - even though he can't because he doesn't have a womb.

So now we're all supposed to line up behind the gay "right" to be married - even though they can't because same sex couples getting together isn't a marriage. But we're all supposed to ignore that and fight for this "right," because - just like they said in Life of Brian: "It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression." And just like Reg muttered in response: "It's symbolic of [their] struggle against reality."