Gay wedlock would lead to worse

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 2/17/04 | GEORGE M. WEAVER

[JesseHousman]

Legalization of same-sex marriage would be a seismic event across this culture. Nothing would ever be the same. Every young child asks his parents, "Can boys [or girls] get married to each other"? If the answer changes from "no" to "yes," homosexuality would have then achieved equal status with heterosexual conduct and marriage. This equivalence would be taught in schools, observed in the workplace and eventually imposed even on churches.

If the answer becomes "yes" there will doubtless be a dramatic increase in the incidence of homosexuality. Sexual arousal is a mystical thing, subject to conditioning. How else can one explain bisexuality, transsexuality, or those who migrate from one orientation to another? We should not underestimate the power of continued Hollywood marketing of homosexuality, the human drive for pleasure and official government approval to mold behavior in this area.

And same-sex marriage would not work. It might seem like a benign idea that would lead to more stability in homosexual relationships -- among people who, after all, are "born that way." But there is no evidence that homosexuality is genetically determined. Such relationships are inherently dysfunctional because we are not made that way. We all know that sometimes heterosexual marriage does not work either, but at least it can work and certainly provides the ideal matrix for raising children.

Moreover, it is doubtful that most homosexuals really want marriage. The mind-set appears to be abandonment of restraint, not fidelity or acceptance of a different restraint such as lifelong homosexual marriage.

By the time it is proved that same-sex marriages don't work, irreparable damage will have been done to traditional marriage, which has already been weakened by divorce and extramarital cohabitation. Damage will be compounded by the ramifications of same-sex marriage. As Georgia law presently stands, pedophilic homosexual marriages would immediately be legal if same-sex marriage were instituted today. A 50-year-old man or woman could marry a 16-year-old (and in some cases younger) boy or girl. And the very same sham constitutional privacy arguments used by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will be, and in some cases already have been, made for legalization of incestuous and polygamous or group marriages (including same-sex, opposite sex and bisexual varieties).

How about two men and three women? By the time all of this comes to fruition, the whole concept of marriage will be meaningless for all of us and it will be impossible to repair the damage.

Moreover, our democracy will be shattered if judges, our black-robed masters, are allowed to continue using the pretense of constitutional construction to impose their personal social agendas, without regard to the wishes of the majority.

The only solution, apart from a revolt against the judicial oligarchs, is a constitutional amendment. We must act soon.

George M. Weaver is an Atlanta attorney.

[JesseHousman]

...our democracy will be shattered if judges, our black-robed masters, are allowed to continue using the pretense of constitutional construction to impose their personal social agendas,...

Amen.

[beckysueb]

God help us.

[2banana]

Good article as there are two major issues with gay marriage:

1. The destruction of the traditional family (and with it the basis of society for the last 4000 years).

2. The undemocratic way in which unelected judges make up laws. Liberals love it today because the judges are "making" laws in their favor but one day it will be used against them.

[garylmoore]

our democracy will be shattered if judges, our black-robed masters, are allowed to continue using the pretense of constitutional construction to impose their personal social agendas

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Amen, Amen.

[goldstategop]

They're already doing it. If they can get away with legislating same-sex marriage, before you know it, they'll decide Marxism has a constitutional basis.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Legalization of same-sex marriage would be a seismic event across this culture.

That pretty much sums it up. 10,000 Bams.

[jtminton]

If homosexuality is really a genetic thing, then wouldn't they eventually become extinct? They wouldn't be able to reproduce and the gene would fade away. Since I don't really see that happening, I can't buy the I-was-born-this-way argument.

[stopem]

You are oh so right!! I couldn't agree more. That's why we must do all that we can to stop this onslaught of gays against traditional families. It must be stopped for the good of all of us. They are also pushing their agenda on the basis that their civil rights are being abused. EXCUSE ME?? Ahhh NOPE dont buy that argument. can the a.c.l.u. (I refuse to capitalize their agenda:) be far behind on this?

[ErnBatavia]

The hotel industry is going to have to tweak it's traditional Honeymoon Package....and the new breed of divorce lawyers will probably be able to get away with having just a 'minor' in custody issues.

Speaking of attorneys, bidniss is bidniss...hey, that extra one percent of marital spats coming their way will be quite welcome.

[biblewonk]

If the answer becomes "yes" there will doubtless be a dramatic increase in the incidence of homosexuality. Sexual arousal is a mystical thing, subject to conditioning. How else can one explain bisexuality, transsexuality, or those who migrate from one orientation to another? We should not underestimate the power of continued Hollywood marketing of homosexuality, the human drive for pleasure and official government approval to mold behavior in this area.

Very true and very well said.

[Montfort]

With the legalization of sodomy by means of a vast zone of privacy that precludes the electorate from ever passing judgment on sex between adults, there remains no impediment to polygamy.

The leftists may say that polygamy is bad policy because it is disgusting or unnatural or oppressive to women or whatever, but our own Guardian Council in black robes have now established that what anyone else thinks of sexual matters among consenting adults means nothing. There is the zone of privacy, and any policy discussion about the social desirablity or undesirability of any sexual relationship or act among adults is now moot.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

San Francisco homosexuals can't wait for government registration.

They should be very careful with their privacy.

[ladylib]

Look at what's being required in Boulder public schools. Can you imagine having school officials threaten to deny you a high school diploma if you don't go along with this?

http://www.worldmag.com/world/issue/02-14-04/opening_5.asp

Are people going to put up with this, or will they pull their kids out of the public schools that foist this on their children and either homeschool or start their own private schools?

[Salman]

If homosexuality is really a genetic thing, then wouldn't they eventually become extinct? They wouldn't be able to reproduce and the gene would fade away.

I don't think it's genetic, but your argument is flawed. Most homosexuals have normal sex at some time in their lives. Some are even married (I mean real marriage).

[Semper_guy]

I've seen a lot of arguments for and against gay marriage. Given that the divorce rate is already above fifty percent, it's not like us straights have a moral headlock on the institution.

and although the link is made often, and I think unfairly, there is no real connection between homsexuality and pedophilia. Most child molesters are in fact heterosexual. Linking the change in marriage laws to endangering kids is a little unreasonable I think.

Love the site, keep it up.

[livius]

Actually, when the libs work it out so Islam takes over, this will be no problem. Men can have a 1-hour "marriage" to anybody they wish to sleep with.

And pederasty is the norm - one of the reasons American gay literati flocked to Muslim countries in the 1920s was that boys were a dime a dozen, and it was and still is considered normal for adult males to use any available lower-status boy. (In other words, the sheik's son was usually safe from this.)

Homosexuality among adult males is normal unless one of them is effeminate and what we would consider a transvestite, in which case, execution is in order.

Our future?

[livius]

That's because most men are heterosexual.

However, gay men (who account for a very tiny percentage of the population) account for a very disproportionate number of cases of sex abuse directed against underage males.

You have to analyze the raw data against the proportions of these individuals in society. If only 1% of the population commits 30% of a crime (this is just an example - I haven't looked up the actual stats, if they even exist) , and 99% commits the other 70%, you have a raw number of the 99% committing more crime. But when you analyze it, the 1% has a much higher incidence.

[philosofy123]

In Sweden there have been more than 300 cases of injured animals last years because of their owners’ sexual abuse. The next step would be that animal/human sexual behaviors should be considered a “life style” that needs to be respected, and perhaps receives benefits from employers as a spouse?