Posted on 06/03/2005 5:53:23 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow
*This is an article written by a local RI pediatrician, which has been posted on several different web-sites. It was recently posted on the intranet of a large local hospital, and e-mailed to all employees from the "Department of Diversity". As you read it, bear in mind that this man works with children. This is the sinful "wicked is good, good is wicked" mindset that we're all up against.*
Reflections on Diversity from Dr. Andrew Snyder, Pediatrician at Rhode Island Hospital
"Our great responsibility to our children and grandchildren is to honor and to pass along the values that sustain a free society. So many of my generation, after a long journey, have come home to family and faith, and are determined to bring up responsible, moral children. Government is not the source of these values, but government should never undermine them.
"Because marriage is a sacred institution and the foundation of society, it should not be redefined by activist judges. For the good of families, children and society, I support a constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage."
These words of President Bush, in his Feb. 2 State of the Union address, abused power.
Advocating this amendment directly contradicts recommending that we "sustain a free society." Is he promoting the desire to raise responsible and moral children, while at the same time opposing the right of more than 15 million gay and lesbian Americans to participate in this process? I don't think I like those values.
Also, such an amendment would guarantee the government's undermining of the values of religious freedom and the basic civil rights of law-abiding consenting adults.
As for "natural law," there is an ever-deeper pool of evidence that homosexuality is a normal sexual variant, one that is fundamentally natural. Modern biological research has generally concluded that homosexuality is programmed by a complex interaction among genetic differences and subtle hormonal influences during early fetal development. It is also true that homosexuality is found in almost every mammalian species.
God did not create hospital-visitation rights, the U.S. tax code, inheritance laws or the hundreds of laws granting specific rights only to married adults. And no, we are just not going to discuss civil unions right now; "separate but equal" is never "equal under the law."
Ultimately, this will be a federal issue, as it speaks to our most basic civil liberties. States do not have the right to prevent women from voting, to return to slavery or to make interracial marriages illegal again. Those activist judges have been busy!
If God made me, too, I think he understands me for who I am, biologically destined to be gay to the very core of my being: not a choice, not a "lifestyle," but my life and the essence of who I am -- no different from or any less immutable than a heterosexual's core self-identity.
The reality is that while paying full taxes and doing my fair share for the community, I remain less than a citizen. Despite a lifetime together, if I were to die before my partner, there would be no Social Security benefits for my partner, even though I pay fully into the system.
What about the children? If gays and lesbians seek in-vitro procedures, surrogacy or other means of having children, are they any less parents than heterosexual couples who avail themselves of the same procedures? The American Academy of Pediatrics' co-parenting policy statements says that children raised by same-sex couples are as well- adjusted, responsible and moral as any child raised in the milieu of heterosexual family structures across America.
The AAP writes: "Children deserve to know that their relationships with their parents are stable and legally recognized. This applies to all children, whether the parents are of the same or opposite sex. The AAP recognizes that a considerable body of professional literature provides evidence that children with parents who are homosexual can have the same advantages and the same expectations for health, adjustment and development as can children whose parents are heterosexual."
The 2000 U.S. Census indicates that about one in three lesbian couples and one in five gay couples are raising children. Hundreds of thousands of children in these homes do not have the security of a legally defined family, and the hopes, dreams and inherent rights that come with that in America.
As a pediatrician, community leader, children's advocate, homeowner, taxpayer and otherwise law- abiding adult, I have dedicated my life to bettering the health and well-being of children. I see families of all kinds, in countless home situations. With the innumerable environments and situations in which families live across our nation, it will require teaching tolerance, understanding and compassion to raise healthy, adjusted, responsible and moral children.
Let us pay attention to those matters that truly represent a danger to our families, such as war, lack of education and health care, and poverty.
Pray for parents, children, and our children's children, that we will be able to stand up against this indoctrination - this evil that permeates out society.
RI Ping!
LJ - one for the Moral Absolutes and Homosexual Agenda ping list.
My grandfather cursed when I told him that RI Hospital has a "Department of Diversity". We are truly living in the Days of Wolves.
He said God didn't establish certain rights... and he might be right about that, but God DID establish the rules about marriage and about homosexuality. If he is going to claim God, then he must follow God's rules.
Isn't it funny - in a sad sort of way - when the Left in general invokes His name in a pathetic attempt to prove a point, but they completely overlook everything else He ever said?
And, as he so ably demonstrates, so does insanity. However, it is not now, nor has it ever been, the norm, and that is why it has always been viewed as deviancy or perversion. Just like cannibalism, and having two heads.
Couple that with the megalomania of the compulsive disorder of needing to share the glories of the insanity with others, and I wouldn't trust this nut case to treat my cat!
Please cite one credible study.
are they any less parents than heterosexual couples who avail themselves of the same procedures?
A male cannot be a mother; a female cannot be a father. It is immoral to bring into the world a child intentionally deprived of a mother or a father.
I'd suggest calling the good Dr's office and asking him to cite the evidence. I certainly didn't write this dreck.
His office number shouldn't be too hard to find with a simple google.com search...
"It is also true that homosexuality is found in almost every mammalian species."
Simply not true at all. What he construes as "homosexuality" in the animal kingdom is nothing more than an esablishment of dominance.
End the intense suffering and embarrassment that accompany state-printed marriage certificate deprivation disorder (SPMCDD).
I will gladly print a certificate for any who ask. Price: $25.
If you will accept an email substitute, price: $20.
"As for "natural law," there is an ever-deeper pool of evidence that homosexuality is a normal sexual variant.."
And murder and rape and robbery are also variants in social behaviour.
This man is a typical politically correct fool.
The American Academy of Pediatrics' co-parenting policy statements says that children raised by same-sex couples are as well- adjusted, responsible and moral as any child raised in the milieu of heterosexual family structures across America.
American Academy of Pediatrics policy statements are based on pro-homosexual activism and propaganda, as documented here.
See also:
Review Of Research On Homosexual Parenting, Adoption, And Foster Parenting by George A. Rekers, Ph.D., Professor of Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
"Living In The Days Of Wolves"......how very descriptive! I might borrow that for future use, if you don't mind?
"Diversity" and all the gutless, soulless words of the Universal Vague Religion make me want to hurl.
Sure thing! Can you believe this man is placed in charge of children?
Is this what you're looking for?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026551/posts?page=284#284
See also: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026551/posts?page=283#283
Yep, when God agrees with him, God's right. When God disagrees with him, he's right.
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