Posted on 08/31/2010 5:37:16 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
Memo to conservative defeatists: Surrender on gay marriage is surrender on marriage – which is surrender on the family and, ultimately, surrender on civilization.
Last Saturday, Glenn Beck held his Restoring Honor rally in Washington, D.C. An estimated 300,000 to half a million people came from all over the country. The Fox News host made the event an interfaith revival. "America today begins to turn back to God," Beck declared.
But while America turns back to God, Beck turns his back on God's law. Hey, that's catchy!
A guest on the "O'Reilly Factor" in early August, Beck was asked, "Do you believe that gay marriage is a threat to the country in any way?" Answer: "No I don't. Will gays come and get us?" Apparently, this jocularity was meant to belittle the bumpkins who oppose turning marriage into a free-form institution.
Beck then quoted his hero, Thomas Jefferson (who thought the French Revolution was groovy): "If it neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket what difference is it to me?" Apparently, demolishing the institution of marriage, and undermining the family, should be matters of supreme indifference to those fighting to save America from the clutches of Obamaism.
Beck is one of a growing number of conservative opinion makers who are either agnostic on the issue or have decided to earn tolerance-points with the establishment by backing here-come-the-grooms. They include The View's Elizabeth Hasselbeck. ("I actually support gay marriage.")...
Then there's Ann Coulter who's speaking at Homocon, the September extravaganza sponsored by GOProud, which seeks to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, paving the way for the imposition of same-sex marriage nationwide, and the Republican congressional leaders who are falling all over themselves to attend a Sept. 22, D.C. fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans.
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I am no prophet, but if the United States legalizes gay marriage, God will permit the darkness of Islam to overthrow - or overtake - our nation just as he allowed the Babylonian armies to overrun Jerusalem.
A great darkness will descend on this land unless we stop this.
Why is it up to the government to sanction a sacrament?
If we do not want to impose a state based religion, then why do we allow the government to have a say in how religions establish their unions.
It is my opinion that we should be working within our churches to not perform gay marriages. I know the catholic church is not going to do it, but there are ministers and priests out there who will perform them.
We need to get the government out of church, and at the same time, change the government’s role in codifying sacraments.
Amen.
The government has an obligation to defend and promote the underpinnings of its own existence. Government can no more get out of the "marriage business" as some say, as it can get out of the "justice business".
To provide for the Common Good.
I am guessing this is the new suckup strategy at WND. Pick a fight with Ann and score brownie points from Farrah.
The radical gay activists stand and cheer when they hear those views expressed. Literally. I’ve seen it.
Either we defend the natural law everywhere in this country, or the underpinnings of our civilization and form of government will be swept away.
Rethink.
You know absolutely nothing about Don Feder if you think that has a single thing to do with what he’s saying.
The voters in CA voted against it. They voted “one man, one woman” by nearly 60%! To pass gay marriage and ignore the will of the people is the end of “the rule of law”. The constitution will be rendered useless and pointless. This will be it’s precedence
Througout history every government or when the government wasn't around, the Church, regulated marriage and promoted it. This is what civilization is built upon. Somehow, we now think that we are so damn smart we can have a civilization without marriage being its foundation. I don't think so.
Is it no surprise that with the slow removal of God from the public square that our nation is crumbling? This freedom of worship B.S. mentality that the administration is spouting, instead of freedom of religion, is a result of this erosion.
A little over the top. Marriage is created and regulated by God, so governments can’t really do anything to it anyway.
As you can see, this article is about homosexual marriage and special rights for deviants.....which, btw, you seem to support by posting single comments on every thread.
Excellent!
Get married by a Justice of the Peace if you want, but it still maintains the definition of Marriage.
Marriage describes a relationship between a man and woman.
Based on recent experience, I'd say there are a lot of Freepers who want the government to impose their religious views on other people.
This article is just another way to divide any budding coalition among those who agree on a return to Constitutional government.
OK, blast away SoCons.
I’ve just been having this discussion with an “atheist agnostic” on FB. “Why are you so upset about a “word”, marriage? It’s just a word!” No, it’s an institution ordained by God. It’s a losing argument in some cases. IMO, marriage ceremonies should never have been allowed to be performed by civil servants. Marriage should be confined to those of faith. All others can have their civil unions, if they insist.
It's not a sacrament but a contract and that is the domain of the government -- contract law in pursuit of the common good.
Homosexuals are not conservatives. They are first and foremost homosexuals. Their lives revolve around their sexual habits. If faced with a choice between conservative values and their deviancy, they'll pick their deviancy.
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