The Rainbow Menace

You know what, I think its time for each and every one of us to get down on our scrawny unemployed knees and thank god for George Bush. The man has just gone and rescued the fragile moral fiber of this country once again. Can I get a Hallelujah? Only through the grace of Dubyah's faith have we finally been able to identify the fresh cancer poised to eat through the intestines of the American belly. And that toxic threat is gay marriage. It's hard to imagine anything more subversive than two people of the same sex hugging and kissing and cooking and sleeping together, which unfortunately they are now allowed to do. But apparently that's not enough. Now, they want the same social benefits decent God- fearing people possess AND protections under the law as well. As Justice Scalia says, the radical agenda of these sodomites will not end until they have permeated society disguised as ordinary human beings.

The only way to avert this danger and save ourselves from the seditious spread of the heathen spawn represented by those so called loving people claiming they only wish to be with each other is to prevent them from holding partnership rights under the law, at all, ever. See, if we can only do that, we'll be perfectly fine. And we won't have to worry about those nasty horrible terrorists anymore, or where Saddam and Osama are or why the economy is flatter than a Kansas wheat field after harvest. And that's why we’ve got to clamp down on these poisonous perverts burrowing into the midsection of our heartland with their blasphemous ceremonies.

This choir has sung before. It's the same standard hymn 37 states have already hummed passing the "Defense of Marriage Act," which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman ONLY and bars recognition of same sex marriages from other states, in case one of the Sneaky Godless ones like Oregon or California or Vermont tries to pull something tricky. Smart move, actually, since same sex marriages are now legal in Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands. You know, the Sneaky Godless countries who also refuse to treat marijuana smokers like the heinous criminals they are.

This pendulum swing to the wrong side of the rainbow must be nipped in the tulip bud immediately. Television networks have recently discovered that niche marketing focusing on gays can translate into fat ratings. And though networks are run by huge conglomerates headed up by conservative CEOs, we all know what can happen when a good and decent ideologue is forced to choose between his beliefs and a big pile of green.

Even the Catholic Church has weighed in on the matter with the Pope threatening to ex-communicate any priest officiating at a gay union, although to perfectly honest, having the Catholic Church on our side in this one is like using Mike Tyson as an expert witness in Anger Management. Like having oil companies write our national environmental standards. Sorry, bad analogy there.

The specter of gay dominance over our culture looms on the horizon like a black, size gazillion, three-button Gianni Versace suit with contrast piping and a silk crew t. How long before the streets of every small American town are transformed into idyllic playgrounds for men and women strolling unashamed, holding hands flaunting their "normalcy" in front of our children?

It's an imminent peril and not merely a desperate distraction like the loony left insists. I repeat: this is not a distraction. Just like the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq weren't a distraction. No, this is even more of not a distraction than the weapons in Iraq weren't a mass distraction. What I mean is, this is even less destruction than that. In other words, no distraction at all. You know what I mean.

I am sorry that I offend you. I was refering to people who choose to have children on their own (should have made that more clear). That being said however, I truly believe in my heart of hearts that children do best with a mother and a father and I DISDAIN that we live in a society where men and women are so full of vanity and self interest that they cannot find a way to learn to love their spouse through thick and thin. This is a me oriented society and it has had a terrible effect on our children. I am sure that you did the best you could and I'm sure your daughter is a wonderful person however, for more people than not their families end up emotionally wrecked and I think it's very sad. God forbid my husband should ever leave me (I'm not blind to the realization that marriages do break up) however, I will do all in my power to love and nurture our relationship forever. I am one who really believes in Until Death do us part.

Ok, how about changing "what God intended" to what he "specifically didn't forbid." Ok - I know some people choose not to see the meaning in the Bible, but it's there and it's my interpretation. If I'm wrong, at least I'm erring on the side of caution. I'm trying to remember my college psych class. There was this thing with four sections and you compared the pros and cons. It would go something like this:

If I say homosexuality is wrong and so does God: I have followed His principles and haven't sinned.

If I say it's wrong and God doesn't: I am misunderstanding His principles, but so long as I treat the homosexuals as I would have them treat me, I have lost nothing.

If I say homosexuality is right and God says it's ok: I'm ok.

If I say homosexuality is right but God says it's a sin: I lose -- I have chosen a path that leads me away from Him.

If you look at the 4 possibilities, the way you lose big time is to say it's fine when God says it's sin. So long as I am treating the homosexual, the PERSON not the ACT, "as the least of these" then my condemnation of the act itself has the least possible negative ramifications. Combine that with the fact that I believe that legislating homosexual marriage as being equal to heterosexual marriage is a total assault on the family as God created it, and I HAVE to stand up for what I believe. To not do so would be a sin. If I am wrong in what I believe, then I pray that God will help me see differently. But unless He does, this is where I am.

As for the things I mentioned being crimes with victims, well, as I see it, the problem with that statement is that it's all relative. We don't think of homosexuality as having victims because we've been so inundated with it on every show from NBC prime time and everywhere else until we are used to it. So, let's say for 5 years we keep seeing roles played on TV and hear psychologists on the radio talking about how pedophelia is "normal" and "healthy," that the children love the man who's abusing them, etc. Would it wear us down enough to make us change our mind about that? There's already an organization (if not more than one) out there who want us to believe that -- it's called NAMBLA (North American Man - Boy Love Association.)

To me, the Bible is an absolute standard that should (not always does because I'm not perfect by any stretch) govern every area of my life. When I read in there that it's improper for man to lie with man, I will err on the side of caution and read it literally. It seems like a better option to me than to take a cavalier attitude and assume I know what God meant even though He said something else.

*Off soapbox*

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