fickle is the fear of gay marriage
Jake Morgan
Issue date: 12/4/08 Section: Opinion
The authoritarian would have us believe that the government must "instill virtue in its citizens" (see Ms. Gabl's thin argument). Under our republic, though, government is simply a tool to facilitate societal coordination. Just as we do not turn to our toaster for advice on relationship issues, we should not expect a governmental establishment to erect our social and personal institutions. A vague cry for "Judeo-Christian" principles is not a constitutional argument. For a "professed Christian," the fallacious connection between homosexual union and the attempted rape and inhospitality that doomed Sodom and Gomorrah casts doubt on even the religious element of the debate. Perhaps before making a sweeping biblical statement, Ms. Gabl should consider reading the passages in question. If you need a Bible, let me know - I will loan you one.
Perhaps you get shivers when you think of two women exchanging vows at the altar, or adopting children. Maybe you lose your lunch when you see two men lip locked on the beach, passion as sharp as the sea salt on the air, framed against a plunging sun and a swelling tide mercilessly pounding the shore. Fickle emotion, though, does not justify classifying an entire portion of the population as " [ir]relevant to the needs of society."
The Constitution is not a governmental therapist, legislating away the phantasms of the confused social conservative.
Rather, it is a lockbox established to protect individual rights from the blood lust of a tyrannical majority.
It is time to battle back the forces that would tear apart the fiber of the republic and put our souls in the chains of moral autocracy.
Perhaps you get shivers when you think of two women exchanging vows at the altar, or adopting children. Maybe you lose your lunch when you see two men lip locked on the beach, passion as sharp as the sea salt on the air, framed against a plunging sun and a swelling tide mercilessly pounding the shore. Fickle emotion, though, does not justify classifying an entire portion of the population as " [ir]relevant to the needs of society."
The Constitution is not a governmental therapist, legislating away the phantasms of the confused social conservative.
Rather, it is a lockbox established to protect individual rights from the blood lust of a tyrannical majority.
It is time to battle back the forces that would tear apart the fiber of the republic and put our souls in the chains of moral autocracy.
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