Posted on 03/17/2004 5:17:52 PM PST by MrBallroom
WELCOME TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH, U.S.A. (UPDATED)
by Timothy Rollins, Editor and Publisher
March 18, 2004
The homosexual lobby can say what they like, but the fact remains these so-called 'gay marriages' are neither legitimate nor lawful, despite what San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom or New Paltz, New York Mayor Jason West may think. Newsom cites the equal protection under the laws clause of the California State Constitution as his justification for violating Proposition 22, the ballot initiative overwhelmingly passed by California voters in 2002 that specifically prohibits marriage between two persons of the same gender.
I recently spoke with an attorney colleague in Illinois - a liberal Democrat - and we were discussing the finer points on the matter. He agreed this increasing problem is something that needs to be addressed - and quickly. The idea of a constitutional amendment, however nice it looks on paper, will have a very hard time getting through Congress, much less 38 state legislatures. When was the last time something went through Congress without all kinds of riders and assorted add-ons? Yes, amendments in the past have been simple, but today, I'd have to say all bets are off - especially on a hot-button issue such as this one.
My beef here is not with homosexuals and lesbians themselves, as much as it is with the activists. How they live their lives behind closed doors is a private matter between themselves and God. Like the rest of us, they too will one day account to their Maker for their actions. What nauseates me is when People Magazine gushes praise on Rosie O'Donnell with "Brave Rosie" when she admitted being gay. I never pictured O'Donnell as being in the closet, not to mention that Rosie's being gay was the worst kept secret in New York, let alone the entire country. People long suspected Ellen DeGeneres of being gay before she admitted it; with O'Donnell, believe me, there was never any doubt. O'Donnell then goes off to San Francisco with longtime girlfriend Kelli Carpenter and gets 'married' in a high-profile act of civil disobedience. Perhaps the best article I've read on this issue was by Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA), who wrote in The Wall Street Journal of the vital need to protect the institution of marriage, as it predates our constitution and nation by millennia as being a building block for society - something homosexual and lesbian relationships cannot do, as such by their very nature would extinct our society within a generation.
With marriage rates on the continuing decline in America, more and more heterosexual couples live together without the benefit of marriage, as in 'shacking up'. These efforts by the homosexual community to be 'married' are nothing more than a sham effort on their part to both show the rest of the world and convince themselves that they are 'normal', when they never were, and never will be as long as they continue to practice their deviant behavior. As has been said before, homosexuality is not an alternative lifestyle; it is a deathstyle, based on their higher rates of mental illness, domestic violence, AIDS infection, STDs* and higher suicide rates. The odd thing in all this is that most homosexuals and lesbians reject marriage in that it is a heterosexual institution and they want nothing to do with the heterosexual lifestyle. To them, they have made their bed, and have chosen to lie in it. They want it both ways; they want to engage in high-risk behavior that has been proven to lead to infection with a disease with a 100% fatality rate; yet they want the 'straight' population to subsidize their deviant lifestyle (or should I say deathstyle?) through paying their hospital bills when they come down with the 100% preventable AIDS plague usually contracted through homosexual relations or intravenous drug usage. Who are the hypocrites now?
Were these gay 'marriages' taking place anywhere but California, the mayor would be in custody. However, Governor Schwarzenegger lacks the stones to have Newsom arrested for breaching the public trust and failure to uphold the law. This is something California voters will take note of - that, and the fact Schwarzenegger passed the buck to State Attorney General Bill Lockyer, a Democrat - who seeks to work through California's activist courts. With the California Supreme Court based in San Francisco, it's easy to suspect that the deck is already stacked going into this one and that the outcome has already been pre-determined - especially from a Governor whose support for gay rights was so pronounced during last year's campaign.
Say what you want, but I don't see gays as being entitled to any special or preferential rights under the law. If Clinton's "Don't ask, Don't tell" attitude was good enough to be used 10 years ago, it should be used now. Unlike Blacks, Latinos, or Asians, gays are not a visible minority. In fact, gays come in all shapes, sizes and colors. To give them protected status is a travesty and is only further testimony of the power of militant groups like QUEER NATION, ACT UP, Human Rights Campaign and others of their ilk, while most Americans are too damned fat and lazy to get off their butts and do anything about it.
It's like spitting into the wind it seems. We are at war with the forces of evil folks, yet America is going to hell in a hand basket and most people just simply don't care. Canada is already a write-off; our borders both north and south are a joke, California was already lost - and that was before this gay marriage debacle - yet the enemy continues to advance on the beachhead. Unless we draw a line in the sand and do so now, there won't be much of an America left - if any at all - to defend. ***
© 2004 Timothy Rollins
* - STDs - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
UPDATE: Since the original date of this article (March 2), other American cities have begun issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, most notably Portland, Oregon and Asbury Park, New Jersey. In addition, in a surprise ruling, the California Supreme Court ordered the City of San Francisco to STOP issuing marriage licenses to gay couples until the issue of the legality of gay marriage worked its way through the court system. In addition, the Social Security Administration has directed that no marriages performed in San Francisco County - either heterosexual or homosexual - be recognized until a final clarification on the matter has been obtained.
As for the gay marriages already performed in San Francisco, the California Supremes did not nullify them - at least not yet, leaving the gay newlyweds in legal limbo for now and facing a very uncertain future from a rule of law in their eyes, despite the fact that Proposition 22 - that was overwhelmingly passed by California voters in 2002 - clearly defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Across the country, New Paltz, New York Mayor Jason West has been criminally charged with performing illegal weddings and is facing the possibility of jail time, although many in the legal profession do not see that as a realistic possibility. West did however, meet with New York Attorney General Elliott Spitzer in the hopes of getting Spitzer to change his mind to no avil.
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