Respect Is a Two-Way Street - Christians Suffer for Opposing Homosexuality

Zenit ^ | ROME, MAY 31, 2009 | Father John Flynn, LC

[GonzoII]

The issue of legalizing same-sex marriages continues to be at the forefront of debate. On Tuesday the Californian Supreme Court upheld a referendum, Proposition 8, which modified the state constitution to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples.

The referendum invalidated a previous decision by the state's Supreme Court that resulted in the legalization of same-sex marriage.

In the weeks preceding the latest decision same-sex marriage was legalized in three states. As a result, five states now allow such marriages -- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and Iowa.

As a May 27 article in the Washington Post pointed out, four of these states are in the Northeast and the exception, Iowa, saw legalization introduced through a state Supreme Court decision and not a legislative vote.

An important element in the debates over the issue has been that of religious freedom. In a May 23 New York Times column, Peter Steinfels commented that a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage had stalled in New Hampshire due to state governor John Lynch insisting that he would only sign the bill if it had stronger guarantees to protect religious institutions. This was rejected by the bill's backers in the House of Representatives.

[GonzoII]

[Doc Savage]

Say what homey?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "The issue of legalizing same-sex marriages continues to be at the forefront of debate."

Response: This obsession for "Debate" is symptomatic of a social sickness. One does not debate, discuss, express different points of view with and regarding perverts. One commands!

Comment: Tolerance: "The inability to say yes or no. The inability to take a stand!"-A Great Historian 1888

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And the man calls himself a “father”?
Another fool who has forgotten the lessons to be learned from his biblical teachings.

Sodom and Gomorrah ping for ya “father”!