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To: AngieGal
1. The legalization of homosexual marriage will quickly destroy the traditional family.

Probably not. Those who want a traditional marriage can still have one. Most people will opt for tradition, even though something like 50% of straight marriages will end in divorce, but I guess that's just part of the tradition.

2. Children will suffer most.

Suffer what and compared to what? This statement reads like a deceptive ad. Sort of like "More Doctors prefer XYC Aspirn" More doctors than what? Truck drivers? And they prefer aspirn over what? Root canal? Rainy weather? Dobson's statement is clever, because it can't be rebutted as written.

3. Public schools in every state will embrace homosexuality.

They already have.

4. Adoption laws will be instantly obsolete.

Small parts of the adoption laws may have to be modified or interpreted in a gender neutral fashion, but I don't see how the laws will be obsolete.

5. Foster-care programs will be impacted dramatically.

I don't get this one either.

6. The health care system will stagger and perhaps collapse.

That is certainly a real possibility. Or it could adapt. Regardless, there are a lot of other things that could kill the health care system, like illegal immigrants, fat people, and straight, married couples who stay together until "death do us part."

7. Social Security will be severely stressed.

That's a negative? I would like to see social security stressed so severely that it disappears completely.

8. Religious freedom will almost certainly be jeopardized.

I don't get this one either. Churches will continue to set their own rules, and people will continue to worship in the churches of their choice.

9. Other nations are watching our march toward homosexual marriage and will follow our lead.

Perhaps, but who cares what other countries think or do. France and Germany will probably do just the opposite of us.

10. The gospel of Jesus Christ will be severely curtailed.

Not for those who believe in the Holy Gospel and live their lives in accordance with the Scriptures. I do hope, however, that they also remember the part about loving their neighbor as they love themselves and not casting stones, and that they live by the Commandments that actually made the top ten.

11. The culture war will be over, and the world may soon become “as it was in the days of Noah” (Matthew 24:37).

So what. Jesus told us that the Day of Judgment will come and therefore, it must and there is nothing to stop it. Why? Because its part of God's plan.

Please note that I'm not pro-gay marriage. I am, however, against pitifully weak arguments that have no basis in fact.

56 posted on 07/12/2004 5:14:02 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos
Probably not. Those who want a traditional marriage can still have one. Most people will opt for tradition, even though something like 50% of straight marriages will end in divorce, but I guess that's just part of the tradition.

The institution of Marriage is in very sorry shape, in large part because people have lost sight of its fundamental purposes:

For the institution of marriage to recover, I believe people must be more aware of why it exists in the first place. While it is not necessary that every couple who gets married have children, people should nonetheless bear in mind that marriage is about families (including extended families), not just couples.

To use an analogy, the purpose of a library is to provide books for people to read. That does not mean that everyone who enters a library is required to check out and read a book. If a couple friends want to use a library as a rendez-vous point, that's apt to be fine even if they have no intention of checking out any books provided that they conduct themselves discretely and do not interfere with others who are using the library for its main purpose. If, however, a group of people were to descend upon the library who made no secret that their being there had nothing to do with checking out books, and if they drew attention to themselves and their actions, the librarians might very rightly be upset and should have every right to kick them out. If the librarians failed to do so, the book-filled buildig would lose its utility as a library.

68 posted on 07/12/2004 5:53:34 PM PDT by supercat (Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
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