"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway."
- Henry Boye, American songwriter
Mom sent me a copy of her response to your Onion link. I had seen it on one of the blogs I visit and got a chuckle from it myself. Do you think your mother has an opinion about this!? She and I talk about it frequently, and I've thought about it quite a bit. No matter where I look as I scan the web, it's being discussed. It's an extremely emotional issue, maybe more so than when blacks were fighting for their civil rights. Most people are on one side of the debate or the other. I see little middle ground.
I've always been pretty much a "live and let live" person. You may not agree with that, having been on the receiving end of my advice and counsel when you were younger, but in my personal and business relationships I was mostly tolerant of everyone as long as what they were doing didn't hurt others or disrupt what we were being paid to accomplish. I feel the same way about gay marriage. If two people want to wed, I have no problem with that, no matter who they are or what their sexual orientation.
I agree with proponents of gay marriage who say this is about rights. When I read: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," I can't see how anyone could say what gays are asking for conflicts with what our Founding Fathers believed. I understand you have a law in California stating that marriage is between a man and a woman and your mayor is defying that law, saying it is unconstitutional and should be changed. It may be awhile before that happens, but the first steps have been taken, and eventually it will be.
(Continued in "Dear Hayden - Part III)
1 comment:
Marriage as an institution has been ordained by God as between a man and a woman since the Garden of Eden.The Pres isn't saying people can't choose to live together,etc,etc, etc..."marriage" has a different definition that has historically been recognized down through generations and is grouned in Holy Scriptures. Let's go after and strike down child pornography laws next. It should quarantee that the pedifiles in our enlightened society are exercising their rightful pursuit of happiness.
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