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The push to "homosexualize" America is getting
some traction through the same-sex marriage issue. Unless
it is curtailed, the effects of this insanity will be
devastating -- and those who know better must stand up
to it! However, the battle to save marriage, as we know
it, goes much deeper than opposing homosexual marriage.
This struggle is about preventing a total moral overhaul
of our society.
Paula
Ettelbrick, the former legal director of the pro-homosexual
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, speaks of this
transformation of America. Ettelbrick says, "Being
queer is more than setting up house, sleeping with a person
of the same gender and seeking state approval for doing
so .... Being queer means ... transforming the very fabric
of society." The fabric they have decided to
transform, after all these years, is our moral foundation
that has kept us afloat as a nation for over 200 years.
It is a vital fabric and must be preserved.
In
order to "transform" our society, radical homosexuals
have a major goal to silence all opposition to their lifestyle.
In their manifesto, After the Ball, Marshall Kirk and
Hunter Madsen reinforce this extreme tenet of the radical
homosexual agenda. Here is what they say: "[In
regards to those] who feel compelled to adhere rigidly
to an authoritarian belief structure that condemns homosexuality
... our primary objective regarding die-hard homo-haters
of this sort is to cow and silence them."
Homosexual activists believe they can silence us
by amending current hate crimes laws with "sexual
orientation" wording. The result is that biblical
speech concerning homosexuality would become a crime.
The
state of Pennsylvania has amended their hate crime law
and The Washington Times reports that a pro-homosexual
group helped draft that amendment. The phrase they added
spells trouble for those who oppose homosexuality. The
new words are "ancestry, mental or physical disability,
sexual orientation, or gender identity." Many constitutional
attorneys are troubled with that sort of language in hate-crime
laws. Brian Fahling, an attorney with the AFA Center for
Law & Policy, is concerned. He says the Pennsylvania
law is dangerous for ministers. "I think clearly
the design here is to ultimately create an environment
where Christians cannot articulate their faith regarding
homosexuality and its sinfulness," Fahling explains.
Statements
by homosexual activist Eleanor Brown should give us cause
for some concern. Brown, a columnist for a pro-homosexual
website, admits that the real purpose behind hate-crimes
legislation is to silence the church. "The religious
right says we are trying to outlaw the Bible," she
says, "and they are right."
If
same-sex marriage is shoved down our throats as the law
of the land, sexual orientation laws will be used in an
attempt to silence those who disagree, or suffer the consequences.
Legalized homosexual "marriage," touted as a
civil right, will open doors for some ugly transformations.
What is criminalized now will then become legal. Polygamy,
man/boy marriage, brother/sister marriage, human/animal
marriage and other absurdities could become legal. Is
this what we want?
The
slippery slope of homosexual marriage is an ugly path
of moral rot -- a defiled trip that, as a nation, we can't
afford to take. When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down
the Texas sodomy law last year, Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia told us that an end to all morals legislation
was coming. Scalia warned us that laws prohibiting bigamy,
adult incest, bestiality and obscenity would have to go.
Many
of you realize that traditional marriage is sacred and
that we must fight to keep it that way. When this all
started, legislators passed marriage protection laws.
However, we have seen that those laws can be challenged
in court. State constitutional amendments, like the one
recently passed overwhelmingly in Missouri, stops federal
judges from imposing same-sex marriage on us. However,
because they must align with the U.S. Constitution, state
constitutional amendments -- like that approved in the
Show Me State -- can be challenged in state court.
From
the founding of America, traditional marriage has been
the rule. We must fight to keep these radicals from changing
the definition of marriage to include members of the same
sex. The only sure protection for this is a Federal Marriage
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that defines marriage
as being between a man and a woman.
In
July, facing overwhelming opposition to same-sex marriage,
the U.S. Senate decided to prevent a Federal Marriage
Amendment to the Constitution from coming to a full Senate
vote. There is still hope because the U.S. House of Representatives
will vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment this month.
If it passes there, the Senate will get it back. If same-sex
marriage is not forbidden, America will reap a bitter
fruit. Therefore, the Congress must hear from everyone
who understands this. Lawmakers must get the message,
loud and clear!
Now
is the time for Christians, including ministers, to speak
out. The stakes are high. If we lose this battle, we as
a nation will slide further into a stinking cesspool of
immorality. If that happens, we are certain to lose the
freedom to express religious views -- and someday, we
could face legal punishment for speaking the truth from
scripture.
The
significance of this battle cannot be overstated!
R.L.
Beasley (moafa@ipa.net)
is executive director of the American Family Association
of Missouri, based in Joplin. 2004 AgapePress all rights
reserved.
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