Christian Democrats in the United States
Domestic Issues - Equal RightsWe support equal protection under law for all people in America. The individual right to human dignity cannot be surrendered by groups. While we leave the definition of the word "marriage" up to the states, we recognize civil unions and the right to a civil life for all people. We applaud the military for its progress on racial integration in America and support affirmative action to enable Americans of every culture and color to advance themselves and society.
As our substantive due process is the only thing that separates the U.S. from tyrannical states, we insist on due process for all suspects accused by the U.S. of any crime. We are opposed to secret renditions, secret courts and torture of any kind, even of enemy combatants. We believe in our community values, and our leaders should allow those values to do their work in the world.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]gay marriage - does not affect you and good for public health
Many people object to the state allowing gay marriage because they feel it would be an endorsement or promotion of homosexuality.The state's definition of marriage cannot affect the relationship of Christians with each other and with God. This is why we have separation of church and state — so that Christians, and others, can be free to see things the way that they choose to. But keeping those freedoms requires that the government treat everyone equally.
"Separate but equal" is not equal. That's been tried before, and it doesn't work. I think maybe it is not a states issue of defining words, but a universal issue of equal rights and just government.
People also fear that their church ministers will be required to marry gay people, which is sheer rubbish and contrary to our principle of separating church and state. While government officials would be required to treat everyone equally, churches would still be free to set their own policies. (I seem to recall, incidentally, that Jesus came to preach to the sinners, not to the religiously empowered, and preached that every one of us was corrupted by sin, but welcomed everyone with equal love and forgiveness.)
Gays and lesbians exist and they always have and they always will. The question is, do they behave like civilized people, or do they go nuts like the rape gangs of Sodom? Besides the moral dispute, there are practical reasons why gay marriage is in the interests of public health and safety. By de-legitimizing gay relationships, gay people are made to feel ashamed and their relationships are more likely to be unstable or unsubstantial, leading to promiscuity and risky sexual behavior - leading to them to break the association between their sexuality and their humanity, which is a type of psychosis. I am not saying that sexually transmitted diseases are exclusive to gay people, but the statistical reality is that gay men especially tend to have higher rates of unprotected sex and diseases like AIDS. I am sure that part of their disregard for their own health and that of their partners is because of "moral and upright" people telling them that they should hate themselves. If gay people were encouraged to marry and to form lasting emotional relationships with each other and to practice fidelity in those relationships, there would be less risk of transmitting these diseases.
There would also be less risk of the looming specter of those gangs in Sodom, who saw themselves entitled to rape anyone they chose, like nasty biker gangs of the "Night Rider" in the movie Mad Max. Incidentally, it seems to me that gangs of heterosexual rapists are much more prevalent in our society than gangs of homosexual ones. That problem with our society and our animal nature runs a lot deeper than sexual orientation - it's really a separate issue from whether two nice people who love each other can call themselves "married" and live faithfully in that bond.
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