Corruption

Author: Andrew Comiskey
February 02, 2012
A wise man said: ‘The corruption of society begins with a failure to call things by their proper names.’ Nowhere is this more apparent than in the latest battles to redefine marriage throughout the USA.

A senator from New Jersey insists that ‘marriage equality’ is a ‘civil right guaranteed by our Constitution’; in Washington State, a senator fell off the fence to become the defining vote for ‘gay marriage’ on these grounds: ‘I believe in traditional marriage…but this is about everyone having the same opportunities for love and companionship and family and security that I have enjoyed.’

Equality. Love. Family. Security. These words play upon our emotions and tempt us to extend the border of marriage to include whoever wants in. Those who waver, like the just-quoted Senator from Washington, are branded as ‘unjust bigots and haters’.

To refuse gay activists and their supporters is costly for senators. Last summer in New York, 4 wavering senators were plied with political favors from Governor Cuomo until they relented, then having redefined marriage, had their coffers filled by gay millionaires throughout the year. A legal investigation is pending.

The facts: marriage is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution for any group that arbitrarily redefines it. Marriage has always been defined as a union of one man for one woman for the sake of the new lives created there. You cannot alter the fundamental DNA of marriage then cry foul when the state refuses to include your redefinition.

The facts: both New Jersey and Washington have already ceded to gays the entire ‘rights’ package for couples joined in civil unions. Washington State recently passed ‘an everything but marriage’ bill to guarantee just that for gays. Why then does the Senator insist on ‘gay marriage’ for her state?

The facts: gay activists and their supporters will do everything in their power to attain the gold ring of ‘normal’—full marriage and family rights. Their drive is unrelenting, their goals irrational yet cloaked in noble language.

Do not be deceived. Language matters. Definitions matter. For generations to come. We tamper with the most fundamental union on earth to our peril.
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