We Must Pass the Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage

Gay marriage has been legal in California since June of this year. That means we have already had the unfortunate benefit of experiencing its predicted erosion of the sanctity of real marriage. Make no mistake, it has wreaked havoc. Just knowing that gays are marrying has ruined my husband's ability to achieve an erection. Yes, this does date back to before June of this year, but since June of this year, it is all about that. And let me assure you, as he has assured me, this has nothing to do with my weight problem, or my refusal to let the devil into our bed by talking dirty, changing position, or moving.

Are gays shallow enough to think that just because they can get married, they will get married? They apparently do not understand the sanctity of begging, pleading, waiting, begging, pleading, threatening to tell his wife, attempting suicide, and finally getting pregnant to at last lead your mate toward that most hallowed and blessed ground, the Las Vegas wedding chapel. No, gay people, Elvis is not a Halloween costume. He is a legally licensed joiner of souls in the great state of Nevada. What can gays ever know about your family's joy in knowing that at last, yes, your children are going to have a father.

Marriage takes work and practice, and that is why gays will never get it right. How can they hope to compete with the knowledge earned by doing? With the expertise gained by Rush Limbaugh and his three sacred marriages? Newt Gingrich and his two sacred marriages? Ronald Reagan, John McCain, Prince Charles, Rudy Giuliani, all pillars of society and all married over and over to hone the sanctity and commitment necessary to maintain the bedrock of a society, marriage between a man and several women. Nowhere does the Bible say marriage is between a man and a man trapped in a woman's body. And as long as the President of the United States is sworn in with his hand on a Bible instead of on the Constitution, then we must make sure the Bible protects the Constitution. Besides, Billy Bob Thornton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Angelina Jolie took up sixteen marriages between them. We don't have any extra.

Gays getting married will also ruin our economy. You can be sure you will never see a persimmon colored cap-sleeved crepe bridesmaids dress at a gay wedding. An entire industry will be put out of business overnight.

Gay marriage will make a mockery of real marriage. Everybody knows gays are promiscuous, uncommitted, multiple-partner-having people. They are not like us. We believe that people should be married and settle down.

And lastly, and perhaps most destructive of all, gays being married will tacitly send the message that fellatio is an accepted part of marriage. What could be more ridiculous?

Comments

[ErrolSmythe]

Judges should not legislate from the bench.Judg­es do not make the law their job is tyo interpret the law.
Marriage is the union between one and one woman. History ,tradition, social beliefs, moral practice and standards, religious beliefs have all upheld the view that marriage is between one man and one woman.
The Bible defines marriage as the holy union between a man and a woman. The Bible condemns homosexuality. (See Leviticus chapter 18 verse 22; Romans chapter 1 verses 24 to 32; Genesis chapters 18 and 19 etc condemn same sex unions ).
Marriage is a hetereo sexual institution whereby a man and a woman in love get married and procreate and have children.
We are not ignorant of the devices of the wicked one to destroy the sanctity of marriage and we therefore rebuke all foul filthy spirits that would try to touch the institution of marriage in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Errol Smythe.

[lvdragonlady]

Why do people ALWAYS want to push their beliefs on to others?
Mind your own business and stop worring about everyone else, for heavens sakes.
If you believe in God, then allow him to have the final say on this issue.
No one appoint you God for the day.......­..

[seaman93555]

As an openly gay man, who lives in a very small community in California, I find it incredulous to believe the rhetoric from the Proposition 8 folks. It has all the earmarks of a conversation, where only one side is listening to the other.
I read one of the commenters remarks that made the point about the Mormon Church being behind Proposition 8 and there is much truth to this (my mother is Mormon and has contributed at the Church to defeating Proposition 8). They are outraged by the fact that the Supreme court overturned the ban on gay marriage in the State of California. I hope they lose their tax-exempt status in the process!
The other point I wanted to make is this - there is no provision in the current laws of the State of California requiring any church to perform a "gay" marriage ceremony, yet the supporters of Proposition 8 would have us believe otherwise.
I am deeply religious, yet do not attend the Mormon Church, as my mother does, still Proposition 8 is about little more than discrimination and writing this into the California Constitution - this is wrong.
The final point I would like to make is when Hitler exterminated the Jews in the Holocaust, he also targeted gays/lesbians in his extermination. So are we to believe that if Proposition 8 passes that this will begin in California - I don't know, but it concerns me greatly.

[DundeeNatalSA]

Hahhaha. Good one Elayne.

[DavidNOE]

I'm hardly the first to present this proposition, but I haven't seen it so far on this topic. The state has no business recognizing "marriage.­" Marriage, as all the religiosi point out, is "a sacred institutio­n." Which means that it isn't a state affair. Civil unions are perfectly reasonable as a state-sanctioned arrangement - but define it such that that's all the state recognizes for anyone. In order to avoid an enormous crunch at the civil-union office, agree that all "marriages" that were performed prior to a given (and very soon) date are also recognized as valid civil unions - but that from that date forward "marriage" was something between a couple and their religious faith, and the state had nothing to say about it one way or the other. (This would allow most gays to celebrate marriage as well - many religious communities allow it - but it wouldn't make any legal difference­.)

[shel3364]

I never could figure out how gay marriages would destroy the very fabric of society. Thanks for clearing it up for me. My eyes have been opened.


p.s. As I understood it, the constution was established to protect the rights of Americans, not restrict them. So whatever happened to that amendment that "prohibited" us from doing something deemed immoral??? What was it called... uh.. prohibition??

[lvdragonlady]

Good point.....

[speakyourmind]

I agree. And let's not forget how marriage needs to be "protected" so they can keep having shows like "Marry a millionaire," "Marry my Dad," etc. That's sacred.

[JonW]

How about a constitutional amendment against Divorce? The mean religionist bigots are obsessed against giving less than 10% of the population happiness and equal rights under the law. What about the other 90% of the population where over 50% get divorces resulting in huge upheavals in family lives and disasterous effects on the kids involved. Almost every family I know are going thru some kind of trauma
produce by a divorce. Sad commentary on American life!!!

[Soundofthunder]

Personally I think ALL marriage should be outlawed. You want to end divorce, end marriage. It's the number one cause of divorce, slightly ahead of ESPN and cellulite.

SOT

[Ganapati]

I would like to see some big name blogger or TV anchor talk about prop 8 as Anti-american and anti-patriotic.
It proposes that not all Americans are equal, that some are more worthy than others.
This goes against the Constitution, and therefore, is un-american.

[bear91]

what I want to know is this: all those stupid bigoted signs calling for a yes vote on the ca. prop 8 have a web addy for "save marriage dot com". save marriage from what?????

8...the new symbol for bigotry

[BigHeadTodd]

Yes. Isn't time we finally RESTRICTED the rights of people to make choices in their lives? It's not like this justice, freedom and liberty stuff has been all that and a bag of chips for the past 230 years.

[Geauterre]

Elayne, you are a delightful comic. Now keep in mind to stay away from churches, or God Himself Will Strike You Down...for being honest, forthright and funny!

[McMullen]

Hey, all I can say is that I've been waiting for years to be the best man at my lesbian friends' wedding. Don't ruin it for me now.

[Brenbooks]

NO ON 8!
NO ON HATE!