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 | Family Research Council (FRC): Mark Regan, a policy analyst with the FRC said: "Civil unions are a counterfeit version of marriage that will diminish the value of marriage." 1 |
| Gerard V. Bradley: Bradley is a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, president of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and a regular columnist for Catholic Dossier. One of his specialties is law and religion. He is quoted as saying that homosexual marriage would mean "the demolition of marriage." 2 |
| Anon: "A loving man and woman in a committed relationship can marry. Dogs, no matter what their relationship, are not allowed to marry. How should society treat gays and lesbians in committed relationships? As dogs or as humans?" Posting to an Internet mailing list; used by permission of the author. |
| "Trixie1226:" "I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Period. God did not create Adam and Steve or Eve and Adah. It clearly states in the Bible that homosexuality is wrong. The fact that this is an issue clearly shows how sick the world has gotten." 3 |
| "JRT:" "Marriage is a sacrament that two loving people bestow upon each other. I do not regard gender as an issue here. What is important is their love and desire to live together in a committed lifelong relationship." 4 |
| Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: "...what two gay men do in the privacy of their bedroom is totally different. Unlike polygamy or incest, no rational person can argue that two men having gay sex is going to undermine the legal institution of marriage. Those that do are probably more interested in attacking gays than protecting marriage." 5 |
| Anon: "Actually, I believe the best solution would be to remove government from the business of marriage altogether. Marriage should be a sacred trust between two consenting individuals and, if they wish, their families and houses of worship, not individuals and the government. We are treading in very dangerous waters when we ask the government to regulate personal relationships, especially something with the religious overtones of marriage." 6 |
| Senator Robert Byrd: " This case for same-sex marriage "reflects a demand for political correctness that has gone berserk. We live in an era in which tolerance has progressed beyond a mere call for acceptance and crossed over to become a demand for the rest of us to give up beliefs that we revere and hold most dear in order to prove our collective purity. At some point, a line must be drawn by rational men and women who are willing to say, 'Enough!' " 7 |
| Anon, "There is no reason that the federal government, or anyone for that matter, should restrict marriage to a predefined heterosexual relationship. Because it is the right of the homosexual legally, socially, and economically, matrimony between lesbian and gay couples should be accepted in the United States. Because our country has been founded on the Constitution, in which all men are created equal; we cannot deny the basic human and legal right of marriage to a class of individuals due to their sexual preference." 8 |
| Charles Johnson: "For gays who may have been viciously rejected by family and friends because of their sexual orientation, having legally and socially legitimate kin would have psychological benefits which cannot be ignored. Also, allowing gays to marry would help encourage stable, married life while discouraging the flamboyant and often promiscuous fringe lifestyle of some of the most vocal homosexual activists. Thus, gay marriage would not only bring the social benefits of stabler relationships to gays; it would also help end much of the ignorance, confrontationalism, and social stigmata--and thus the ostracism, brutal violence, and self-loathing--associated with homosexuality today." 9 |
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References:
- Pamela Ferdinand, "With Vermont in the lead, controversy progresses," Washington Post, 2001-SEP-4, at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
- Mentioned in a letter to the editor of First Things magazine, 1999-DEC, by reader Mark Peterson. Issue 98, Page 5.
- From a public forum of Beliefnet.com. Posted on 2003-JUN-30.
- Ibid, JUN-29.
- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, "Homosexuality Is A Religious Sin, Not An Ethical One," Beliefnet.com, at: http://www.beliefnet.com/
- Robert Colaco, "The Lie: Homosexual marriage is none of the government's business," one response to a questionnaire, 2000, at: http://www.haveyoubeenliedto.org/
- Senator Robert Byrd, Congressional Record, 1996-SEP-10, at: http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/
- Anon, "Acceptance Of Homosexual Marriage," at: http://www.freeessays.cc/db/43/sxg35.shtml
- Charles Johnson, "Civil Rights and Family Values: Defending Homosexual (and Heterosexual) Marriage," LGBT and Queer, 1999-MAR-7, at: http://www.eskimo.com/~cwj2/
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Originally written: 2001-SEP-04
Latest update: 2008-MAR-03
Author: B.A. Robinson
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