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Letter: Proposition 8 deserves 'yes' vote
I intend to vote “yes” on Proposition 8. I believe God intended for marriage to be between one man and one woman.
It is a well-known fact that the same-sex promoters have wanted to use the California public school textbooks for a long time to teach their lifestyle to a captive audience of young, impressionable schoolchildren, using our tax dollars to do it. Many, many of these children come from homes like my children and grandchildren do, with parents who find this unacceptable.
Whether you like it or not, marriage is a deeply religious personal thing and should be taught in the home by the parents. I do not wish to offend anyone, but I would hope that others would show some respect and concern for what I believe too.
If you are undecided on which way to vote, I hope you would weigh the long-term consequences to marriage, families and our society and vote “yes” on Proposition 8.
Rae Whitaker
Orland
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| I don't understand how and athiest that doesn't beleive in God has the right to marry but a Christian that happens to be gay, can't. How is that fair?
It's not, and neither is this rediculousness about how gay marriage will be toaught in schools! That is a scare tactic to make people vote yes. This Prop has no argument and the one they do is not real. IF it WAS to be taught in school, just like sex ed, I'm sure they would have to get permission from the parents. No one is forcing anything except for these Pro Prop 8 people. Same sex marriage has been legal for quite a while now, and who has it hurt? And how many people will this Prop hurt if passed? Not to mention the future the the US entirely. You can't always hide behind religion, sometimes you need to look at stuff from another angle. What if you weren't able to marry the one you loved? It would be heart breaking, I'm sure. Don't you realize this also HELPS the children? If "domestic partners" decide to have a kid and one parents decides to leave, then they have NO responsibility to the child, IF they were to be married, they would have to follow the same guidlines as a Marriage, such as child support and taking responsibility. Honestly if you don't know the whole story of both sides of the prop, then you should vote for it. |
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| juliet stevens - Nov 04, 2008 08:52:52 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Leave religion out of the polls. Religious scare tactics prove why small-town values don't sell anymore. |
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| Seth - Nov 01, 2008 08:34:24 PM | Remove Comment |
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| I have two problems with your argument.
First
Gays can be religious
so a religious commitment can be between homosexual commitment.
Second
My marriage is deeply committed but not deeply religious.
I respect those who feel religion is important to their marriage. I understand that depth of relationship and spirituality. What I do not understand is the hysteria around gay marriage. Children will not turn gay because they know that homosexuals can commit to one another. It is unlikely that allowing gays to marry will change the school curriculum. |
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| Happily Married - Oct 30, 2008 09:08:07 AM | Remove Comment |
