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Craig Farmer
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Liberals against Gay Marriage
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I am a yellow dog democrat.
_Here's why I supported President Obama._
(http://craigfarmer.blogspot.com/2012/10/reasons-to-support-obama.html)
You can see some of my _personal beliefs_
(http://craigfarmer.blogspot.com/2010/02/democrats-against-gay-marriage.html)
throughout this blog,
but on today's topic :
We need Democrats to stand against gay marriage.
We need Democrats to stand against the agenda of the gay rights lobby.
There is a group of people who are determined to change our society
regardless of the implications and whether the American people agree.
They have been working in Hollywood for decades, and you can see
the results not only in many t.v. shows and movies, but even in
commercials.
There has been an assault on traditional marriage, a celebration of
divorce,
and a drive not only to tolerate but accept as equal people engaging in
a homosexual lifestyle.
I would stipulate some people are born gay. But some also choose that
and other deviant lifestyles. In America, we shouldn't seek to make
everything bad or strange illegal, but we should strive to build our
culture strong and make it sustainable for our future generations.
As Democrats we need to strengthen the institution of marriage by
making it harder to get married, and harder to get divorced. Part of
our problem today is that we have allowed the institution to wither
and it has so much so, that the radical leftists are in the process
of redefining it. We truly are defining deviancy down.
So as Democrats we need to look at the tax code, waiting periods before
marriage, rules about joint ownership, and just our approach in civil
society
to make marriage more meaningful. It is not enough to just be against
gay marriage, we need to be for a stronger union.
There are some who are celebrating all of the ballot initiatives that are
defining marriage correctly, and ban gay marriage. But I look at the
closeness of some of the votes, where over 47% of people are either
supporting gay marriage or not wanting to define traditional marriage
as one man and one woman. Also, the younger generation is clearly
more supportive of gay marriage and gay rights in general. This is an
important time when we as Democrats need to reverse this trend.
We need to say it is ok for us to believe it's not ok to be gay.
I'm like millions of other Democrats who wouldn't want my children
to be gay. While we should treat everyone with respect, we the people
through our government have a right to define our culture and laws
for the common good.
Now realistically, I didn't believe President Obama when he claims to
agree
with me that he believes marriage is between1 man and 1 woman. I think
he was just pandering to the voting public. Now that he has come out in
full support of changing marriage, he's at least being honest. But we as
Democrats need to strengthen the political hand of fellow party people
who believe in traditional values. Think how far Democrats who
support gun rights have come in the past two decades.
We don't want openly gay people serving in the military.
We don't want school textbooks presenting gay relationships as normal.
We don't want the feminization of boys/men to continue in our
entertainment culture.
We don't want gay rights groups taking the banner of civil rights.
We dont' want gay marriage.
We can work to make sure all people are treated fairly in every situation
without making false equations between African Americans and homosexuals.
People are defined as gay by virtue of sexual behavior. The government
has the right to regulate behavior. If it doesn't then that would attack
the basis for most of our laws.
I want the millions of Democrats who agree to take back our party
from the activists who are controlling the levers of power.
Don't allow them to control the language, and bully you into silence.
You don't have to support gay rights just because you're a democrat.
You don't have to be quiet because many of them support the rest
of the Democratic agenda. We need a truly progressive agenda that is
good for America.That means not only supporting traditional marriage,
but making it better and stronger.
Craig Farmer
making the word, "liberal" safe again!
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