THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume XII, Issue # 151, August 8, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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THERE'S NOTHING GAY ABOUT BEING GAY
By Alan Caruba
HOMOSEXUALITY, HETEROSEXUALITY, & THE NATURE & PROPER FUNCTION OF MARRIAGE IN HUMAN SOCIETY:
NATURE, HETEROSEXUALITY, MARRIAGE, & PROPAGATION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES -- MARRIAGE AS ESSENTIAL TO THE
PRESERVATION OF HUMAN SOCIETY -- MARRIAGE IN JUDEO-CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES: LEGAL DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE AS A SOCIAL & SEXUAL UNION BETWEEN A MAN & A WOMAN, CREATING KINSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO
MARITAL PARTNERS -- AMERICAN STATE CONSTITUTIONAL BANS ON MARRIAGE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SAME SEX
-- THE GROWING MOVEMENT AMONG MILITANT HOMOSEXUALS TO CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRE A REDEFINITION &
REVISION OF THE TRADITIONAL JUDEO-CHRISTIAN MODEL OF MARRIAGE -- HOW JUDICIAL ACTIVISM FURTHERS THIS
MOVEMENT
FULL STORY:
There are two topics I generally try to avoid discussing. Number one on the list is homosexuality. Number two is most things
having to do with religion, although it is impossible to ignore it in a world where a militant Islam is causing so much conflict.
I would avoid examining gay “marriage” if I could, but the gay and lesbian community will not let me.
With seven decades of life under my belt, I have had plenty of time to learn about homosexuality, know homosexuals, and to
have arrived at some conclusions about it. My basic conclusion is that homosexuality is hard-wired into an individual at
birth. It is not, in my opinion, a lifestyle option one learns about and decides to choose.
Those who discover their homosexuality, early or late, know well that it positions them outside the acceptance of our society
and those worldwide. As such, it is a cause of much abuse and, to varying degrees, self-hatred.
The three monotheistic religions made it clear in their sacred texts that homosexuality is a sin, but that is a matter of belief. On
a strictly physiological basis, nature ordains that there are two sexes, male and female, and they exist for the propagation of
the species. That’s why marriage is regarded as essential to any society.
Since homosexuals must function within our society, one might reasonably assume they would accept society’s need to
maintain marriage as between a man and a woman, but, among militant homosexuals, there has been a growing movement to
require a redefinition of this ancient model.
This brings us to the decision by a federal judge to overturn California’s Proposition 8, calling for a state constitutional ban
on gay marriage. Proposition 8 was approved by voters by a margin of 52 percent in favor versus 48 percent who opposed it.
The majority of states in the American federal union have laws recognizing marriage as between members of the opposite
sex.
What makes Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision questionable, beyond issues of the law, is a factor noted in
a Washington Times article that reported: “The Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle have
both reported that Judge Walker’s sexuality, though he is not ‘out,’ is an open secret in California gay and legal circles.”
As such, he should have recused himself from the case.
The American judicial system has been poisoned by activist judges.
The campaign for Proposition 8 raised $39.9 million for it and against it $43.3 million. It became the highest-funded campaign
on any state ballot, surpassing every campaign in the nation in spending, except for the presidential contest.
I have not known that many happy homosexuals. I have known those who have made their personal peace with the fact that
they exist in an area outside general public approval.
Putting aside the link between homosexuality and AIDS, such studies as have been undertaken have generally concluded
that being homosexual increases one’s potential for a variety of bad lifestyle choices.
The debate about gay marriage is not about civil rights, and certainly not about the equal rights clauses in the federal
constitutional amendments which were adopted following the Civil War to ensure that newly enfranchised black citizens
received formerly denied protections. The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified on December 6, 1865, bans slavery. The
Fourteenth Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. Neither applies to homosexuality.
I began by saying that the gay and lesbian community will not let me ignore the issue of gay marriage. This holds true, as
well, for the majority of the population which is overwhelmingly heterosexual and must contend with the issue.
It seems to me that the issue does little other than to inflame the fears and prejudices of the majority for no good purpose.
How and why the term “gay” came to be applied to homosexuals I do not know. I do know that its former meaning, one of
happiness, does not apply to the way many homosexuals feel about themselves, nor the way the more militant among them
continue to test and abuse the tolerance of the greater heterosexual society in which they live.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Marriage, Family, & Society
Science, Ethics, & Human Health:
Human Health & Public Policy
Alan Caruba writes a daily post at http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com. An author, commentator and business and science writer,
he is the Founder of the National Anxiety Center, a clearinghouse for information about "scare campaigns" designed to influence
public opinion and public policy.
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