As you guys all know, proposition 8, the defense of marriage act, passed in November and is currently being debated in the Supreme Court over whether it can be voided. I won't get into the technicalities of it all because it's too much legal stuff for me. But early indications are it might stand up. Meanwhile there is a new move to pass a proposition that would eliminate marriage altogether.
But meanwhile, if you haven't heard, those who have given money for the campaign are under assault. I assume you have already heard of churches being vandalized but I also know personally of a family that runs a creamery that has received death threats. Those in favor of proposition 8 have tried to keep the names of those who have donated private because of these threats to safety. Yet peoples' names have been released. Most recently, there has been a website put together that shows the place of residence of all the people who donated for the proposition 8 campaign.
Now why would they do that?
It's simply another attempt at intimidation and may possibly lead to real violence against people who are standing up for their right to free speech and more so an expression of the dignity of the family. The media does not cover this so are you keeping yourself informed? Do you know? And what are you doing? Because maybe you're next. Will you be willing to stand up for your faith, defend marriage or the dignity of the human person, when you might receive a death threat or worse? I'm not trying to scare you but simply point to the present situation in our society, most especially here in California. To be Catholic, to stand up for what you believe in, will not be easy. In fact, it may try you, test you, and bring you to the point of deciding between money, friends, and respect, and Jesus Christ.
I pray for your courage and strength, especially those in high school, and please pray for mine as well. We need the Holy Spirit more and more.
Please pray for these people who are so readily to throw aside tolerance and respect for others when it serves their own purpose and pray for the state of California that we may always be ready to preserve the state of marriage. Pray for all those involved. AMDG.
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The move to eliminate "marriage" from state law altogether is an interesting one... what is everyone's take on that?
Wow, so the white martyrdom begins?
I don't think the move to eliminate "marriage" will hold up, since those that were opposed to prop 8 weren't against "marriage" in the popular sense, but the traditional sense. They actually want to be "married" ya know? So I think they'll be pretty divided. At least I hope that's how it'll turn out :P
The new measure doesn't "Eliminate Marriage" it simply erases all laws regarding marriage on the books in California.
In other words, if you want to get married, it would be between you, your partner, your church, and your God (if applicable).
"The Power Invested In Me By The State Of ________" would be erased from all marital ceremonies would be gone.
This is actually how the US was set up for the first several dozen years. Marriage laws were first introduced in the states to prevent interracial marriage. Unfortunately, once the states began regulating marriage, they began doing a lot more with it than they should have been and it became more of a legal contract than a spiritual one.
Of course, California homosexuals will be able to do a wedding ceremony now... it's just that we have the choice to render the union void if we want to.
If the measure passes. I'm a conservative opposed to gay marriage, but I personally think this is the best approach for settling the issue in a way where we're not actually "oppressing" a person who happens to disagree with our God about sodomy.
Yeah Kevin I think by "marriage" Henry and I meant "marriage as defined by state law".
The question that I have, however is that many of the current fears both anticipatory and those realized in states like Massachusetts will still be real possibilities. For instance, if there is no distinction by law between domestic partnerships and marriage, on what legal basis can a Catholic adoption agency preferentially choose a heterosexual couple over a homosexual one? While perhaps religiously this perhaps allows freedom of practice, the fact of life is that freedom of religion only goes so far as state law allows. I am hesitant to say that this is a solution rather than simply a masked attempt to achieve the same goal. It is beginning to look like the same thing because legally it carries the same weight. The goal? Social acceptance by legal coercion.
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