Voting Tuesday

On Tuesday voters will be asked if they want gay marriage to be the law of the land - if yes, vote "NO". If you do not want gay marriage, vote "Yes" to REJECT the current law that allows it.

One fellow, who writes for the very leftist Huffington Post writes, "But in Maine, the proponents of same-sex marriage seem to have been listening to the message mavens. Their advertising is neurologically canny. To start with, the commercials are sponsored by an organization called "ProtectMaineEquality.org." Those are three coruscating words that trigger a wave of positive emotions. Absent entirely: "gay" or "same sex."

In other words, the out-of-state crowd pushing gay marriage are using trickery and deceit to play on our emotions. I find that belittling. It's like they don't think Maine folks can actually think, or that they believe Mainers can easily be swayed into tossing out their beliefs.

Here is my personal opinion - the argument is phony right out of the gate. Gay marriage has absolutely nothing to do with equality, or being fair. I know this because of a few points:

1) Gays in civil unions have all the same legal RIGHTS under the law, regardless of whether or not they are "married".

2) Marriage is not, and never has been, a "right" for anyone. Rights cannot be licensed nor regulated, yet marriage is both. It is a PRIVILEGE, not a right - like driving. Proponents of gay marriage know this, but try to deceive us into thinking it is a right.

3) Marriage is, by its origin, a religious rite. The states took it over (in violation of the separation of church and state) in order to regulate it, and license it for legal reasons. But it is, in essence, a rite that unites two persons in the eyes of God, with His blessing.

Since in most religions God finds homosexuality to be an abomination (Leviticus 18:22), gays cannot unite with God's blessings, so marriage is not appropriate.

HOWEVER...

Gays still have every right to expect to be TREATED the same way as everyone else, and be allowed to legally unite as a couple and enjoy all the same rights as married persons. And Civil Unions do just that. The two types of union are equal under the law.

But the proponents of gay marriage are not interested in equality - they want more! They want to invade marriage in order to LEGITIMIZE homosexuality, and make it more acceptable. It is a blatant attack on religion.

Looking at it another way, let us take another "sin" from the Bible, such as "Thou shalt not steal." And thieves, wanting to live as they please, make a concerted effort for equality - to be allowed to pursue their own happiness by making thievery acceptable in the eyes of society. First they minimize the evil of theft. Then they batter us incessantly, through the media, with messages about equality, until we become numb and desensitized. Then when they have desensitized us to stealing, they push to make it legal.

Same thing, exactly. And what's next - legalize adultery? Murder? Drug dealing? Legalizing gay marriage is only the "foot in the door". Make no mistake about it. Those on the left have made no secret of the fact that they want to live by one rule - "if it feels good, do it." Start with pushing religion out of schools and public places. Then push gay marriage. Then amnesty for illegals. Legalize drugs (already being done) and prostitution. And, through Nambla and the ACLU they are beginning to fight for the "right" to molest children over the age of 12.

So, what is the answer? That's really quite simple, but the proponents of gay marriage don't like it because it limits them, and opponents of gay marriage don't like it because they are selfish. But it is the only solution that makes perfect sense, and is fair to all.

First, defeat the law that allows wholesale gay marriage, sanctioned by the state by VOTING on Tuesday and voting "YES" on 1. Then, pass a law that leaves it up to the individual churches. Allow gays to marry, but only if their church - the church they attend - is OK with performing the ceremony.

In this way, gay marriage is ALLOWED, but is not a RIGHT. In addition, if a church allows it for members of its congregation, then that is between them and their God, and they (and only they) will have to answer to God for it. It does not affect anyone else's relationship with their Creator. It does not affect me, or you, in any way - unless we also belong to that church. If you belong to such a church, and you feel homosexuality is an abomination, then you are obviously in the wrong church - find another.

Simple.

The question on the ballot is bogus. The question is not whether gays should be allowed to marry. It should be whether or not we should leave it up to the individual churches, because marriage is a religious rite, not a State's Right. As such, each church should make its own choice whether or not they will allow their gay members to wed.

It is not a state issue. It is not the state's business. It is not your business, nor mine. It is God's business. Everyone - including the state - should bugger out of it.

But we cannot do that unless and until we vote "YES on 1" come Tuesday. Then we can begin to address this in a sane manner, and tell the state that it's not for them to decide this. It's for the churches to decide, each according to their own beliefs.

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