tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551642360863212487.post502196591112862854..comments2008-11-07T10:55:46.145-08:00Comments on All the Letters Not Fit To Print: Prop. 8 Supporters HarassedJamie Gruberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279036541225238676noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551642360863212487.post-1481035169443811552008-10-12T17:50:00.000-07:002008-10-12T17:50:00.000-07:00Respectfully sirs (and/or ma'ms), who would Je...Respectfully sirs (and/or ma'ms), who would Jesus abolish from the marriage altar?<BR/><BR/>Not all the liberals live in Berkeley, and not all of them are intolerant. I don't like liberal fanatics any more than fanatics of any other kind... but:<BR/><BR/>I am a heterosexual woman in my 40's, who hopes to marry my long-term boyfriend soon. I cannot see how anyone else's desire to marry and spend a lifetime with another person infringes my own happiness & rights.<BR/><BR/>I do not intend to have children, so how can I base the right to marry on anyone else's inability to have children?<BR/><BR/>Solomon had many wives, and God did not object but made him prosper, so how can I state that He meant for marriage to be between "one man and one woman"? And what then of devout Mormons? They are Christian too.<BR/><BR/>Our Constitution guarantees the right to pursue happiness. Isn't the sacred institution of marriage and family the basis of so much of our personal happiness?<BR/><BR/>Think about it - how would, right this moment, a gay person marrying affect you? Are you going to pay more taxes? No. Are they going to steal your sweetheart? No. Are they going to "convert" your child? Actually, no - your child would have another example that, no matter who people are and what kind of people they like, it's a natural human desire to live in a faithful, committed life-long relationship. Preventing gay people from marrying will not make them go away. It will just keep it easier for us to point our fingers at them as "sinners". I don't need that kind of prop for my own beliefs. Do you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057370438138003631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551642360863212487.post-83437703758758893142008-10-08T14:01:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:01:00.000-07:00It is truly amazing what some people engage in in ...It is truly amazing what some people engage in in the name of "tolerance". This was a great article.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409740378011990132noreply@blogger.com