This subject has nothing but dynamite attached to it…..but the party of “family values” is losing its hold on the term. Repub after Repub is caught in the act of marital infidelity, so how can they keep spouting the crap they spout?
Attorney Evan Wolfson has made some very compelling observations:
Wolfson doesn’t believe the central issue is Sanford’s infidelity. “It’s his abuse of power, his hypocrisy and his dereliction of public duty.” He paints all the “family values” politicians who commit marital infidelities with the same brush.
“They are all self-proclaimed moral crusaders who demonize and discriminate against some of their constituents because they’re gay and then turn around and flout the so-called morality that they invoked against gay people,” he said. “To me, the really unpardonable part is not their personal failings; it’s their political and policy choices that turn out to be so hypocritical and destructive.”
So, then, why do social conservatives insist on linking marriage and religion when same-sex marriage advocates are not asking that religious institutions must marry lesbians and gays, Wolfson says there are really two different groups at play:
He believes that there are some among the opposition who are truly “theocratic” and would like to impose on others their biblically derived laws in defiance of the U.S. Constitution. But others use religion as an excuse because they are still uncomfortable with gay people and conflicted about the freedom to marry.
How, then can marriage equality advocates use the “family values” politicians committing marital indiscretions to their advantage? “I think that their hypocrisy speaks for itself and helps move the case for legalization forward,” Wolson said. “Because many of them have been the bomb-throwing leaders of the anti-gay campaign, every time one of them is taken out it allows for the fair-minded to think anew and move in the right direction.”
Advocates aren’t just sitting by watching the conservative hypocrites self-destruct. They are reaching out to those who are religious and remain on the fence about supporting same-sex marriage.
I really hate to be a buzz kill….but the religious right will not get off the marriage thing…no matter how many of their “flock” stray.
It seems that most of the response is from the gay community–which leads me to believe that they are fearful of their position as far as the Constitution,the BIBLE, and the Christian majority in the America are really endorsing! My question to You is “Why do You chose to go against everything that is morally right and has historicaly brought doom on those that chose that abominational path??????????It blows my mind when a MAN and a WOMAN that were created for each other and GOD put His seal of approval on their relationship is perverted to the extent of a MAN and MAN , a WOMAN and WOMAN type of union ! I’m appalled and downright disgusted when I see this in daily life and I can only imagine how GOD feels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Larry….thanx for the visit….from a purely philosophical point of view…morals are an invention of society…..but from, there your opinion is well documented by many…but please tell me how does a gay marriage destroy the sanctity of the institution? My thought is what they do or do not do is between them and the government should remove itself from interfering into a private life.