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My two cents over all NC amendment.
13 years ago
First off, it's so good to be back home. A nice well-deserved break after completion of my first full year of grad school. One of the first things I did was to sit down with my grandma who's been having a rough time of it health-wise but she seems to be doing better now, We had a nice talk n' one of the things discussed was Obama's lending his support to gay marriage n' the whole NC amendment deal. She actually shared my stance on all this. A stance I doubt will be fully appreciated...by either side on the issue.
As a Christian, I recognize marriage as one thing n' one thing only. That being the union between one man and one woman. That is how I will always recognize it no matter what anyone tells me. I feel however though that this amending constitutions to define what is a legally recognized marriage is a waste of time n' effort needed on more important things n' does nothing but to cause such massive rifts that more vilify my faith than support it. I've been giving this a lot of thought in the past few years n' I have decided that, you know what...let em have it. Let homosexuals get a legally recognized marriage n' live happily ever if they like. There is however one stipulation I bring up.
You see there are many who like to bring up separation of church n' state to argue against the church having any influence on laws of state. This however is a two-way street. Just as the church has no place in making state law, the state has no right to force churches to perform same-sex marriages. In no way should government do anything to coerce churches into this be it threatening their tax-exempt status or other ways. Not saying that this is being done now (that I know of). Just saying that any attempt to force churches would be, you guessed it, violation of separation of church n' state.
Bottom line is I'm just sick n' tired of all this. I'm not one for animosity n' all I see of late is more n' more of it. I am a Christian. I believe in the sanctity of marriage. I shouldn't have to apologize for that. N' I want apologize for it. Folks don't have to agree with my stance but I'm not gonna change my faith. It's gotten me through way too much in my life.
As a Christian, I recognize marriage as one thing n' one thing only. That being the union between one man and one woman. That is how I will always recognize it no matter what anyone tells me. I feel however though that this amending constitutions to define what is a legally recognized marriage is a waste of time n' effort needed on more important things n' does nothing but to cause such massive rifts that more vilify my faith than support it. I've been giving this a lot of thought in the past few years n' I have decided that, you know what...let em have it. Let homosexuals get a legally recognized marriage n' live happily ever if they like. There is however one stipulation I bring up.
You see there are many who like to bring up separation of church n' state to argue against the church having any influence on laws of state. This however is a two-way street. Just as the church has no place in making state law, the state has no right to force churches to perform same-sex marriages. In no way should government do anything to coerce churches into this be it threatening their tax-exempt status or other ways. Not saying that this is being done now (that I know of). Just saying that any attempt to force churches would be, you guessed it, violation of separation of church n' state.
Bottom line is I'm just sick n' tired of all this. I'm not one for animosity n' all I see of late is more n' more of it. I am a Christian. I believe in the sanctity of marriage. I shouldn't have to apologize for that. N' I want apologize for it. Folks don't have to agree with my stance but I'm not gonna change my faith. It's gotten me through way too much in my life.
I think everyone has a right as a human being to be with someone that makes them happy and have a purpose in life. I think everyone should be respected for that too.
I agree that church and state /definitely/ need to be separated. I think the government should stay out of marriage completely and let churches have it. It would be neat (in my opinion) to see churches who would issue both straight and gay marriages. I think marriage should remain only a symbol of love and never a political issue. I think it's just dumb to be arguing over definitions of words when we could just let it go and let people do what they want with the person they choose to spend the rest of their lives with :I