Saturday, May 26, 2012

Thirty Days

It's been slightly more than thirty days since my last letter to the editor, which means that they can print one again.  So I sent them this:

It has been quite interesting lately reading various people's thoughts on what the Bible says regarding marriage, same sex and otherwise, and what Jesus did or didn't say about it, but I do have one question: public policy-wise, does it even matter?

As with every other issue, anyone can find something in 'the Bible' that at least apparently supports his or her position. Maybe this is why the founding fathers drafted a Constitution rather than just telling everybody to 'read your Bible.'  And why they make no references to 'God' or Jesus (or the Bible) in that Constitution.

We live in a constitutional democracy folks, and the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions both state that all citizens are to be treated as equals by their governments.  We don't have different sets of rights for different subsets of the citizenry.  So can we please keep that in mind as we discuss same-sex marriage and how to live up to our lofty ideals?

9 comments:

  1. NAC,
    You make a valid point so expect a lot of negative feedback.

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    1. Thanks, Mr. O. I live for feedback of all kinds. ; )

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  2. Yes, let's abide by the Ten Amendments (The Bill of Rights) and not so much the Ten Commandments.

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  3. Seems like some people confuse the Bible with the Constitution. Slowly changing,wish it would be faster.

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    1. Mike Huckabee tried to run on that, if I remember correctly. Didn't go over that well. ; )

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  4. Well written! I've never understood why the state has anything whatsoever to do with marriage in the first place. Civil unions are what the LEGAL name for marriage should be, and MARRIAGE is what the churches should call the ceremonies they perform. One has nothing to do with the other.

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  5. By the way, somehow your blog has avoided being listed in my "Signs of Intelligent Life" blogroll, a situation that has (no doubt) kept a lot of miscreants and misfits from finding your site. Sorry to say, that's about to change. You'll be listed as soon as I get home with your info, and before you know it these civil conversations will devolve into chaos, just like at Squatlo Rant...

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  6. Why thank you, Squat. I feel like I could handle a bit of chaos. So, as a very famous man once said, "Bring 'em on!"

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