Posted On: October 26, 2006, 5:43 pm CDT

Posted By: Saddened Citizen

I never thought I would be called upon to defend an idea so basic as the idea that marriage is between a man and a woman.

The fact is that throughout history, healthy societies universally recognized that man and woman are meant to live together in monogamous unions and raise children, i.e. a family. This simple truth corresponds to the human heart, be that heart American, European, Asian, Middle Eastern or African. Homosexual union, particularly gay marriage, does not.

It is one of society's (and government's) primary tasks to foster and encourage the family. Society has an interest in fostering families and even regulating conduct that affects the family (e.g. laws re educating and providing health care for children).

What the court has done has been to impose a homosexual agenda masquerading it in the guise of rights. While the Courts have done marvelous things to defend civil rights, that doesn't mean the court is right every time it seeks to impose an agenda. A rights argument can be fashioned to promote anything. We have to make judgments using our hearts and minds to decide what is best, not just for me, or for gays, but for our culture, our society, which ultimately means our future.

I for one am going to stand up for what has worked for the past 4,000 years, the family. Maybe some will threaten to assign me to history's trash heap of bigots, but I'm not worried about that. I'd rather take a stand for preserving society, marriage and the traditional family, because I believe, based on history and tradition, that gay marriage is simply wrong.