Monday, October 24, 2005

WHERE TO PUT YOUR FAITH

“May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.”

(Psalm 20:4-7)

QUOTATIONS FOR THE DAY

“Find out what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them…”

(Frederick Douglass)

"Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.”

“I will prepare; and someday, my chance will come.”

(Abraham Lincoln)

GOVERNOR SAYS SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAW
IS “SO IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMY”

Listeners to Willy Ritch’s radio talk show on WGAN on Saturday morning could hardly believe their ears when Governor John Baldacci said in a live radio interview that the need for a Creative Economy is why “it is so important not to repeal the anti-discrimination law.” The Governor then went on to explain that Maine must become “a more welcoming and diverse society” comprised of “talent, technology, and tolerance.”

The “Creative Economy,” is the brainchild of Pittsburgh economist, Richard Florida, who invented the “Gay Index” and the “Bohemian Index” as predictors of economic success. In other words, cities and states with the highest number of homosexuals are the economically most successful.  Professor Richard Florida ranks San Francisco as the city with the number one “Creative Economy.”

During the interview, radio talk show host Willy Ritch told the Governor that he “thought the Governor’s plan was silly at first,” but has now changed his mind.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS
GAY-RIGHTS PUNDIT SAYS

“Abolishing marriage is not an entirely far-fetched notion.”

Many members of the public are still unsure what effect the gay rights movement will have on marriage. Pro-family groups have repeatedly emphasized the fact that the ultimate goal of their movement is same-sex marriage, to be achieved incrementally. The response of the gay rights movement to this claim is usually one of scorn. The public, in general, reacts with disbelief.

Rather than repeat our claim that same-sex marriage is the ultimate goal of the gay rights movement, we thought we would provide the public with what the leading thinker in the gay rights movement, Dr. Marvin Ellison, has to say on this subject. 

His views are set forth in a book entitled “‘Same-Sex Marriage’ a Christian Ethical Analysis.” Ellison, who is gay, and who teaches at Bangor Theological Seminary, is quoted in an online encyclopedia as saying that marriage should not  be limited to just two people, regardless of gender, because this sets up inequalities in rights for people involved in polyamorous relationships.

This quote from Ellison seems to be a paraphrase, since we cannot find these exact words in his book. However, Ellison does say the following verbatim in a section entitled “But should marriage be  abolished?” “Abolishing marriage as a legal institution is a provocative, but not an entirely far-fetched notion. The marital family is only one way to construct a family…. Not one, but a variety of family models deserve the community’s support.”

After pondering whether or not marriage should be abolished, Ellison concludes by saying that law and morality need to be revised so that society does not rely exclusively on marriage, but recognizes “intentionally diverse networks of people committed to each other’s well-being.”

Clearly then, in the words of the gay rights movement itself, the traditional definition of marriage is to be revised, and in essence, abandoned.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Same-Sex Marriage: “Let’s start the discussion now…”

Will gay rights proponents be content with the current sexual orientation law, or is Mike Heath correct when he says that the push for “gay marriage” will begin immediately if pro-gay rights groups are successful in upholding the current sexual orientation law?

In a column entitled “Time to Talk of Same-Sex Marriage” published in the Portland Press Herald on January 28, 2005, Betsy Smith, Executive Director of the state’s largest pro-gay rights lobbying group, Equality Maine, said the following, “It’s time for us to discuss the issue…So let’s start the discussion now.” Smith, and the co-author of the column, Mary Bonauto, a lesbian activist, went on to describe how gay and lesbian couples cannot gain certain rights without marriage. The column calls the denial of same-sex marriage rights through amending Maine’s constitution, “discrimination” and implies that same-sex marriage is a form of civil rights protection.