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Yes on Prop. 8 Saves Marriage
By Rocky Domingo
Proposition 8, offered to California voters next Tuesday, November 4, presents us with an unprecedented opportunity to put our values into action and protect the institution of marriage. In 2000, many of us voted to keep the definition of marriage between a man and a woman, not allowing gay marriage in our state. In fact, 61% of Californians voted that way. Earlier this year, four judges in San Francisco decided, against the expressed will of the people, that gay marriage is legal in California. They overruled our decision and told us that they know what is best for our state.
Now we have the opportunity to make our opinion heard. This time, adding language to the state Constitution and out of the reach of activist judges. We believe in marriage as it has always been—between one man and one woman and for the purpose of loving each other and creating a loving family. We are asked to vote Yes on Prop. 8 to protect this understanding of marriage in California law. Prop. 8, the California Marriage Protection Amendment, reads, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” That is the entire proposition. If you agree, vote Yes on Prop. 8.
If Prop. 8 does not pass and the court’s decision stands, public schools will be required to teach students that same sex marriage is the same as traditional marriage, starting in kindergarten. You may have seen advertisements in which the anti-Prop. 8 spokespersons disagree with this, but do not be misled. It is true. Already, a first grade class in San Francisco was taken out of school for a field trip to attend a lesbian wedding! And in Hawyard, Kindergartners were asked to participate in “Gay Day” and were taught to be “allies” to gay marriage. Those in our state who would see the destruction of marriage are indoctrinating our children early and confusing the values we teach them at home.
We all work so hard to teach our children our faith and our values. We teach them our faith and traditions, we ensure they have a good education, we provide a safe and loving home. We certainly do not want someone else teaching them what to believe about marriage. We want our children to understand that marriage is sacred and it is important to the unity of families and the entire society. We need to fight for our rights as parents to teach our children our own values and beliefs about marriage.
The Catholic Church, the Mormon church and many Evangelical churches have joined together to teach Californians about Prop. 8 and encourage all people to vote Yes on Prop. 8. Our faith traditions, as well as the traditions of every culture on earth, value marriage and its ability to create stable, loving homes for children. All children deserve to have a mother and a father.
Some opponents of Prop. 8 claim that we are trying to take away rights of gays. That is simply not true. Under California law, gay couples already have all of the same rights as married couples. We are only protecting the understanding of marriage—telling the world that marriage is different than any other relationship. It is critical to a strong society and to all children.
It’s time to stand up for marriage between one man and one woman. Let us put our faith and our beliefs into action and vote Yes on Prop. 8.
http://protectmarriage.com/
Yes on Proposition 8 (PDF) - OO, Ang Iboto sa Proposisyon 8 (PDF) - Si Por La Propocicion 8 (PDF)
By: Rocky Domingo
Chair, Religion Department, Bishop Amat Memorial High School
Member, Archdiocese of Los Angeles Peace & Justice Commission
Parishioner, St. Lorenzo Ruiz Catholic Church
Please consider the following consequences if Yes on Prop. 8 loses.
1. Children in public schools will have to be taught that same-sex marriage is just as good as traditional marriage. The California Education Code already requires that health education classes instruct children about marriage. (§51890)
Therefore, unless Proposition 8 passes, children will be taught that marriage is between any two adults regardless of gender. There will be serious clashes between the secular school system and the right of parents to teach their children their own values and beliefs.
2. Churches may be sued over their tax exempt status if they refuse to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their religious buildings open to the public. Ask whether your pastor, priest, minister, bishop, or rabbi is ready to perform such marriages in your chapels and sanctuaries.
3. Religious adoption agencies will be challenged by government agencies to give up their long-held right to place children only in homes with both a mother and a father. Catholic Charities in Boston already closed its doors in Massachusetts because courts legalized same-sex marriage there.
4. Religions that sponsor private schools with married student housing may be required to provide housing for same-sex couples, even if counter to church doctrine, or risk lawsuits over tax exemptions and related benefits.
5. Ministers who preach against same-sex marriages may be sued for hate speech and risk government fines. It already happened in Canada , a country that legalized gay marriage. A recent California court held that municipal employees may not say: “traditional marriage,” or “family values” because, after the same-sex marriage case, it is “hate speech.”
6. It will cost you money. This change in the definition of marriage will bring a cascade of lawsuits, including some already lost (e.g., photographers cannot now refuse to photograph gay marriages, doctors cannot now refuse to perform artificial insemination of gays even given other willing doctors). Even if courts eventually find in favor of a defender of traditional marriage (highly improbable given today’s activist judges), think of the money - your money - that will be spent on such legal battles.
So let’s vote YES on Proposition 8!
http://protectmarriage.com/
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eh, i voted no. who are we to judge what our homosexual sisters and brothers do? funny how religious people preach about loving one another and how we should tolerate one another but when it comes to homosexuality it’s a big disgrace, it’s wrong, etc. hypocrites.
Points 1-5: How are any of these a bad thing and how is any of this gonna hurt anyone, except the twisted hypocritical self-righteous morals of some fanatics?
Point 6: It’s only going to cost money for people subscribing to the description of the earlier points.
This is one of the most closed minded articles I’ve read in a while.
A Start:
How *dare* you suggest we should teach about the world as it is instead of presenting an illusion to our children.
Your message of love just isn’t gonna fly here, buddy.
Two consenting adults have *NO RIGHT* to parade around openly enjoying a freedom of choice, even if the only impact is has outside the relationship is forcing people to be tolerant.
Don’t get me wrong, tolerance is a great thing for RELIGION, age, gender, race, and national origin, BUT NOT SEXUALITY!
Our only hope to eliminate this scourge of homosexuality is to make sure children with these tendencies understand that *OUR* view is the only right way for *THEM* to live *THEIR* lives, that their urges are un-natural, and that they are headed for a life of sin!
All children are born straight! Homosexuality is a sin, and god would never create a child with sin in his nature (with the exception of Adam and the rest of mankind).
If there exists this “homosexual child”, he/she should have *NO RIGHT* to know there are others out there like him. Only through making him/her feel alone and an outcast of society can we purge him/her of his/her terrible sin…
THE WORLD IS FLAT! VOTE YES ON PROP 8!
Good job Rocky. Don’t bother with all the crap spewed out by A Start, Riflelessman and the no on 8. They have nothing better to do than bully people who don’t agree with their views.
“… no on 8. They have nothing better to do than bully people who don’t agree with their views.” –Peter
I agree, proposition 8 is an offensive chartered by people have nothing better to do than bully people who don’t agree with their views.
YES on PROPOSITION 8!
YES on PROPOSITION 8!
YES on PROPOSITION 8!
Please be reminded of these important points:
1. God loves all people regardless of race, creed or social stature.
(John 3:16)
2. But all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)
3. God abhors all types of sin, including homosexuality. (1
Corinthians 6:9)
4. Because God loves us, He sent us His Son Jesus to save us from the
penalty of all these sins. (Romans 5:8)
5. God calls us all to repentance and newness of life in Christ. (1
John 1:9, 2 Corinthians 5:17)
6. Marriage was instituted by God as a sacred institution between a
MAN and a WOMAN.
a. This was His Creative Intent (Genesis 2:20-23)
b. This was His Institutional Intent (Gen. 2:24)
c. This was His Contextual Intent - All throughout the Bible every
marriage has been between a man and a woman.
d. This was His Spiritual Intent - (Ephesians 5:22-33)
Please remember - this is not merely a political problem, it is a
spiritual attack. We love all men and women including, gays and
lesbians. They, like all other sinners, like us, need the salvation
that only Jesus can offer. The reason they are so insistent to
include their behavior under the term marriage is because they are
hungry for acceptance! There is an emptiness in them that only God
can fill! They are under the deception of the enemy that God can
change the definition of marriage to accommodate their sinful
behavior. We must not condemn the people but we must lovingly lead
them to the truth. At the same time, as believers we cannot condone
their actions and their agenda to change the morality of our government.
Remember, we battle not against the flesh. This is the same spirit
that attacked the faith by convincing the government to legalize
abortion! Let us not allow this spirit to legalize homosexuality!
Let us stand up for our faith! For our God, and for His Word!
Rod you really don’t want to go there…
“Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother. But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He took his life also.” (Genesis 38:8-10)
“And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.” (Numbers 31.15-18)
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10. 34-37)
Being a good christian I’m sure you know these verses go on and on. If you were going to respond that these things are supposed to be taken metaphorically, not literally, I say the same applies to the verses you quoted. But lets not bicker about this issue since it has already been settled:
“Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6l)
So no, he did not mean them to be taken metaphorically or with a subtext.
PinoyWired? Would that be like a cultural thing? Like HispanicWired or AfricanWired? Then what would happen if we were voting to limit who YOU could take to the courthouse for a marriage license? Read some history. How dare you NOT understand discrimination is discrimination, be it against philipinos or homosexuals if it affects equal rights. We can’t even pass an amendment to state WOMEN have equal rights in this country. Wake up haters. I don’t care if you think homosexuality is against your god’s policy, but wake up here, we are talking about civil rights and responsibility. Stop lying to yourself and everyone around you. THINK ABOUT IT. I have been with my spouse for 10 years with or without a license or title or permission. What an enormous waste of time, energy, and resources you have created with your thoughtless campaign. You hurt me and I do not trust you any longer.
Statement on Proposition 8 Passing
by Ron Prentice, Chairman of ProtectMarriage.com – Yes on 8
SACRAMENTO - This is a great day for marriage. The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution. We are gratified that voters chose to protect traditional marriage and to enshrine its importance in the state constitution. We trust that this decision will be respected by all Californians.
The Yes on Proposition 8 campaign has been the single largest, most powerful grassroots movement in the history of American ballot initiative campaigns. We raised approximately $40 million from over 70,000 individual contributors. We recruited the active support of over 100,000 volunteers who gave tirelessly of their time and energies to our cause. We could not have won without them! These dedicated volunteers have visited millions of homes, made millions of phone calls, distributed over one million yard signs and displayed one million bumper strips. The silent majority is alive and well in California.
Proposition 8 has always been about restoring the traditional definition of marriage. It doesn’t discriminate or take rights away from anyone. Gay and lesbian domestic partnerships will continue to enjoy the same legal rights as married spouses. Our coalition has no plans to seek any changes in that law.
While it will take a few weeks to finish counting all the votes, Proposition 8 takes effect at midnight tonight. Just as it was before the Supreme Court’s ruling, only marriage between a man and a woman will be valid or recognized in California, regardless of when or where performed.
This has been a hard-fought campaign on both sides. Now that the people of California have decided this issue, we hope there can be a healing among all and a continued respect for the diverse views that have been expressed during this campaign.
The outcome of this race is being closely followed in every state in the nation, and in countries throughout the world. California’s vote in favor of traditional marriage should give the silent majority comfort that they do have a voice and can and should stand up for this precious institution in legislatures throughout the world. Marriage is between a man and a woman.