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Gay marriage and other hot issues force us all to choose Date published: 7/26/2004
In Richard Amrhine's commentary on July 18 ["Whose Business Is It?" ], he delights in being the host and only contestant on this make-believe show. That's fine if a parody, but he was serious about the issues such as gay marriage, stem-cell research, "right-to-die," school vouchers, and the war in Iraq. These, plus abortion, are among the hottest issues of the upcoming election. They are all questions of morality to which all voters must take a stance, then choose the candidate who will best influence the people, Congress, and the courts toward the highest moral principles. In Amrhine's game-show world, he would have us believe it is not our business to deal with these issues. That sounds like a diversion tactic used to undermine these issues, because he knows that they are vital to shaping the world to come. To defend the amoral side, it is typical that those of that ilk counter with the "keep the religious argument out of the equation" viewpoint. The problem with that is that if there is no foundation in truth, then anything goes. And anything seems to be going already. What the president is trying to do is to put his heel in the drain, to prevent this once-great society from being totally flushed away. Of course, it's government's business, just as every law ever written. It's everyone's business. And we all ought to be in the business of seeing and acting on what Providence would have us do. I ask, what would your words be if you were placed in front of Jesus Christ, and he asked why you voted to allow homosexuals to make a mockery of marriage? Would you equivocate, and say "well, uh, you see Lord, it's a technicality, since they really wouldn't be, uh, marrying in a 'holy' way, in like a church? I see clearly now, but at the time, I was thinking, who am I to criticize." And the Lord just might say, did you ever really look at my instruction book? It's time to choose sides folks. Which side are you on? John Giannico Spotsylvania
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