May 05, 2004 09:19
my mother received a letter yesterday in the mail from Dr. James Dobson and his group, Focus on the Family. the envelope stated "Traditional Marriage in the Balance. knowing that James Dobson was a big time christian author i chose to read it....and got a little upset.
Dear Friends,
i write to you today with a profound sense of concern and apprehension for the welfare of the family, and indeed, for the future of our nation...
James Dobson wrote this atrocious newsletter to his fellow 'saved' demanding the halt of social acceptance for gay marriages. Stating that "this was a time for concerted prayer, divine wisdom and greater courage than we have ever been called upon to exercise."
This right-wing conservative christian boldly judges that "The homosexual activist movement has sought to implement a master plan that has had as its centerpiece the utter destruction of the family...goals include...discrediting the scriptures that condemn sexuality...granting of special privileges and rights in the law, overturning laws prohibiting pedophilia...and securing all the legal benifits of marriage for any two or more people who claim to have homosexual tendencies."
This is a complete outrage! How can one group declare their morals as absolute truth, and demand constitutional [special] privileges when in this country all persons are SUPPOSED TO BE constitutionally equal. Focus on the Family, or to be more politically correct, Fundamental Christians, have used America long enough as a personal institution for their faulty and hypocritical doctrines.
Not only does Mr. Dobson have the audacity to demand the return of his first amendment rights [one thing we have in common actually] but his dramatic and repetative claim for the restoration of the 'Traditional American Family' established by our aforsaid 'founding fathers' is blatently ignorant.
Imagine if you will, what would happen if we, a progressive modern society, returned to the days of our so-called founding fathers. We would find ourselves within a culture filled with the social acceptance of incestual rape, domestic violence, racism, slavery, and the everyday degradation of women to animals.
i must disagree with this christian 'scholar', in that while our founding fathers reverted to some good...they didn't watch too much tv...and wrote our corruptable err'd constituation that in true form only benifits the white male. And so i highly doubt that they followed in line with this Traditional family fantasy.
just a side note but i happen to think that what Mr. Dobson has in mind is not our 'founding fathers' at all but a 1950s patriarchy. Ever read The Handmaids Tale?
This newsletter both angered and challanged me. time and time again, dobson questions his followers "how can we stop the imperious courts and rogue local officials from overriding the will of the people, who continue to oppose homosexual marriage by a wide margin?" Not that i agree with mr. dobson in that the public doesn't favor gay marriage 'by a wide margin', but my challange is to inform the public of the truth. Homophobia and religios bigotry has no place in modern society. where as everyone has a right to their own personal beliefs, to practice them how they want [marry who they want] without the concern of our government favoring christian morals.
if you read all this i'm impressed. but i was pretty pissed off today.
time for work...i get off at 8.
p.s. i apologize for the spelling errors.