Oh brother.notorious_oitAugust 25 2004, 22:15:30 UTC
Won't someone PLEASE think of the children? Give me a break.
This letter was in the Oregonian today.
Where's the sanctity?
Some people claim that same-sex marriage threatens the institution of true marriage between a man and a woman and deprives children of proper role models. However, an example of the "sanctity of marriage" and of well-disciplined children appeared on the front page of Saturday's paper, headlined, "Two plead guilty to letting dog maul their children."
It may be an extreme case, a rare one, but it is only degrees away from the hundreds of cases of violent marriages and of the neglected and abused children in such households. The problems will continue despite any ill-conceived and bigoted amendment to our constitution.
Hey, that person who wrote the letter is obviously an uber-conservative but she is right when she says that it's better for kids to be raised by parents of both sexes. Right now, the societal standard is for a mother and a father, or at the very least, a mother. It is not generally viewed as acceptable for two gay men to raise a child, for example, because of the stigma still attached to homosexuals by people like the writer of the letter
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If people dont push the envelope, society wont grow. Americans are unfortunately a rather lazy people when it comes to social organization. Americans as a general consensus hate change
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This letter was in the Oregonian today.
Where's the sanctity?
Some people claim that same-sex marriage threatens the institution of true marriage between a man and a woman and deprives children of proper role models. However, an example of the "sanctity of marriage" and of well-disciplined children appeared on the front page of Saturday's paper, headlined, "Two plead guilty to letting dog maul their children."
It may be an extreme case, a rare one, but it is only degrees away from the hundreds of cases of violent marriages and of the neglected and abused children in such households. The problems will continue despite any ill-conceived and bigoted amendment to our constitution.
THERESA ENROTH Southwest Portland
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ignorance is bliss isn't it?
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And yeah, it's shame you lot are all morons, but... ;)
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