Dear Editor,
In response to the letter from Mr. Benjamin Blessing, I have much to say but I will try to be brief.
Perhaps it would be good if Mr. Blessing would look up the word ‘democracy’ in his dictionary, and then look up the word ‘theocracy.’
Democracy, as defined by dictionary.com is: “Government by the people.”
Theocracy is defined as: “A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.”
Silly me. I was under the impression that our government is a democracy, NOT a theocracy.
While it is true that the U.S. Constitution is based on some Biblical principles, it was by no means intended to be the end-all authority, as can be seen by the governmental stance on adultery, fornication, drunkenness, slavery, gambling (which, ironically, is on the front page of the issue in which his letter appeared as a hot new craze on campus), etc.
Mr. Blessing already established that he is a heterosexual male. Probably he is also caucasian and has never been subjected to any discrimination for simply being what he is – a heterosexual male.
More than that, we should be entitled to equal rights without having to go to court to secure them for ourselves, yet ours are the rights that are being trampled on – not his.
If the majority did not tread on our rights on a daily basis, there would be no outcry from us; therefore he wouldn’t have to be concerned (or annoyed?) with our voices.
Mr. Blessing, just exactly how does allowing your closest friend to marry the one he loves, regardless of gender, ‘take the sanctity of your marriage and throw it in the dirt’? We are not asking for special rights, we are asking for equal rights: we simply want to marry that one special person that makes our heart flutter.
Last, but certainly not least, if marriage is a “divinely ordered institution,” then just exactly what is the government doing regulating it?
Perhaps it should be left up to the churches to decide whom they will marry.
Speaking for myself, my partner and I were ‘married’ in a church, yet the government does not recognize our union as being legal.
I’m sick, too, Mr. Blessing. However, I’m sick of having Christian principles thrown in my face as an excuse to deprive me of my right to be legally bound with the person I love when so many other so-called Christian principles have been thrown away as government deems it necessary.
You can’t have it both ways.
Which will it be?
Jollie Nightingale

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