Dear Editor,
I have a few things to say in response to the views on gay marriage posted in this week’s edition of the East Tennesean.
The writer of that article has claimed that he “is tired of the minority getting everything they want, and the majority getting crapped on.” In what way is the majority getting crapped on by being asked to allow freedom and rights to everyone in this country, rather than discriminate because of their own religious doctrine?
“If, in His original creation of humans, God had created two persons of the same sex, there would not be a human race in existence today.” Well, it takes two heterosexuals to create one homosexual. Both heterosexuals and homosexuals exist in this world today and the human race has not died out or become endangered yet.
Mr. Blessing made it clear in his article that he was not out to hate gays and lesbians, yet he said, “The whole idea of two persons of the same sex marrying is absurd, unsound, ridiculous and unreasonable. A clergyman might bless a homosexual marriage but God won’t.”
This sounds like judgment to me at the very least. How can Mr. Blessing presume to know what God’s decision will be in anything?
I once heard a quote that said, “You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all of the same people you do.”
It seems to me that Mr. Blessing is secure in this assumption.
Marriage is also a social construction dictated by the so-called “privileged group” to suit their own needs, along with religion.
If marriage is so sanctified, then why is there such a high divorce rate? I don’t hate Mr. Blessing because he doesn’t agree with my lifestyle.
I am not living my life for the approval of others, but for the purposes of being true to who I am.
I’m not asking for anyone to approve of me or like me, but I am asking for the same freedom and rights as others in a country that claims that “all men are created equal,” yet, all people are not treated equally.
Audrea Evans

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