Dear Editor,
I believe that many people migrated to this country because it once offered something called “tolerance.” I believe that this ideal of American society has been lost in recent years. Tolerance basically means that you do not persecute people who are different then you.
In this country homosexual partners do not have the same rights as heterosexual couples. They are being persecuted because they are different. If you believe that homosexual couples should not get married, that is fine, that is your opinion. It may be a prejudice opinion in my mind, but others may strongly believe in it’s correctness. One of the factors leading to the distruction of this union, is that many opinions are being transferred into laws.
This can never be a good thing because a true law, and a just law, is a law that everyone can agree to.
Many people would say that homosexuals are living a sinful life, and they should not be allowed to raise children because of this fact. They point to the Bible and it says homosexuals are committing a sin.
The problem with this is that many people see the Bible as nothing more then an out-dated history book. The Bible should not dictate our laws, it should only be a guide to improving your life and your relationship with God.
Many people who are against homosexuals getting married should also be fighting the “good” fight against pre-marital sex and masturbation. I would love to see a law or a constitutional amendment for one of those. After all, God certainly cannot agree with intercourse without government documentation, or wasting semen.
To you who would discriminate against homosexual partners, I would ask, “is your marriage going to lose it’s importance if Bob and Bill can tie the knot as well?” What does it matter to you if two men get married in Phoenix, Arizona? Are you going to lose sleep thinking about their adopted children being ridiculed because they have two daddies?
I do not understand why so many in this country concern themselves with things that do not affect them in the least. If everyone spent more time thinking about their own lives and not about everyone else’s, then we would not have quite as many problems as we do in this country.
Jesse A. Ball

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