It was an amazing day in CA as the court decided whether to uphold the will of the majority of the voters. The will of the people prevailed. (To me it is sad that we have to have the courts decide if the people are allowed to voice their opinions through voting!)
A temporary victory. And why is it a victory? Let me just say very clearly that it is not a victory because it denies anyone a right. Proposition 8 DOES NOT deny rights. No matter how many times the homosexuals march in the streets, carry signs, give interviews and blog about it; they are WRONG about being denied rights! They have the right to pursue happiness with whomever they like, in any matter they like. What they have been denied is the right to infringe on the majority by insisting that their CHOICES be condoned by the majority.
So why is it a victory? Is is a victory for education. If our society recognizes homosexual union as marriage, then we will be obligated to teach in the public classroom that it is an acceptable alternative to heterosexual marriage. However, MANY do not view it as an acceptable alternative but, in fact, a destructive alternative.
I know that many homosexuals want to turn this whole argument into “hate.” I see why they want that, it engenders sympathy. However, I am sympathetic to their problems; I don’t HATE homosexuals nor have any ill-will for them BUT I do not agree with their lifestyles and I refuse to be defined by them as a hateful person because of it.
I call it a temporary victory because they will continue to press the issue. We must continue to press the issue too.
I press the issue not because I want homosexual people to be denied the right to be happy but because I do not want my grandchildren taught that homosexuality is an acceptable alternative to heterosexuality.
