Doug Mainwaring, who will be speaking at our March for Marriage next Tuesday, writes in the Public Discourse:
In our sometimes misguided efforts to expand our freedom, selfish adults have systematically dismantled that which is most precious to children as they grow and develop. That’s why I am now speaking out against same-sex marriage.
By the way, I am gay.
A few days ago I testified against pending same-sex marriage legislation in Minnesota’s Senate Judiciary and House Civil Law Committees.
The atmosphere at these events (I’ve also testified elsewhere) seems tinged with unreality—almost a carnival-like surrealism. Natural law, tradition, religion, intellectual curiosity, and free inquiry no longer play a role in deliberations. Same-sex marriage legislation is defended solely on grounds of moral relativism and emotions.
Pure sophistry is pitted against reason. Reason is losing.
Here’s the problem: The national discussion of same-sex marriage treats the issue like a game of checkers, where opponents can quickly gain each other’s pieces without much forethought about the consequences. This unreflective view of the discussion has prevented any real debate.
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While I certainly agree with Mr. Mainwairing, it is beyond me why NOM would cite to his testimony, given the fact that he openly admits he is a gay. It is just this kind of thing that DECENT people properly keep private. Shame on you NOM for highlighting this dirty thing. We should be working to stamp it out, not making it more obvious.
Once again, Mr. Mainwairing hits it out of the park. We no longer see an intelligent populace, politicians or their complicit media looking at the actual consequences of undefining marriage. Even pseudo-marriage supporters are too dumb to realize they're being used.
How many chess players do we have on the Supreme Court?
Thank you CRSmith for telling it like it is. What is NOM thinking putting a openly gay person up in front of NOM's people at best the feelings in the crowd will be angered by it, they won't like him, they will feel like it is a clown show going on, they will not have any respect for his view's because of his discusting lifestyle will over shadow his words. This is a horrible chest move.
As for Doug it takes guts to put yourself in the open among people who dislike you but guts doesn't mean brains. Buddy your free to do what you want I really think after your speech when you walk away look at the faces that will be rolling their eye's at you, look at the faces that are going to be thinking you said enough go on your side. You will have very little embrasment. You will be just a puppet, and most gay people after they get over the anger towards you will just probably feel sorry for you. Eddith Windsor is not a selfish adult she is a lady in her 80's and had roughly 360,000 dollars taken away from her. That's not selfish she is fighting to get back what belongs to her.
Doug I will prey for your saftey that day I don't feel your going to find the love on that side. Please use a buddy system. A few opponents of SSM would have no problem hurting you. Don't turn your back on them, just because you are standing on their side does not secure your saftey. And NOM you better protect him if something goes wrong.
"Same-sex marriage legislation is defended solely on grounds of moral relativism and emotions.
Pure sophistry is pitted against reason. Reason is losing."
Agree 100%
Sounds like ol Chris is veinly dishing out threats against Mr. Mainwaring for having the guts to stand against the tyranny of the radical homosexual movement and all their bullying tactics.
That would be nothing new for this group, however.
Google " the price of prop 8" to review a litany of the hate speech and bullying the self professed tolerant side is known for.
Forrest - and CRSmith's "Shame on you NOM for highlighting this dirty thing. We should be working to stamp it out" in reference to homosexuality is not hate speech?
My life is not a game.
You are not its player.
Mr. Mainwaring is a very brave man, perhaps the bravest person in this gay "marriage" debate. My attitude towards gays prior to the whole gay "marriage' farce was "live and let live". I had no interest in their relationships, and was glad that the sodomy laws were finally thrown out. But when some members of the gay community started making demands that their relationships be termed equal in importance and significance to heterosexual relationships, and also that two gays are as good at parenting as a male and a female, then my sympathies came to an end. What they're trying to force on the public is basically a LIE. Deep down everyone knows it. But many are letting themselves get caught up in what amounts to a fad, like the flower children in the 1960's. The term "marriage equality" is complete BS. The male-female bond rules nature and keeps life going on this planet. Homosexual relationships play no part in that, and therefore are not nearly as vital and significant. That's not ideology, that's natural law. I commend Mr. Mainwaring for having the guts to acknowledge the truth even though doing so will earn him enormous enmity from his peers. He's completely right about the Alice-in-Wonderland "logic" that comes into play when gay "marriage" is defended. Hopeful the members of the SCOTUS will be similarly courageous and similarly clear-minded.
Amen, Fem Eagle!!!! Very True....
Great post, FemEagle.
I've been thinking the same thing about this whole marriage debate. If there is no other reason to oppose ssm, it is the fact that ssm is based on the lie that same-sex and opposite-sex unions are equal, or the same.
CRSmith and chris from CO, whilst as an Orthodox Christian, I believe acting on homosexual desires is a sin, it is no worse than fornication, adultery, binge drinking or lying. We all do these things, but at least we admit they are wrong and try to avoid them as much as we can: we do not have 'pride' parades to celebrate them. But to say that everyone here at NOM is without sin would be arrogant and un-christian