Candace Chellow-Hodge, author of "Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide" and pastor of a United Church of Christ in South Carolina, writes at Religion Dispatches about the dignity she thinks defenders of marriage don't deserve:
"To win civil rights, one of the last steps is to make it shameful to be against the rights of the group fighting for recognition."
In this case, she means it must become "shameful" for people to believe that children deserve a mother and a father, and that marriage is between one man and one woman.
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What's a shame is the (probably) willful lack of understanding that marriage is a unique relationship between men and women, regardless of their individual sexual identities. You simply can't shame people into changing their minds about marriage, especially when armed with the facts. NOM will continue to shine the light on misunderstanding. Ms. Hodge will, of course, stand before the Lord someday to make an accounting of her observance of the commandments, specifically the first two. Only she and He know the state of her heart, and can judge accordingly.
Then the following people must be ashamed.
Moses
Jesus Christ
Mohammed
Voltaire
Sir William Blackstone
John Locke
Noah Webster
George F. Edmunds
John Bouvier
Also important to note that redefining all marriages into neutered public unions is no civil right. The real shame is not recognizing that fact from the get-go.
Strange. What kind of pastor promotes shaming other people? Mine certainly doesn't. People have a right to live as they choose. But nobody has a right to radically redefine the institution of marriage.