Thursday, November 09, 2006

City Limits of Sodom

The hogs on our farm growing up were creative. If they could get their snout thru the gate they could get out to where the really good stuff was kept, like our garden.

That’s why we kept the gate shut and didn’t allow even the nose to stick thru.

Well, the hogs are out and there is cheering all around. I am a traditional family values guy regarding marriage, particularly marriage between a man and a woman. I believe in marriage. Several state referendums were passed this last election which was supposed to be sooooo liberal against same sex marriage.

But, even with all that, I am pessimistic. The conservatives don’t stand for this. They haven’t gone to the mat. They have allowed the hog to get his nose out and now the thing is running wild. I had said a year ago that if same sex marriage was codified then polygamy would be next. Well, it’s here.

What’s next, marriage to your dog or cat? Marriage between brothers and sisters? Sons marrying their mothers? Grandfathers marrying their granddaughters? What prohibitions are left?

We are losing this cultural battle. I’m sad about it.

I point to this article that appeared in the Sunday opinion section of the Chicago Tribune. It also appeared on Townhall.Com. Is gay marriage a threat to marriage? It’s long but interesting. Steve Chapman basically says, there is nothing threatening about same sex marriage to the family. Really.

Look here is the rest of the hog. In the Chicago Sun Times on Sunday this article was printed on the front page of the commentary section. An Attorney, Gary Becker, wrote for this website and it’s interesting but troubling. Is There a Case for Legalizing Polygamy? He is endorsing legalized polygamy. Not for religious purposes, just legalized polygamy.

These arguments seem really harmless until you take them to their logical extension.

How far are we really from the degradation of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah? I can see the city limit’s sign clearly.

We are in such deep doo doo.

2 comments:

Steve Scott said...

I'm particularly fond of my wife's washing machine. Can we git hitched?

Steve Scott said...

Actually, the hogs got their snouts through the gates about a hundred years ago when conservative Christians bought into the unbiblical idea of state licensure of marriage. They allowed the state a God-hating priviledge of defining marriage a long time ago. A lapse of memory and ignorance of history are assumed to be excuses to all of a sudden having a problem with the state defining marriage. Just becasue it took them this long to end up at the gay marriage thing doesn't make licensure right in the first place. Destructive divorce laws and community property laws and wacko child custody laws far preceded any thought of gay marriage. There's a reason the book of Jude condemns licensiousness. Ahh, the blessed fruits of Caesar worship.