SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS ON A ROLL

A Presidential Endorsement

By Victor M Adamus

I don’t think it was a political move, more a personal decision, for President Barack Obama to come out in favor of same sex marriage last week.  Polls show it splits among party lines which means he gains as much as he loses.  He did make the history books as the first President to support this civil rights action.  It is, in fact, the civil rights movement of today.  The traditional man and woman bond based almost entirely on being able to reproduce an offspring and its biblical message has long standing in our American culture.  So much so, that this meaningful statement of love between a man and a woman is celebrated at the altar of God regardless of faith. 

No, I think the President did “evolve” over time in his Presidency to realize equality for everyone was the more important choice.  He had said when campaigning in 2008 that he believed marriage should be held in a special place reserved for those that can pro-create.  Now he agrees that gays can adopt children and raise them as their own.

I remember George W Bush making a speech about family and was adamantly opposed to same sex marriage.  This set back the civil rights movement for gays by 8 if not more years with Obama closing the door on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” for military personnel.  That in itself was a huge jump. 

His opponent, Mitt Romney, a Bishop in the Mormon Church, stands by his belief that marriage is between a man and a woman and refuses to consider gay marriage on a federal level.  At present 32 states have amended their Constitutions to ban gay marriage.  Those laws, voted by the people in those respective states, could still outweigh any legislation in Obama’s second term.  It would be a test to take it to the Supreme Court.

So people have now picked sides.  And on Mother’s Day most of the clergy in churches where the pastor is against same sex marriage, the biblical persuasion was recorded by media in different faiths across the nation.  But what’s done is done.  The President is for gay marriage and the controversy will likely extend to a campaign issue over the summer.  It may even find its’ way into the Democratic planks in September.

This is our theme for this week.  Investigate the ups and downs of same sex marriage.  We will also provide a history of biblical thoughts and why this has become as important to gays as the civil rights movement was to blacks.  Stay tuned.