Why Marriage Matters

By: Chris Johnson

Personal note:

Some of my earliest recollections regarding the concern relative to so-called “gay rights” came in the early 1990s.

David Caton, then President of AFA of Florida (now Florida Family Association) was shedding light upon “Gay Days at Disney” which was being held every spring. David would go and take pictures of the crude and lewd activites, parades and perverted actions taking place at Disney World in Orlando, Florida on their particular “Gay Days at Disney.” David passionately labored urging Disney to disenfranchise themselves from their legitimization of fostering of homosexuality.

It was soon after that we found that Disney employed a large number of homosexuals even in very high places. AFA and others joined in a long term boycott of Disney that was rightly or wrongly terminated a number of years ago.

Though I was supportive of David, I never anticipated that this was only the beginning of what was going to become the societal/national tragedy that it has become.

My youngest will be getting married soon. As that day approaches, I am grieving as I have never grieved perhaps in my life for what this young couple will face in this decaying culture.

As I go through the many pictures and videos reviewing his young life, it is pretty obvious that he has had an almost ideallyic childhood with so much support from family, church, friends, community. For the most part, there has been a buttressing of Judeo-Christian values all around him.

Yet, now what I see is a firestorm of judicial activism, of godless tyranny running roughshod over the will of the people. As I watched David Caton do battle in his home state of Florida over Disney and homosexuality just really a few short years ago, I was and have been naive to the depths of depravity of millions whose corrupting influence has reached to the bench, to the pulpit, to the pew.

There is so much at stake. My children, your children, my grandchildren and yours.

Gary Bauer as always has some significant counsel for the battle that is before us. Below I’m quoting from Gary’s email of yesterday.
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Why Marriage Matters

The institution of marriage has taken some high profile hits in the past few days. But the meaning of marriage – how it is defined and who defines it – is tremendously important for our entire society, because it has implications that go well beyond the desires of two consenting adults. This debate will impact religious liberty and what your kids are taught in the public schools. Even the liberal media understand that.

Last week, the Washington Post carried an article entitled “Faith Groups Increasingly Lose Gay Rights Fights.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040904063_pf.html

It was about the inevitable conflict between the militant homosexual rights movement and the freedom of religion. It cited several examples of discrimination against men and women of faith. Professor Jonathan Turley, who supports homosexual “marriage,” suggested that we are “on a slippery slope that inevitably takes us to the point where we punish religious groups because of their religious views.” Last summer, National Public Radio
[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91486191]
addressed the same issue. It also concluded, “the religious groups are losing.”

Here’s just one example of how this debate will impact your values and your children.

This Friday, April 17th, has been chosen by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network as the “National Day of Silence,” when students are urged to show their support for the homosexual movement in the public schools. Believe it or not, there is a resolution pending in the House of Representatives
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.CON.RES.92:
supporting this effort. In addition, the resolution asks President Obama to issue a proclamation “calling on the people of the United States to observe the National Day of Silence with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.” Prayers are prohibited in our public schools, but by co-sponsoring this resolution, at least three dozen members of Congress have shown they believe the homosexual lifestyle should be promoted in the public schools. Is this what you believe Congress should be working on right now?

This is why it is so important for men and women of faith to be informed and active in the political arena. If your values matter to you, you must defend them! Please, share this report with like-minded friends and family members. Share it with your pastor and with those in your church. Encourage them to sign up for this daily report and to take action on the issues that matter most.

Ultimately, we must elect candidates who will unapologetically defend our values, and, with your continued support, that is exactly what this political action committee will do!
http://www.cwfpac.com/

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