Poly wants acceptance

By: American Decency Staff

Last evening local Grand Rapids TV news affiliate, WZZM-13, featured a lengthy segment during their 6:00 dinner hour news that would turn your stomach.  No, it wasn’t about a gruesome accident or a violent crime spree.  The nausea-inducing news story was about the topic of “marriageâ€Â – entitled, Polyamory: Redefining love’s boundaries. The piece began with this blatantly biased reporter’s statement: “The United States legally defines marriage as — "one man and one woman." But what if that definition of love is not enough? That's the case for members of one West Michigan group. They want to define love for themselves — instead of the government doing it for them. Social movements often are "the pursuit of happiness" — whether for religious freedom, women's equality, or voting rights. Today's debate is to legalize gay marriage. However, changing the definition of marriage for one group, could redefine it for others — at least that's the hope for one family. …â€Â To begin with, the United States didn’t arbitrarily “defineâ€Â marriage.  The institution of marriage was ordained by an un-changing God and has remained the union of one man and one woman down through the ages of time. As the news story introduces their push for the “redefinitionâ€Â of marriage, as you can see in the quote above the comparison is made between this so-called “social movementâ€Â and the fight for religious freedom – equating those who are persecuted for their faith with those who want to validate their perversity. The video segment goes on to introduce TV viewers sitting around the family dinner table to a so-called “familyâ€Â engaged in wife-swapping.  Quoting the news story: This married "quad" is redefining commitment. Its called polyamory.  Claire says, "Polyamory means many loves, the ability to love more than one person." Claire and Mike met Emily and Victor by chance online — both liked each other's blog responses on relationships and the four agreed to meet.  … There was an obvious attraction, when a conversation opened up all agreed to make the friendship– intimate. Mike says, "You challenge yourself and say okay, I don't like this but I'm going to let this happen, you realize your world didn't blow up, your relationship didn't end, and everyone is happier and you go wow." Now 20 months into marriage, the newlyweds try to balance their affections. Mike says, "What happens as far as sleeping arrangements, is Claire and Emily switch beds every other night, but Claire and Emily also sleep together too one night, because they need that bond as well."… Claire says, "It actually bothers me deeply when people say my children are going to be negatively affected by my relationship, I think they really don't have a clue what goes on here."  … "They're being raised with open minds, questioning minds, and I think they'll be better for it in the future." With no opposing viewpoint showing the confusion and damage being done to the children caught up in this deviant lifestyle, notice the incredible bias and push for legitimization by WZZM – referring to this deviancy as a “marriage,â€Â labeling them as “newlyweds,â€Â and talking about their “commitment.â€Â The news segment goes on to interview another polygamous/bi-sexual group of one man and two women, stating: They're coming forward in hopes of making a social change. Katie says, "As long as you're not infringing on anyone else's rights you should be able to do whatever is right for you." They're speaking for others who want the government out of people's personal lives. Katie says, "I don't think the government has any part of a relationships, who you love, regardless of if you're gay or straight, love one person or 100, the government shouldn't be able to put a name on that." The quad shares the same view–they want marriage redefined— Emily says, "I'd like to say I'm legally married to all three of them." That won't happen unless the law expands to include more than just 'one man and one woman.' … WZZM makes a concerted effort to legitimize and affirm such perverse lifestyles as wife-swapping and group “marriageâ€Â – practices condemned not only by the Christian church, but also by society.  With no opposing viewpoint given to object to the ideas promoted in this piece, the WZZM reporter concludes:  As marriage debates heat up, the country will have to decide if we will allow others to be free to define loves boundaries. Oh, the poor, persecuted wife-swappers – being “deniedâ€Â the validation of their sin. Last fall when the reality television show “Sister Wivesâ€Â debuted, depicting a positive view of polygamy, we stated:  “And while some may say this one obscure television show won’t singlehandedly undermine traditional marriage – it certainly is a step in that direction.  …  a direct assault upon the God-ordained institution of marriage, bent on loosening taboos – attempting to make acceptable that which is morally abhorrent. Every argument that is used for the acceptance of gay marriage can also be applied to polygamy or any such combination.  The proponents of such want their own sinful lifestyles validated with a stamp of approval, claiming that the institution of marriage can change with the cultural winds of the time.  However, society does not define marriage – God does, and He and His principles are timeless and absolute. Not a message that plays well to the seared consciences of those who push for the legitimization of wife-swapping, polygamy, or gay marriage. Now less than a year later we see that push to validate such deviancy on the local evening news. Below is a take action link to contact WZZM which states: You do a great disservice to our communities, state and nation by making newsworthy the account of perverse lifestyles practiced by misguided, confused souls who are fostering behaviors that if followed by others will lead to further deviancy, confusion, and heartbreak. Your news team gave this tiny group of people five minutes of broadcast time making it appear as though the lifestyle of adultery, wife-swapping, and bisexuality is an exciting adventure and one that would be beneficial to their children. You may have the power of the airwaves and great influence but you do great damage to your credibility with people like me when you use your influence to degrade God’s standard of honor, decency and marital fidelity between one man and one woman.  … See for yourself: http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/166770/14/Polyamory-Redefining-loves-boundaries Contact WZZM https://americandecency.org/take_action_form.php?msg_id=98 ========================================================== Your support is important to our ability to make a difference. Donate online at: https://secure4.afo.net/ada/donate.php American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson

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