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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Mario Diaz :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Politics of Safety
by Mario Diaz
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Who needs protection now?

But the truth is out. Homosexual activists are not fighting for their “safety.” Nor are they fighting for their “rights.” The California Supreme Court recognized in its now-infamous same-sex “marriage” decision that homosexual couples already possess the legal rights and responsibilities afforded to heterosexual couples through California's civil union law; Proposition 8 did not change that. The reality is that homosexual activists are bent on the open promotion and celebration of homosexuality in America — even at the expense of our safety. They do not permit anyone to object, no matter how reasonable, thoughtful or kindly they do so. They simply will not permit religious people to express their faith – not at the ballot box and not even in their own houses of worship.

Remember when all they wanted was the “right to visit their partner in the hospital” (a false claim in and of itself because patients already have the right to designate who can visit them)? But still, those days — and the false tears — are long gone. Today, they storm churches, bullying people into denying their sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage, while trampling our religious liberties and our form of government.

In lawsuits challenging Proposition 8, homosexual activists ask the Supreme Court to violate legal precedent and ignore the state and federal constitutions to invalidate the marriage amendment. In effect, they are asking the Court to nullify the sovereign right of the people to self-govern.

But remember, this is all in the name of “tolerance and safety.” A small price to pay, right?

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Mario Diaz is the Policy Director for Legal Issues at Concerned Women for America.

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David's observation & Old Tom

I agree with David's points with one minor exception: he wrote that "the constitution... provides you with innumerable rights." Well, no the Constitution protects us from the encroachment of government upon "natural rights" -- and, as David astutely observed, prevents will of the majority from trampling on the rights of the minority. Or at least, this is what the our system SHOULD do.


Old Tom-- get a grip. You're entitled to your opinion, but an ad hominem attack accusing one poster of endangering the lives of others crosses the line. Unless of course you were seeking to provide us with an object lesson in offensive verbiage that cannot help but weaken your argument. If so, job well done.

David
I feel so sorry for you, your misguided views and the lifestyle you've CHOSEN.
I can not and WILL NOT accept the lifestyle that you've chosen nor do I appreciate the "in your face" method that you and others of your kind use to attempt acceptance.
Yes you do have certain rights but the additional recognision that you and yours required are such that most will hopefully never grant.
I can only say that if we should ever do so, we are doomed to failure and moral decline.
It's your lifestyle as you've CHOSEN and you're welcome to live it as long as it does not endanger or insult others and we of the REAL world who are entitled to ours.
Don't try to change the moral and social values of this country to suit your way of living.
You've already endangered the health of many as it is, read AIDS.
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