Letters to the Editor
Gay marriage wrongly opposed
To the editor:With all the talk about the financial crisis, the two wars we are fighting, an astronomically rising deficit and an equally fast-paced decline in the United States' standing in the world, many Americans had forgotten about the catastrophic rise in gay marriages which precipitated all of those problems.
In the past few years, more than 18,000 gay couples said "I do" in the state of California alone, reportedly causing irreparable damage to heterosexual families as far away as Colorado and Arkansas. It is not known precisely how many healthy marriages the gay aggressors have managed to destroy, but some pastors have estimated it to be in the billions.
Yet what happened at the voting booths last Tuesday was truly historic and inspiring. A dedicated, diverse group of Americans overcame ethnic, partisan and certain kinds of religious barriers to form a holy coalition which heroically defended the institution of marriage against gay aggression. In particular, evangelicals were able to momentarily put aside their hatred of Mormons to join the Church of the Latter-Day Saints in their mutual hatred of gays. The Catholic Church and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America also poured money into the campaign.
Despite the crushing recession, they raised over $31 million to protect families from the gay family-destroyers God created in order to test us. The freedom-fighters fought valiantly to ensure the passing of the California state amendment known as Proposition 8, as well as similar state amendments in Arizona, Arkansas and Florida. The amendments provide badly-needed assistance to beleaguered married couples who have struggled to maintain their wedding vows in the face of the gay onslaught.
Perhaps one day, measures like these will allow heterosexual men and women across America to get married and form families without fear of gay retaliation and intimidation. Please join me in saluting the heroes who made this glorious victory possible.
Eric Frey
Physics graduate student
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