Letter to the Editor: Being gay not conscious choice

Letter to the Editor
April 1, 2004, Page 4
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Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the column titled “Keep marriage between a man and a woman.”
After reading this controversial piece, several of my associates and I engaged in infuriated discussion over its content.
We are appalled with the fact that any one person can feel so strongly about confiscating the rights of a group of people, especially a group of people that isn’t causing him even the least bit of harm.
First of all, President Bush did not call for the Federal Marriage Amendment in response to the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling. The proposed amendment was written by Colorado Representative Marilyn Musgrave in 1999.
Although Bush has only recently decided to back the bill, he has held an anti-homosexual stance since his days as governor of Texas.
During his reign, he whole-heartedly supported the Texas Sodomy Statute which would actually make private, consensual homosexual intercourse illegal and punishable by law.
To quote the column: “Homosexuality comes about because two people of the same sex are attracted to each other and want to engage in their attraction or lust.” To begin with, homosexuality does not “come about” suddenly. It simply a predisposition of some individuals, which is usually realized at a relatively early age.
Moreover, lust, just as in heterosexual unions, is not the foundation for gay marriage- love is.
The piece goes on to say, “…children with parents of the same sex are brought up without the complementary differences of a man and a woman…” A recent study by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force found that there are currently between two to eight million gay and lesbian parents in the United States.
One American Psychological Association publication states, “Not a single study has found children of gay or lesbian parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents.”
There is one question that is begging to be raised: What ever happened to separation of church and state?
Marriage is, in fact, a sacred institution, between God and his children. I guess I’m left wondering who invited the Bush to the ceremony.
Sincerely,
Shawna Clement