On this Independence Day weekend it is good to remember that the Hudson Valley Coalition for Life and its publication LifeNet are fundamentally concerned with all issues that impact life and the good of society. The recent vote in Albany for same-sex "marriage" is an example of why we must continue to voice the truth about individual cases or institutions - like marriage - that are being redefined for political power under a consistently deformed definition of equality. Just as we saw the use of verbal engineering to legalize the horrors of abortion and the death now of over 50 million children in the womb under the false banner of "privacy" and "women's right to choose," we now see reality once again twisted in the push across the land for same-sex "marriage". While we are confident that truth will win out, we must speak that truth with courage, and speak it often in a public arena that increasingly seeks to silence opponents in ways that should frighten anyone who is a student of history. We know you will continue to fight and work to correct this ongoing attempt to unravel the hard-fought-for-threads of unity and true freedom and equality under God in America. Co-director Judith Anderson's letter on the topic is printed for you here.
To the Editor
If anyone had doubts, the emotional march to religious repression is here and the Cuomo ink has not yet dried on his misguided signature piece of legislation that redefines marriage for New York State.
A "marriage equality" law alters the foundational element of society now in six states to appease only a partial element of the 3% of the country's population that is self-identified homosexual. Marriage between one man and one woman, the traditional institution that actually gives all persons their true identity before God - we all have a biological mother; we all have a biological father - was trampled. Its purpose through the ages, the betterment of society and the procreation and protection of all children, deemed insignificant.
Some of my friends would have me believe that the vote in Albany is no big deal, and that society and its children will somehow benefit from this self-centered, morally confused, adult reinvention of reality; another anlienating step along the path destroying the family.
But the "religious exemption" buy-off is already causing some same-sex winners to feel badly about themselves, according to TIME's Howard Chua-Eoan's June 26 piece, "The Bittersweet Victory: Why Gay Marriage Still Isn't Marriage". "Why can some people have all the bells and whistles in the church of their choice but not me?" says Howard, who vows to continue to mark in parades and sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
If this is where the rainbow leads, stay home. That is, after all, where there is no place like.
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