Sunday, February 08, 2004

I've a pain in my head.... For those of you who don't know me directly, I live in Massachussetts.  Perhaps you know that the Supreme Court of our state has declared prohition of marriage by homosexuals to be unconstitutional.  Apparently by reading the constitution and telling the legislature to act in accordance with the laws that bind them, these judges are whacko activists.  An activist judge is any judge who hands down a decision you disagree with. Here's a letter to the editor of the Berkshire Eagle.  My local daily.  Oh, where do you begin with this sort of thing? To the Editor of THE EAGLE:- The activist Justice Margaret Marshall of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that not allowing homosexuals to engage in marriage renders them second class citizens. This is an outright lie, an attempt to do nothing less than change the definition of marriage. Marriage is not an institution, it is an achievement and a reward that only a member of the opposite sex can bestow. It is the result of digging down deep inside oneself, and finding the personal fortitude, to attract, woo, and convince a partner of the opposite sex to engage in a lifelong commitment to you alone, and your eagerness and ability to do the same. Marriage is a badge of honor bestowed upon two people of opposite sexes, by each other, and by all of their family and friends, who, as a matter of tradition, witness the event, so that it cannot be gainsaid by any other person. All heterosexual people are now being asked to accept a homosexual union as being the same thing as a heterosexual marriage. They are asking us to accord homosexuals the same honor, for taking the same path, and performingthe same actions. This is nonsense. It is like asking us to give them credit for climbing a mountain, when they hitched a ride to the top, never actually making the climb. It is the same as asking for the trophy to a race which was never completed, actually, never even started. It simply cannot be done. To say that this view makes homosexuals second class citizens is even more ludicrous. For a second class citizenship to exist, there must be available to the first class of citizens a right, which is denied to the second class of citizens. In this case, no rights are lost. There is no law that forbids a person from marrying a member of the opposite sex. What is being done here is to use the Constitution of this great commonwealth to create a right where none existed in the past. The right to marry a person of the opposite sex is open to all, no matter what their sexual orientation is. I completely understand that a lot of people want to see homosexual relationships made legal, for quite a few obvious benefits, specially along the lines of insurance. Insurance companies are regulated by the Legislature, why not require them to serve everyone? Adoption laws could be broadened. Wouldn't it be far easier to get hospitals to change their rules for admitting visitors to the sick, than to ask most of the thinking world to deny the truth? Regardless of what the Legislature sets out to do, homosexuals should be forewarned, and I believe I am speaking for most every heterosexually married couple out there) we will never in our minds ever confer upon anyone the honor of the achievement called marriage, to anyone that has not actually performed all of the steps mentioned above. You may tell yourselves whatever you like, but we will always know what it took for each of us to become married, and we will never grant anyone the same honor who has not made the same achievement. MARK BELCHER Great Barrington, Feb. 4, 2004 3:15:57 AM    comment []

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