Marriage amendment is unnecessary
To the editor:
The two letters about the marriage amendment in the March 9 edition were very good. They did not pontificate but simply restated religious teaching that has established the tradition of marriage.
Marriage is not a social act, it is a religious sacrament ordaining that a man and a woman are “no longer two, but one” for the unique privilege of procreation. This is not possible in a “union” between two men or two women. Hence, their union is not a “marriage.”
Unfortunately, many couples (man and woman) do not enter into marriage to live together. This is a convenient relationship as it is easy to end the relation and the responsibility for their actions. Other than for the financial obligation created and more often ignored, there is no legislation against this type of “marriage.”
As stated, there is “no need to vote on an amendment to define marriage.” Society does not require a constitutional amendment to legislate what is a marriage and what is not. This is adequately established by religion and tradition.
Also, a “Constitutional Amendment” would be an encroachment on the separation of church and state. I am more interested in protecting the Constitution than in this unnecessary argument.
Incidentally, I have been married for 62 years and we have nine law-abiding married children.
WILLIAM LINKER
Lakeville
You make a good point William but is it not also a good point that those on the left with an agenda want to impose their own views and define for the majority what marriage is through the court system and that the only way to maintain the status quo is for a state consitutional amendment to specifically define what you state has already been decided.
It seems like hate, mean actions, anger are replacing traditional Christian Values today. How can you hate another person so much just based on the relationship they share and the love they share. On TV there are so many angry/ violent atacks on persons who are Gay/Lesbian, etc. You may believe these issues are wrong because you’ve been thought it is wrong! Read your Bible and stop letting fear and mis-understandings lead you to believe misinformation being spread! STOP HATING, READ THE BIBLE YOURSELF, STUDY IT, MAKE YOUR DECISION BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD NOT A PERSONS READING ISOLATED VERSES. The German hating Natzis used the word of God to KILL Millions of people! ” LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU” Jesus LOVED everyone not just a few who he approved of. Bible hate=Hell for ALL. Everyone who hates might share the fires of hell!
Dr. Andrew Liebing
“Dr.”? The German hating Nazis? You mean the Jew hating Nazis.
You mean “taught” it was wrong… forget it… too many errors and Biblical misunderstandings…. you sure you are a doctor? Like Dr. Nic from the Simpsons?
I cannot even begin to have a dialogue when someone who says they are a doctor gets so much so wrong right off the bat… and I only have a mere master’s degree…lol
Not to mention that your assumptions on what the Bible actually say concerning homosexuality are so far off the mark that you are basically hopeless.
Good luck with that : )