Gay Marriage Bill Being Introduced In Maine

[Benedict108]

AUGUSTA (Secular Heretic) - Sen. Dennis Damon said he is introducing a bill to rewrite Maine’s existing statute that defines marriage as between one man and one woman, instead defining it as a union between two people. In addition, it recognizes “gay marriages” from other states. Supporters of “gay marriage” said this is the time to recognize marriages between same-sex couples.

Maine currently has a domestic partnership registry that’s open to gay couples. But that’s not enough for “gay marriage” supporters. Damon says it’s time to “fully end discrimination in Maine.”

Damon’s gay marriage proposal faces a fight. House Minority Leader John Tardy, R-Newport, is expected to propose bolstering the state’s one man-one woman definition by putting it in the Constitution. The Maine Family Policy Council also plans to oppose the gay marriage bill “with everything we’ve got,” Executive Director Michael Heath said. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland also will work aggressively against the bill, which goes to the heart of a fundamental issue for many.

Those who support “gay marriage” are forgetting that “gay marriage” is impossible. Society does not have the ability to redefine marriage because it is not a social construct. It is something that flows from human nature itself. Society can’t enable men to marry men or women to marry women any more than we can enable men to turn into ducks or women to turn into geese. Denying people these abilities is not a matter of fairness or equal access. It is not a matter of discrimination or bigotry. We simply do not have the ability.

Full text at: catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=31736

 

[aggiecatholic05]

and the darkness spreads

 

[stbruno]

and the slope grows slippery. More reasons to pray and pray without ceasing!