Can you believe it?

43 weeks to the Nov 6, 2012 General Election
20 weeks to the State Convention—May 30, 2012
10 weeks to the County Convention—Mar 24, 2012
7 weeks to the County Caucus —Mar 3, 2012

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Washington State Senate canceled BUDGET meetings to deal with the same-sex-marriage issue. WHAT? This is definitely NOT the right priorities at this time...

“Queers and Lesbians may live as they choose, but they don’t have the right to redefine marriage for all of us."

• Marriage is between a husband and wife. The people of this state do not want marriage to be anything but that. We do not want government or judges changing the biblical definition for us - ever.
• We need an amendment to settle the gay marriage issue nation wide, so that we do not have continual interstate “in your face” conflict in the future over this issue.
• Marriage is about bringing together men and women so children can have mothers and fathers.
• Do we want to teach the next generation that one-half of humanity—either mothers or fathers—are dispensable and unimportant? Children are confused enough right now with sexual messages. Do not confuse them further.

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TEN FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON “GAY” MARRIAGE.
1. Are you a bigot? “Why do you want to take away people’s rights?”
“Isn’t it wrong to discriminate?”
A: “People like me believe mothers and fathers both matter to kids. Sixty percent of African-Americans oppose same-sex marriage. They are not bigots for believing marriage is the union of a husband and wife. It is not taking away anyone’s rights. It’s common sense.”

2. Isn’t the ban on gay marriage like bans on interracial marriage?
A: “Bans on interracial marriage were about keeping two races apart so that one race could oppress the other. Marriage is about bringing two sexes together, so that children get the love of their own mom and a dad, and women are not stuck with the enormous disadvantages of parenting alone. Having a parent of two different races is just not the same as being deprived of your mother—or your father.”

3. Why do we need a constitutional amendment? “Isn’t DOMA enough?”
A: “DOMA helps but it is being ignored by some and lawsuits like the one that imposed gay marriage in Massachusetts now threaten marriage in at least 12 other states so far. These are attempts to end run around the rules by activist judges or grandstanding San-Francisco-style politicians. The Highest Authority in Creation has spoken on this topic and it is settled. We must affirm this nationally.”

4. What’s the harm from SSM? “How can Adam and Steve hurt your marriage?”
A: “Who gets harmed? The people of this state who lose the right to view marriage as the union of husband and wife, that’s who. Religious groups like Catholic Charities or the Salvation Army will suffer unless they endorse a bogus definition of marriage. Public schools will teach young children contrary to the teaching of their Christian parents. When the idea that children need moms and dads is discredited, the job of parents and faith communities trying to transmit a marriage culture to their children will be a lot harder. The people of this state will lose the right to keep marriage as the union of a husband and wife. That’s not right.”

5. Why do you want to interfere with love?
A: “Love is a great thing. But marriage isn’t just any kind of love; it’s the special love of a husband and wife for each other and their children.”

6. What about benefits? Don’t gay couples and their kids need the benefits and protections of marriage?”
A: “It is biologically impossible for queers to have kids. If health care or medical proxies aren’t working, let’s fix that problem but don’t mess with marriage. The issue isn’t benefits, it is marriage. Local folks can decide benefits. This is about the meaning of marriage, our most basic social institution for protecting children.”

7. Isn’t divorce the real threat to marriage?
A: “High rates of divorce are one more reason we should be strengthening marriage, not conducting radical social experiments on it.”

8. Are you saying gays cannot be good parents?
A: “Two men might both be a father figure; but neither can be a mom. The ideal for children is to have the love of their own mom and dad. No same-sex couple can provide that.”

9. What about older or infertile couples? If they can marry, why not same-sex couples?
A: “Every man and woman who marries is capable of giving any child they create (or adopt) a mother and a father. No same-sex couple can do this.”

10. Are you saying I cannot have Gay Pride?
A: “Raising children needs proper settings and that ‘pride of place’ goes to the family, based on the marriage of a man and a woman. Policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself.”