tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post460380099423047900..comments2023-10-24T07:38:47.024-07:00Comments on A Shepherd's Voice: "That's what gay pride is all about.”A Shepherd's Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743324067287303823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post-6825522696392087332008-07-15T19:38:00.000-07:002008-07-15T19:38:00.000-07:00Some things I agree with there, Terry. But I notic...Some things I agree with there, Terry. But I notice you say, essentially, that gay "marriage" is building on the foundation laid by no fault divorce. But then we have to ask: what's the foundation that no fault divorce is built on? Easy: self-indulgence.<BR/><BR/>The apotheosis of self-indulgence was the 60’s and it's only because of the cultural destruction we've gone through since, that same-sex "marriage" is even conceivable. <BR/><BR/>When people started thinking of marriage as just one relationship among others, bingo, we had no fault divorce. Makes sense, if marriage IS just one relationship among others. So the problem is many people think that marriage IS just one relationship among others. That’s why people support same-sex “marriage.” <BR/><BR/>One good thing about the same-sex “marriage” debate is that people will be forced to think about what marriage really is, and why it is unique, and why it has been understood as unique throughout history. In fighting to defend marriage against the same-sex “marriage” onslaught, we are also of necessity fighting to restore a proper understanding of what marriage is.Struggling Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269517738133994771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post-92192828823376463162008-07-15T15:20:00.000-07:002008-07-15T15:20:00.000-07:00You said: "gay "pride," combined with political po...You said: "gay "pride," combined with political power, destroys the rule of law. Now they're hoping to destroy marriage."<BR/><BR/>I don't disagree with you at all, but let's be historically honest: the gay community is not the biggest or even the most important threat to the institution of marriage.<BR/><BR/>"No fault divorce," which passed through legislatures with nary a word of protest from the Catholic or Christian communities long before the "gay marriage" debate, has done more to destroy the institution of marriage than any other single factor. The gay community is simply building on the foundation laid by others before it.<BR/><BR/>"Gay marriage" is an important issue, but its consequences are as nothing compared to what we've legislatively allowed and done to ourselves through "no fault divorce."<BR/><BR/>Just as we distract ourselves from the more important issue of "Catholics in the pews" by focusing on Catholic politicians receiving or being denied Communion, so are we distracted from the much larger elephant in the room by going ballistic over "gay marriage" while ignoring "no fault divorce."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com