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Times, July 20, 2003
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By
Hans Zeiger, NEXT columnist
Every
time the U.S. Supreme Court applies the invisible right to “privacy” from
the Fourteenth Amendment, it damages God-given rights. In Roe v. Wade,
the court invented a woman’s “right to choose” to kill her offspring.
And now with Lawrence v. Texas, hot off the
government printing press is the brand new “right” to sodomy.
I
do appreciate privacy, but even if the Constitution does protect privacy, it
does not protect rights to murder, steal, cheat or conspire to commit
terrorist acts in private.
Much
of what is done in private has very public consequences. An accelerated
dismantling of the traditional family structure that is the objective of the
radical homosexual agenda is one such consequence of the new right to sodomy.
I
couldn’t care less about what consenting people do in their bedrooms. I do
care when the U.S. Supreme Court uses the force of judicial law to accommodate
homosexual special interests and thus inflicts damage on the American family.
The
family is the indispensable cornerstone, foundation and roof of any society.
It is impossible to sustain civilization without the healthy maintenance of
the two-parent, heterosexual family structure. That means that a man and a
woman are in a committed marriage relationship and are willing to give birth
to, raise and nurture children.
That
definition of the family is not limited to a perfect society—America has
always celebrated the traditional family.
Today,
the threats to the family come from more than just the U.S. Supreme Court
granting rights to engage in anti-family behaviors. Divorce, domestic
violence, infidelity, workplace demands and various cultural influences lead
to the breakup of too many families.
But
if Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s predictions about the consequences
of the new right to sodomy prove correct, gay marriage will become a more
destructive force to the American family than anything else.
The
coming months will set the stage for an intense battle between the family and
its well-armed enemies.
One
homosexual activist who organized a rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, the day of the
Supreme Court sodomy ruling told me he predicts the following: an increased
number of people will “come out”; the homosexual-rights movement will
increase in strength and financial backing; and the ruling will “soften
resistance on other gay-rights initiatives.”
The
radical left is now formulating an effective strategy to conquer the family. A
new American Civil Liberties Union campaign called “Get Busy, Get Equal”
aims to work in the courts, city council chambers, state legislatures and
school boards to integrate the homosexual agenda into classrooms, add sexual
orientation and gender identity to non-discrimination codes, and legalize gay
marriage.
Homosexual
activists say they worked for years to get to the Supreme Court so they
don’t have to worry about Big Brother invading their homes at night. Today,
the radical gay movement is working in overdrive to become Big Brother so that
it can invade not only the family home, but our Boy Scout troops, our schools,
our churches, our businesses, our hearts and our minds.
Before
it is too late, families must fight back against the imposition of the
homosexual agenda. It is time to amend the Constitution to protect the sacred
covenant of marriage. A Federal Marriage Amendment would define marriage as
“only of the union of a man and a woman.” Congress and state legislatures
must gear into action to pass a Federal Marriage Amendment within the next
year.
If
we don’t protect the family, we can say goodbye to our civilization.
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