EricTheRed 0 #1 October 12, 2004 OK I live in WA but the state next door has this issue on their ballot. THis: http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov22004/guide/meas/m36_fav.html is from the voters pamphlet as an argument FOR banning gay marriage. I thought it was the funniest thing I have read in a while. (I'm also quite sure many paople really don't understand satire. Here is what it says...(I really like the last line!) Quote Argument in Favor CULTURE WAR! Traditional values are under attack, and sexual perverts are attempting to strain the definition of marriage far beyond what God has ordained. The Word of the Lord must be legislated as Oregon public policy. In the Holy Bible, Saint Paul says that Christians should remain single and abstain from sex. The New Testament says that people should get married only if they are too weak-willed to abstain from sex: "It is well for a man not to touch a woman…. It is well … to remain single as I do. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion." (I Corinthians 7:1, 8-9) Marriage is not sacred. Marriage is for wimps and sissies! Oregon public policy should define marriage in accordance with divinely inspired Scripture. Therefore, marriage licenses should be granted only to those persons who have been certified by professional psychiatric examination to be too weak-willed to abstain from sex. Oh, by the way, although Jesus never said a single word condemning homosexuality, if heterosexuals can't get married, homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to marry either—well, unless they're too weak-willed to abstain. Sissies! The sissy institution of marriage must not be perverted by sinners who are capable of abstaining! The sacred union of church and state must prohibit the immoral union of men and women capable of the discipline of sexual abstinence. We are not saved by either faith or good works. We are saved by religious-right legislation! Freedom of religion and equal treatment under law is simply the special right to sin, because our tradition is the one and only truth! And our tradition (that is, our personal moral opinions) should become law. AGREE WITH US OR BURN IN HELL! illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falko 0 #2 October 12, 2004 I will BURN IN HELL! Yeah! Anyone else here who also doesn't regret their flesh-bound sins...? edit4spelling Ich betrachte die Religion als Krankheit, als Quelle unnennbaren Elends für die menschliche Rasse. (Bertrand Russell, engl. Philosoph, 1872-1970) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflybella 0 #3 October 12, 2004 QuoteFOR manning gay marriage. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricTheRed 0 #4 October 12, 2004 Hey that's a typo... But still pretty funny considering the context.illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
