Marriage in the 21st Century: Why It Must Not Change

Ft. Hamilton Station, NY – Michael R. Long, Conservative Party State Chairman, reminded the 212 Members of the State Legislature, today, that marriage has served society well throughout history and should not be tampered with in the guise of a civil rights issue. “In today’s society, we really know far too much about the sexual preferences of our citizens...what should be a profound loving experience has become a flaunting of sexuality exposed to society...with those who are happy to exploit their sexuality demanding the respect that marriage brings,” said Long. Long reminded the Members of the Legislature that civil unions and gay marriage is not a civil rights issue, rather it is a demand to normalize homosexuality in society in the following memo:

Americans and New Yorkers especially are supportive of equality and doing what is perceived to be right. We abhor bullies and would like to believe that we lead the way in progressive thought yet we are embroiled in a debate on marriage and the possibility of changing the meaning of marriage, despite the fact that the definition is well settled under the principle of stare decisis.

Gay marriage, or the new progressive term, same sex marriage (because the general public is opposed to gay marriage) and civil unions are not a civil rights issue as the gay community would have people believe. It is an assault on traditional marriage and is the final battle to have people accept the normalization of homosexuality. Homosexuality is culturally accepted...our need to make certain that everyone is treated equally has accepted...no it has welcomed the homosexual lifestyle into our lives via the mass media and guilt that heterosexuals should not deny homosexuals the joy of committed relationships and the greatest joy of all...having and raising our children.

Our Constitution states that all men are created equal and from that statement, we strive to make all things equal. However, as reasonable thinking people, we know that we are not all created equal. Not everyone plays baseball like the Babe did, nor is every basketball player the same as Earl Monroe. We can’t all drive a car like Dale Earnhardt and trust me, we do not all look like Mel Gibson, even on a bad day, nor when we sing do we sound like Barbra Streisand.

Our Constitution only guarantees that we are given the same opportunities to achieve equality. We know that, in order to achieve equality, we must embrace our differences, yet we also understand that our differences often compliment our shortcomings and help us become equal partners to each other. Our strength is entwined in our differences. A traditional marriage, one man and one woman, brings two perspectives that compliment each other to the family, which has served society well for thousands of years.

As a society, we have become immune to the assault on marriage and now we are told that gay marriage will benefit us by bringing a financial windfall to New York. The NYC comptroller speaks of destination weddings and the tourist dollars that will pour into the coffers of New York. Did he mention the untold cost to health care? Small business? Pension systems? The cost to taxpayers as government shoulders more and more family cost due to the dissolution of families as demonstrated in the Scandinavian countries that enacted gay marriage laws.

The Gay community is trying to make this debate a debate on civil rights and so far, it is succeeding. It is not, nor has it ever been. The Civil Rights movement began when Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat to a white man. A gay person has never been made to sit in the back of the bus. Service to gay partners in restaurants has never been denied. And today we elect openly gay members to the Legislature. We condemn the violence that occurs and we deplore the intolerance against the gay community.

We will, however, continue to stand strong against gay marriage and civil unions between same sex couples and continue to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The traditional family is the cornerstone of social order and must not be replaced with an amorphous category of sexual liaisons.

 

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