It has been quite a week since the Iowa Supreme Court issued their opinion, and the overwhelming majority of Iowans continue to voice their opposition to that opinion. The fight to protect marriage is not over, and your continued activism is vitally important to the cause.
As you can imagine, over the last week, every ounce of energy from each and ever member of the staff at IFPC has been invested in bringing the Iowa Marriage Amendment to the people for a vote. As a result, this blog has been quiet for a while.
Here is a sampling of articles about the marriage issue and that reference IFPC:
• http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/577706.aspx
• http://coveringiowapolitics.com/?p=1119
• http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=476914
Here are a few blogs you ought to read:
• http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/?p=2490
• http://bible-prophecy-today.blogspot.com/2009/04/same-sex-marriage-states-double-in.html
It is important to remember that the battle to reaffirm the definition of marriage in Iowa law is not over. Radical homosexual activists are trying hard to convince people that a court opinion can legalize homosexual “marriage.” Do not buy the lie.
While we will all pause over the weekend to celebrate Christ’s resurrection, our work begins again on Monday of next week.
Join other Everyday Americans at a rally to protest the recent Iowa Supreme Court opinion and let our lawmakers know that this can still be stopped!
Monday, April 13th
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
West side of the Iowa Capitol Building
Des Moines
6 comments:
why don't you people take "every ounce of energy" and put it toward something that REALLY matters to GOD: poverty, suffering, serving those in need of a job, those that have lost hope. Why don't you go to a homeless shelter in downtown Des Moines and see what needs to be done! I think you should be ashamed at yourselves for masking hatred in the name of the Lord.
As with so many of the anonymous comments on this blog, you make sweeping presumptions about those who promote the preservation of marriage without any idea of who they are or where they spend their time and money.
These are the same people who help the poor, house the homeless, educate and help employ the jobless, and offer hope to the hopeless. That last one is in many ways the most important. The people who want to protect marriage are the most generous with their time and money on all of the issues you raise. Still, all of humanity is without hope apart from Christ, and we understand that people do not come to Christ unless they are able to recognize their sinful condition, repent, and ask Jesus for forgiveness.
So, in addition to preserving marriage, and in addition to promoting a healthy society, it is absolutely an act of compassion to care enough about those who are caught up in homosexual activity to help them recognize the destructive nature of that sin so that they might turn from it and have hope.
“Anonymous,” you are known to God. He knows you by name. He understands that you are in pain, and that you are struggling with your sin. He will give you peace if only you will admit to Him that you are a sinner and need Him to save you.
You say "let us vote" . Should we let the majority speak when it comes to rights of a minority? How different would things be today had we done that in the 50's and 60's. The courts should protect the minorities.
The real problem is saying that marriage is simply the union of a man and women. I believe it's much more than that. It's how we take care of each other. It's about our commitment to our spouses for life. It's how we take care of our families, in our case an aging parent. It's about being there for each other in good times and in bad. That is what Marriage and family are about. To say that it's simply "the union of a man and women" doesn't define what marriage truly is.
I wish that you could have and open mind and heart and learn about gay families. You call it "the gay lifestyle". My life with Tom is just like yours, we get up and go to work, pay our taxes, work on our home and take care of family. And just like you our church and faith in God is very important to us. That is what family is about.
All we can ask is that you try and have an open mind and heart and get to know some gay families and not just what you THINK it is to be gay.
John Sellers
What's next, children marrying their parents?Well why not, if there is no standard.That would be a loophole around the inheritance tax wouldn't it? Do these demoncrats want to go there? How is that anymore disgusting than two men or two women getting married?What about people marrying animals or trees? Who are they to judge? Discrimination,it is.We all have feelings you know.Obviously I'm being sarcastic.And another thing, I'm tired of being called names like homophobe,and yet , I can get charges filed against me for using a name they find offensive. Next election, let's send a message to the supreme court of Iowa.
I'm more than happy to sign my real name, and I fully agree with the first commenter. You folks need to get out there and do some good where it might actually matter: homelessness, poverty, child and spouse abuse -- instead of wasting time on this ridiculous "cause".
Yes, I'm known to God as well, and I have full faith that He sees me as His creation, not what you folks want to make of me through your own sense of what's "evil". As far as I'm concerned, if you want to believe this ridiculous claim that "people will die if gay marriage is made legal", that's your business -- but the moment you enter my life by sticking your nose into *my* family, you make it *my* business, and I would appreciate you keeping your nose out where it's not welcome.
So let's cut to the chase here, shall we? If you dont want to marry a gay person, dont. If you want to believe gays are sinful and evil, do so. But the moment you take your PERSONAL BELIEF and IMPOSE it on everyone else, you cross a line, one that I daresay you would find just as horrific if someone came along and told you you HAD to marry a gay man or a lesbian.
So do yourself a favour: get a real life. Find a real cause, not something that's politically expedience and will generate all those donation dollars because it's such a cultural hot-spot for the narrow of mind such as yourselves. Anonynous is right: if you put half as much energy into something that really mattered, the country wouldnt be in such a lousy place right now.
And let me underscore this for you get again, in case you missed it the first time. My relationship with God is a very comfortable one. He knows me heart and soul, and He's blessed my life in ways unimaginable to you sad little folks. So I suggest you deal with it and move on.
I’m doing a research paper on the decision for Iowa’s gay marriage law and I would just like to say that I am angered that you use the lord as the excuse for keeping the gays from being able to marry. I am a catholic and I am a straight 16 year old. Isn’t following god about accepting everyone and not discriminating anyone? Isn’t it also about spreading kindness to others? Why are you going to keep a single group of people away from something that the rest of the population is taking for granted? Maybe in the Bible it says that it is not right for two women or two men to be married, but isn’t it also wrong to discriminate a group?
I believe that we should legalize the law, not because it’s controversial but because it is not your business to say how to live someone’s life. As a good religious person all you can do is guide a person to the right path not force them. What does it matter if a gay couple is getting married, it is their life not your own. You cannot stop everyone from doing something wrong; you can just respect each other and guide them to the right path.
by the way, im sending a letter to you as part of my assignment. i can only hope that this will change your outlook on what is right and what should be done.
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