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Vote for Amendment One to protect marriage from judges
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To the Editor,

It is beyond my comprehension how anyone who calls himself a Christian and believes that the Bible is God’s word would vote against Amendment One. The Bible defines marriage very plainly as between one man and one woman (Matthew 19:4-6). I have heard the arguments that marriage between a man and a woman is already the only legal marriage that is allowed in North Carolina. I have also heard the argument that it is not legal for homosexuals to get married in North Carolina so why vote for the marriage amendment.

The amendment when passed will protect marriage from being redefined in North Carolina by activist judges and politicians. As we have seen happen in other states, the first of what will be many lawsuits was filed in North Carolina challenging our marriage laws in December 2011. Each of these lawsuits demands that the definition of marriage for everyone be permanently changed to suit the needs of one same-sex couple. The lawsuit filed in Guilford County is just another example of why the marriage protection amendment is needed and should be passed by North Carolina voters on May 8.

If activist judges or politicians were to succeed in redefining marriage in North Carolina in the future, there would be profound consequences for religious organizations, individuals, and society itself. That is the reason we should vote for the Marriage Amendment.

Eddie Driggers

Proctorville



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PercyKution
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May 02, 2012
You probably believe all the animals in the world were in walking distance of 'Ol Noah's shack too, don't you?
MHB1967
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May 02, 2012
Stan Dotson, a Baptist minister in NC wrote: "Were the biblical mandates around sexuality, or any other ethical issue, simple and straightfoward, the Bible wouldn’t counsel us to “rightly divide the word of truth” and to “study to show thyself approved.” We need to study and to rightly divide in order to understand the contextual references and the applicable principles behind many of the mandates. After many years of study of the relevant texts around sexuality, it seems clear to me that the underlying principles at work when it comes to marriage involve enduring values such as love, fidelity, monogamy, mutuality, respect, and honesty. When Paul spoke in Romans 1 of people engaging in shameful and unnatural acts, he described them fully - saying these were people “filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.” Wow, I’m with Paul, I don’t want these folks in my community, either. But what about people who happen to be in a committed same-sex relationship, who exhibit the very opposite of all these other traits? What about the gay and lesbian people who are honest, peaceful, well-spoken, God-loving, humble, faithful, wise, who respect and care for their parents? I know plenty of people like that. Given the existence of decent and neighborly gay folks, I have to conclude that Paul was talking about something entirely different in his cultural context than what we are talking about in our culture, when it comes to sexuality and marriage equality. I choose to adhere to the enduring biblical values and principles of love and fidelity and freedom and mutuality and respect. When these timeless truths come into conflict with the culturally-bound mores and folkways that are also found in scripture, whether it’s around sexuality or slavery or dietary restrictions or hairstyles or prohibitions of jewelry or which gender can preach the gospel, the timeless truths trump the culturally-bound restrictions every time."
BBBD
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May 02, 2012
You forgot what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.

Here are several translations so that you don't try the "It depends on the translation" game.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 corinthians 6:9-10&version=NIV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 corinthians 6:9-10&version=KJV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 corinthians 6:9-10&version=NKJV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 corinthians 6:9-10&version=ESV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 corinthians 6:9-10&version=NASB

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 corinthians 6:9-10&version=NLT

Being homosexual may not be a sin, but the practice of it surely is. If a homosexual is God-loving, then they accept all of His Word and not just the parts they like.

Watch the video I posted in my other comment and see what you think.
itzme
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May 02, 2012
Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Leviticus 18:22

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Leviticus 20:13

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Romans 1:26-27

For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

God said it was an abomination and death was the punishment - but you say that He is who you serve. Pointing the finger at us as if we should not follow and teach what the Bible says is pointless. If you hate the Word - you hate God because the Word is God. If you have a problem with us standing on Gods Word then you need to take it up with Him.

chavisb
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May 01, 2012
The Bible is the only book that I am aware of that has fortold the future including, the times we currently live in. No other book has been presented to me with such accuracy. Therefore, without any other book challenges in accuracies, I have to use logic and agree with the Bible's accuracy. That point brings me to my next point. Now, without the use of biblical beliefs, and with just the use of logic, how did mother nature get it wrong or right. Man is suppose to be the highest of intelligence of creatures on earth, yet, man/woman are the only creatures who see not wrong with being with or married to the same sex. Interesting, our lower intelligent creatures on earth does not, for some reason, refuses to be with one another of the same sex. One could argue that Mother Nature got right and man messed it up. Funny, now who created Mother Nature. Knowledge is power, power is knowledge.
LtownLMAO
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May 01, 2012
How can any "Christian" inflict so much hate and pain on another? You are saying they are less a person then others simply because what makes them happy. How about not Judging them, and accepting them for who they are? That to me sounds more "Christian", but lets be honest you back woods people are so stubborn and Hypocritical with your beliefs and actions its never gonna happen so I leave you with this.

God prefers kind GAYS over Hateful, Pain Inflicting, Hypocritical "Christians".
BBBD
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May 01, 2012
No pain is meant to be inflicted, and hate is not the motivation.

In your definition of marriage, are there no limits? Would you be fine with three women getting married to each other? Would you be ok with one man marrying four women? What about people that would want to marry their cars or their pets? Would you have no problem with that?

If you answered yes to all of those questions, then you're free to call others pain inflicting and hateful. But you find objections with any marriages outside of man/woman, man/man, or woman/woman, then you are pain inflicting and being hateful of others simply because of what makes them happy.

Your use of quotation marks around the word Christian leads me to believe that you are someone who has a problem with them. How about not judging Christians and accepting them for who they are? You are the expert on what God prefers, right?

Here's a YouTube video about homosexuals and Christianity you may find interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIw6ngIqaD0
LtownLMAO
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May 01, 2012
Being different is no crime. Being gay is not a sin. And for a gay person to desire and pursue love and marriage and family is no more selfish or sinful than when a straight person desires and pursues the very same things. The Song of Songs tells us that King Solomon’s wedding day was “the day his heart rejoiced.” To deny to a small minority of people, not just a wedding day, but a lifetime of love and commitment and family is to inflict on them a devastating level of hurt and anguish. There is nothing in the Bible that indicates that Christians are called to perpetuate that kind of pain in other people’s lives rather than work to alleviate it, especially when the problem is so easy to fix. All it takes is acceptance. The Bible is not opposed to the acceptance of gay Christians, or to the possibility of loving relationships for them.

What is the first thing you learned in Sunday school? The first thing that I learned growing up in Sunday school – that God created me, that God loves me, that I am a beloved child of God, no more and no less valuable than anyone else. Why should that be any different for a gay person?
vlock
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May 02, 2012
To LtownLMAO

That is not the first thing you learned in Sunday school. We are not all of God's children...Jesus said that those who do HIS FATHERS will are his children. The first thing you should have learned in Sunday school should have been...you are born a sinner, and in order to receive salvation from your sins, you must accept JESUS, who was the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of man. Every man/woman that is born has sin that they must deal with; they will ALL keep you from a relationship with GOD. However, Jesus paid the price, so that we would have a way to fellowship with the Father. Marriage is a institution derived from GOD, HE sets the rules, not Christians...you'll have to take it up with him.

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