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I felt I had to make a statement so I sent another letter to the editor of the Press of Atlantic City. Here's what I said.
Same-sex marriage seems on the verge of becoming a fait accompli. Many are attempting to make-same sex marriage a civil rights issue.
It is NOT a civil rights issue.
Homosexuality is a behavior, not a type of person. Simon Levay, a self-proclaimed homosexual, concluded in his 1991 study, that people are not born homosexual. He found no homosexual gene.
As a society, we discriminate against behaviors all the time. A 1998 issue of Psychological Reports reported the average life expectancy of homosexuals is 20 to 30 years less than heterosexuals. Why would society encourage such self-destructive behavior?
To give legal recognition to same sex marriage degrades and devalues heterosexual marriage. How much would a Super Bowl ring be worth, if championship bowlers also received one?
Self-proclaimed homosexuals should not be discriminated against for civil rights and neither should they be issued marriage licenses.
Ted Armstrong
Posted by Ted at March 6, 2004 8:38 PM