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The Spillover From Same-sex Marriage
Some people have argued that Christian ought not to be concerned with approval of same-sex marriage. They say that marriage rights for homosexuals will not infringe on heterosexual marriage and that as a matter of civil rights, everyone who wishes ought to be given the right to marry. How naïve this outlook is turning out to be.
Canada, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2005, is a disturbing example. First, there is growing persecution against those who disagree with the practice. An article by Michael Coren notes: "It’s estimated that, in less than five years, there have been between 200 and 300 proceedings – in courts, human-rights commissions and employment boards – against critics and opponents of same-sex marriage. And this estimate doesn’t take into account the casual dismissals that surely have occurred.”
In other words, the right to voice opposition to a homosexual lifestyle are quickly eroding. Such persecution is far out of proportion to the relatively small number of homosexuals, but the pro-homosexual lobby is powerful, wealthy and aggressive.
Then there is the predictable push from other deviant groups desiring equal recognition. Another warning comes from Bradley W. Miller: “And consider the changed nature of relationship recognition: ‘One prominent polygamist community in British Columbia was greatly emboldened by the creation of same-sex marriage and publicly proclaimed that there was now no principled basis for the state’s continued criminalization of polygamy.’”
The pro-homosexual marriage movement is not a “live and let live” ideology. Those who disagree but sympathetically support it as a civil right will find their civil right of free speech negated. Tolerance is not the goal; homosexuals want approval and praise, and will persecute those who do not give it to them.
