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From The Pastors Corner |
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October
5, 2005 Dear Editor: Same sex civil unions are now legal in the state of
Connecticut and it remains to be seen what the outcome of this cultural
change will be. Some of those who
were in favor of this change believed that it would not have any impact upon
their marriage or family. They
believed that life would go on as before and they could continue in their
ideal world without seeing any changes.
This is only a dream. I am not
a Prophet nor the son of a Prophet but I predict that we will see significant
changes in the days ahead. The desire of those who have pushed for changes in the area of same sex unions will not be satisfied with civil unions but will begin to push for marriage. Their goal is acceptance. They want their relationship to be considered normal and proper. They want children to be taught in school that it is acceptable to have two mothers or two fathers. They want to have full recognition of their relationship by society. They will not be satisfied until this becomes a reality and those who have buried their heads in the sand will probably allow this to happen. In time I believe we will see the impact of this decision
with regard to marriage, health care and in our law courts. The Netherlands was the first nation to
approve same sex civil unions and now they have approved polygamy. A man was recently united to two women. There are some religious sects that
believe in polygamy and it will not be long before these unions are called a
marriage. Sexually transmitted
diseases may soon become rampant with
promiscuous sexual relationships.
This will increase health care costs and medical insurance. Although these same sex relationships
purport to be committed relationships they will prove in time to be
promiscuous relationships especially among male partners. They may decide to maintain an open
relationship in order to stay together, but there will be a lack of
faithfulness to one partner. Those
who get tired of this open relationship will begin to fill our overcrowded
law courts seeking a divorce. We
already have too many heterosexual relationships seeking a divorce and with
homosexual relationships being united in civil unions we will no doubt see an
increase. I hope that I am wrong but
I doubt if this is not a fact. We cannot offend God who ordained the union of a man and
woman for life without facing dreadful consequences. We cannot call marriage by another name
and change the definition of marriage without seeing a lasting impact upon
our society. I hope that we will come
to our senses before it is too late.
Sincerely,
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