It's time to legalize same sex marriage

Jan 22, 2012

Dear Editor,

Re: Same-sex Marriage

Consenting adults should be allowed to marry their partner of choice. It should make no difference if they are straight or gay. While a license from the state is required, there is no such license requirement from a church or religion. A couple marries for a variety of reasons including economics, companionship, love, and sometimes – but not always - to have and raise children. Some couples don’t want children, some couples can’t have children, and some couples are too old for having children, and yet they can all marry. Outside of actually having children, gay couples would be marrying for the same reasons. What’s not to think this is a good thing?

It turns out that marriage between men and women has not been the norm for all of human history, but a fairly recent legal structure. Even today, men are allowed to have multiple wives in several countries. And until recently (late 1960s), interracial marriage was banned in several states in the U.S. Marriage, one might say has evolved over time and has a different meaning today than it did even 100 years ago.

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Against the malicious persecution of gays and lesbians

To the editor:

Please allow to respond to the letter from Pastor Leskovar in last week’s Herald. He makes several points about gay marriage most people will not agree with.

1. Those who stand for marriage as God designed it to be, he says, should follow their dictates and marry accordingly. And those who do not believe that marriage was designed by God? They should follow your beliefs? No, they too, must be allowed to marry as they choose.

2. He asserts that God’s design for marriage is “what is proven best for people and society.” According to whom? How many tens of thousands of gays and lesbians have been denied rights the rest of us take for granted? And aren’t they “people” and “part of society”?

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We need to stand up against this ridiculous effort to redefine marriage

Jan 30, 2012

Dear Editor-

On Wednesday, January 4th Governor Christine Gregoire stated her support for same-sex marriage. 
She said, “Same-sex couples should not be denied that meaning of marriage. Equal rights for same-sex couples is not only a good thing, it's the right thing to do."

Many want to say that those who stand against same-sex marriage are bigoted and homophobic. 
Nothing can be further from the truth. Rather, those who stand for marriage as God designed it to be and natural laws support, are simply standing for love, truth, and what is proven best for people and society. 

God created marriage to be between a man and a woman. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24) Since that time, marriage in every society and every culture has been between men and women only.

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