Same sex marriage soundbite
Ironically on Valentines' Day, I was throwing around some soundbites and quotes in my head about same-sex marriage and such, and I came up with this one, which I think really cuts to the chase:
"The desire of some people to use the coercive power of the government to deny me the ability to care for the person to whom I have committed my life is the antithesis of everything that Christian values are supposed to stand for."
I like it because it covers a lot of ground in one sentence. It notes that proponents of marriage amendments want to use force (i.e. government) to achieve their goals, want to actually work to prevent people from caring for each other, that they are working against commitment, and finally that in doing all these things, they are actually acting in a way contrary to the tenets of their confessed religious values (I was thinking of substituing "family" for "Christian" in the quote to make it a bit more broad.)
What do you think?
Ironically on Valentines' Day, I was throwing around some soundbites and quotes in my head about same-sex marriage and such, and I came up with this one, which I think really cuts to the chase:
"The desire of some people to use the coercive power of the government to deny me the ability to care for the person to whom I have committed my life is the antithesis of everything that Christian values are supposed to stand for."
I like it because it covers a lot of ground in one sentence. It notes that proponents of marriage amendments want to use force (i.e. government) to achieve their goals, want to actually work to prevent people from caring for each other, that they are working against commitment, and finally that in doing all these things, they are actually acting in a way contrary to the tenets of their confessed religious values (I was thinking of substituing "family" for "Christian" in the quote to make it a bit more broad.)
What do you think?
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