Dear Editor:
Your April 19 edition contained three interesting op-eds, one from Mr. Fischer concerning Scripture defining marriage; one from the redoubtable Mr. Horstmann demanding that Christians be protected from anti-Christians and an op-ed from S.E. Cupp entitled "Conservative support for gay marriage is growing." Cool.
I don't even know where to start with Fischer. Scripture defines marriage for you. It does not define it for people not of your religion; in fact it does not even define it for all Christian sects. Christians may not force their theology on others, our Constitution says so.
Some people in our country are homosexual; this is a fact of life. To deny these human beings the right to associate (and marry) due to Christian theology is morally perverse. I have attended a Wiccan marriage ceremony. The ceremony conducted and the vows taken were as moving, beautiful and worthy of respect as any Christian ceremony that I have attended. I have not attended a "same sex" wedding ceremony, however would expect no less a sincere experience. Indeed, it could even be a Christian ceremony, given the increasing support from Christian sects for same sex marriage.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) recently voted in their national constitution to recognize and allow such. So, Mr. Fischer, just why do you believe your Christian theology is truer than the Presbyterians'?
Horstmann does have something right. He postulates that "Christians need protection from anti-Christians." Ok, I agree. I'm all about religious freedom and liberty. Where Horstmann's opinion piece goes wrong is in its apparent assumption that anything that does not agree nicely with his personal view of theology is an affront to his Christianity. Somehow this denies Constitutional rights to him, and like-minded Christians. This logic does not follow, so one can only assume his arguments simply serve to continue the notion that Christians may dictate their theology and morals to others that are not Christians and deny their Constitutional liberties. I find this morally repugnant.
The article by S. E. Cupp was quite well done. The recent kerfuffle in Indiana demonstrated just how far outside the mainstream the Christian "right" has become. The columnist George Will recently opined the right-wing conservatives need to relook at their numbers, as they can't win without a broad base of support. Personally, it appears to me that Jeb Bush has figured this out.
"Inclusive conservatism"? I'm intrigued.
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