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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (32258)12/5/2003 9:53:23 PM
From: laura_bush  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
The Threat to Sanctity of Marriage Is Heterosexual

Clarence Page
Clarence Page is a syndicated columnist for the
Chicago Tribune based in Washington.

December 5, 2003

Iused to have a neighbor who put a refreshingly blunt bumper sticker on her car:
"Don't Like Abortion? Don't Have One." When I heard President George W.
Bush's response to the recent Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts'
decision that said same-sex couples were entitled to "the protections, benefits
and obligations of civil marriage," I thought of how that bumper sticker could be
updated into a modest proposal for the president: "Don't Like Gay Marriage?
Don't Have One."

The president vowed to "do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of
marriage." He did not explain precisely how gays and lesbians are attacking the
sanctity of marriage with their wish to be bound by it.

In fact, same-sex marriages are not likely to have any impact on the sanctity of
the president's marriage or my marriage or any other heterosexual's marriage. My
wife and I would still be married and so would the president and the first lady.

If anyone is undermining the sanctity of marriage these days, it's my fellow
heterosexuals. Look at our statistics: Somewhere between 40 and 50 percent of
first marriages end in divorce. More than half of births to women under age 25 are
out of wedlock. We make light of the institution with quicky Las Vegas
marriages, quicky divorces and weird catch-a-man shows like "The Bachelor" that
elevate gold digging almost to an Olympic sport.

But we don't punish heterosexuals for debasing the sanctity of marriage. Instead,
legislators have responded to the public's will by making it easier to get no-fault
divorces and harder to prosecute cheaters for adultery. Despite stalwart efforts by
some to reverse that tide, the tide has not turned.

Continues........

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