HOORAY! GAY MARRIAGE LOSES IN NEW YORK (Updated)

New York, July 6, 2006 (Catholic League) - Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented on today’s ruling by the New York Court of Appeals that New York State law does not allow gay marriage:

“Those who believe in judicial restraint will welcome today’s ruling; those who prefer a judicial system where judges impose their ideological predilections on the public will not be happy. Those who believe in the institution of marriage as it has been understood for thousands of years—in both eastern and western civilizations—will also welcome today’s ruling; those who seek to grant alternative lifestyles an equal place alongside monogamous, heterosexual marriage will not be happy. But someone had to lose, and it is only just that the sexual engineers lost.

“On the day of the last presidential election, 11 states had the question of gay marriage on the ballot. The result was 11-0 against it. Even the voters in Oregon—home to many so-called progressives—voted the measure down. Just as women voted overwhelmingly against the Equal Rights Amendment in liberal states like New York and New Jersey in the 1970s, today’s liberals are rejecting same-sex marriage: in a Daily News poll in 2004, residents of New York City voted 47-40 against gay marriage. Now if gay rights advocates can’t win in New York City, they certainly are not going to win in the rest of New York State.

“The idea of two men marrying is so bizarre and so anti-marriage that it is a great tribute to the American people that they continue to respect the right of gays to participate in American life without harassment while simultaneously rejecting the extremist gay agenda. It shows that the public is capable of making critical distinctions, something that many gay activists have yet to learn.”

Bill Donahue tells it like it is -- Same Sex Attraction is NOT normal, but an addiction to a perverse and unhealthy lifestyle. It is a sickness of mind, body, emotions, and soul. If a person who is a "homosexual" continues to remain living this way and does not seek out help from Courage or other Christian support groups in an attempt to change the disordered behavior, that is his or her choice, but as he/she continues to engage in this behavior, he/she will become more deeply entrenched in the culture of death, which results in feelings of helplessness and hopelessness that may lead to physical death (as a result of suicide or AIDS).

Homosexuals of both sexes remain fourteen times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexuals and 3½ times more likely to commit suicide successfully. Thirty years ago, this propensity toward suicide was attributed to social rejection, but the numbers have remained largely stable since then despite far greater public acceptance than existed in 1973. Study after study shows that male and female homosexuals have much higher rates of interpersonal maladjustment, depression, conduct disorder, childhood abuse (both sexual and violent), domestic violence, alcohol or drug abuse, anxiety, and dependency on psychiatric care than heterosexuals.

Life expectancy of homosexual men was only forty-eight years before the AIDS virus came on the scene, and it is now down to thirty-eight. Only 2 percent of homosexual men live past age sixty-five.

Spiritual death, of course, is a natural consequence of this sinful behavior. Homosexual acts are disordered and are objectively gravely sinful, cutting off the flow of grace between God and man. Let us pray for the conversion and healing of those who are trapped in this unhealthy lifestyle.

For further information on same - sex marriage, go here.

Statistical information obtained from Catholic Answers - Special Report on Gay Marriage.

Update: 2 Top Courts Rule Against Gay Marriage

Related Post: Same Sex Unions: Why Not?

Comments

  1. Gay marriage also failed in Georgia today too!!

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  2. Take a look at what happened in Wisconsin today.... and pray for us!
    Read the Dad 29 one on my blog.

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  3. That is great news! I just heard the report on CWA. Praise the Lord!

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  4. Yes, I certainly will pray for WI. What a disaster!

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  5. Here's a little laugh for you, ignorant twit. Bet you are proud to be a red neck!

    1.Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

    2.Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

    3.Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

    4.Straight marriage has been around long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

    5.Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

    6.Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

    7.Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

    8.Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

    9.Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

    10.Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

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