Miss Direction
If in fact the American public is suddenly losing its will to oppose gay marriage, why lie about it?
We are entering another PR blitz by those that would have you believe that homosexuality is simply an alternative lifestyle. Having failed in every state where the question was placed on the ballot regarding gay marriage they have now taken that well trodden road of making up facts to match the story.
A few years ago it was the pandemic spread of aids amongst heterosexual couples that the gay but not happy public relations wing of activist organizations were trying desperately to push. Newspapers across the country dutifully printed the dire warnings of the almost plague like spread of HIV and aids in heterosexuals. Graphs and charts printed on the front pages of major newspapers showed an increase in incidence that resembled a NASA rocket being launched into orbit and stories from the four corners of the country focused on seemingly happy families now being destroyed because mom or dad got aids. Sexually promiscuous heterosexuals were flocking to clinics for HIV/aids tests and doctors were being deluged by patients that were sure their sore throat was the first sign of the deadly disease.
But it was all a well orchestrated ruse. Gay activists figured if they could get straight people worried that they might in fact get the disease more funding would be made available to find a cure. The real facts showed that the only population segment where HIV/ aids was increasing was within the homosexual community.
Nobody in the media bothered to check the facts before they ran with the story. An activist group would come out with some official sounding report and get a doctor to put his name on it and the next thing you know it was a full blown epidemic.
The same thing is now happening with gay marriage. The headline from the AOL Political Machine news segment read “Rick Warren Abandons Fight Against Gay Marriage?”. The accompanying story stated that Warren the founder and pastor of the Saddleback megachurch, and the pastor that Barack Obama invited to give the invocation at his inauguration had made a recent turnaround in his position on the issue.
The writer went on to state that the recent overturning of the governor’s veto by the Vermont legislature and the Iowa Supreme court decision that banning gay marriage is unconstitutional according to the Iowa State Constitution is further proof that public sentiment has changed. But his statements are as deceiving as the headline was misleading.
First, did you notice that the author conveniently included a question mark at the end of his headline. While the punctuation mark is not what first grabs your attention its purpose is clear, it changes the statement to a question although there is no question needed.
What Rick Warren said was that he has never been an anti-gay marriage activist. He doesn’t even address the issue. But the church which he founded like most evangelical Christian churches still maintains their position that homosexuality is a sin and that someone actively involved in homosexual activity cannot be a member of the church. Christians are taught to accept the person but not their actions. If a homosexual is willing to remain completely celibate of homosexual activity he or she can become a member. Warren has worked tirelessly to council and bring comfort to all those suffering and dying from HIV/aids, including homosexuals.
The further statements that the Vermont legislature shows some dramatic shift in public opinion doesn’t take into account the profound liberal views that have been part of Vermont state politics for decades. Let’s not forget that it is in Vermont that several towns have arrest on sight orders for George Bush and Dick Cheney for war crimes.
The action taken in Iowa was in the legal realm and not an indication of public opinion. It was the Iowa Supreme Court and not the state legislature or voters that made the decision.
Any state that has the power to grant homosexual marriage has the power to rescind it. It will eventually be up to the voters to decide who they want to represent them based on how they feel on this issue. All the unbiased data makes it clear that the majority of voters do not approve of homosexual marriage and maintain that marriage is between one man and one woman. Legislators who go against that will find out how easy it is to lose an election regardless of how long they have served.
The gay activists know this so having failed to sway the public through vague threats and boycotts they now turn again to the faithful media who are more than willing to publish reports without fact checking. They figure if they can convince enough people to believe there is overwhelming support they will be less likely to oppose.
The backlash from this new ruse may be more significant than anyone is bargaining for. That goes for the gay activist groups, the state legislators and the news media.
