Welcome to this historic city. The authors of liberty recognized a
Divine Creator who bequeathed to us certain inalienable rights. They
affirmed freedom of religion and proscribed the establishment of any
one religion. Today, there are some people would like to establish a
single religion for America . . . the religion of secularism. They not
only reject traditional religious values, but also the values of the
founders. And they set aside the wisdom of the ages. Their allies are
activist judges. Here in Massachusetts, activist judges struck a blow
to the foundation of civilization, the family. They ruled that our
constitution requires same sex marriage. I believe their error
occurred because they focused on adult rights. If adult heterosexual
couples can marry, they reasoned, then to have equal rights, adult
homosexual couples must also be able to marry.
But marriage is not primarily about adults. Marriage is primarily
about the nurturing and development of children. A child's development
is enhanced by the nurturing of both genders. Every child deserves a
mother and a father. Of course, the principal burden of the Court's
ruling doesn't fall on adults. It falls on children. We are asked to
change the state birth certificate. To prevent "heterocentricity,"
mother and father would become parent A and parent B. An elementary
school teacher reads to her 2nd graders from a book titled "The King
and King" about a prince who marries a prince. And a 2nd grader's
father is denied the right to have his child removed from class while
that book is being read. Our state's most difficult-to-place adoptive
children may no longer be placed by Catholic charities because they
favor homes where there's a mother and a father.
The price of same sex marriage is paid by children. Our fight for
marriage, then, should focus on the needs of children, not the rights
of adults. In fact, as Americans, I believe that we should show an
outpouring of respect and tolerance for all people, regardless of
their differences or their different choices. We must vigorously
reject discrimination and bigotry. We are all God's children. He
abhors none of us.
Massachusetts is the front line on marriage, but unless we adopt a
federal amendment to protect marriage, what is happening here will
unquestionably enter every other state. The spreading religion of
secularism and its substitute values cannot be allowed to weaken the
foundation of family or the faith of our fathers who more than life
their freedom loved.
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