How can I get same sex "marrige" banned nationally?

Question

The same people who say I shouldn't impose my morality on them, are imposing immorality on me and my children to the point that I literally have a hard time even leaving my home anymore to do something as simple as visit the park. And this is freedom?

I am a Catholic stay-at-home mother of seven, and I live in the state of Massachusetts where "gay marriage" has been legal for seven years and it's just one aspect of the larger secular agenda. Because we have so many little children, it takes a phenomenal effort to go anywhere. We have only filled our truck with gasoline twice this entire summer vacation. We go to Mass and we go two miles up the road to a small outdoor swimming pool. That's pretty much it.

At the pool this summer there were homosexual couples with children and, while I was polite as my own young daughters doted on the baby with two "mommies", I also held my breath in anticipation of awkward questions - questions I'm not ready to answer. My young daughters are all under the age of eight and they are not old enough to understand why a baby would have two women calling themselves "mommies".

When there were two men relaxing at the side of the pool unnaturally close to each other, effeminately rubbing elbows and exchanging doe-eyes, I was again anxiously watching my children hoping they wouldn't ask questions. They don't see Daddy do that with anyone but Mommy. We haven't been back to the pool for a couple of weeks, except once but it rained. The truth is, now I don't really want to go back.

So what am I harping about?

Today we decided to go to the park. We live near a nice park that is safe, clean and quiet. Two of my daughters were in the sandbox, one on the slide, the other on the swings, and as I lifted the baby out of his stroller I looked up to see four women laughing at a baby boy as he was swinging in one of those bucket baby swings. That seems harmless enough, but I'm so sensitized to the strangeness in my community that I've developed this ever-present jumpiness whenever I'm in public. Sure enough, two of the women, so happy to see a baby boy laughing, embraced and remained standing there rubbing each other's back in a way that was clearly not just friendly affection.

This is my community. I find myself unable to even leave the house anymore without worrying about what in tarnation we are going to encounter. We are responsible citizens. We live by the rules, we pay our taxes, we take care of our things. I'm supposed to be able to influence what goes on in my community, and as a voter I do exercise that right. But I'm outnumbered. I can't even go to normal places without having to sit silently and tolerate immorality. We all know what would happen if I asked two men or two women to stop displaying, right in front of me and my children, that they live in sodomy.

So now I go on a rant.

Our taxes are being used to fund contraception, abortion and IVF already. That offends me in ways that are inexpressible. I read last December in the Wall Street Journal how two men near us are raising two assembled daughters after announcing to the world how they killed two other siblings in surrogate mothers in India. Let me guess? I shouldn't offend them though, right? And what's next at the park? A needle exchange drop-box for heroin users? No joke. These things are not isolated, it is all the same issue at a fundamental level. We're being pushed to accept immorality and it's not just on TV and in Washington D.C. It's right in front of us too.

We fund a lot of illegal immigrants here (just ask the President about his auntie) and helping people who really need help is not something I'd ever oppose. But it's still haunting me that just this week I learned of an illegal immigrant who killed a young man innocently out for a ride on his motorcycle. The illegal immigrant, who didn't have a license, was so drunk he didn't notice when he hit a motorcyclist and then dragged the 23 year old college graduate a quarter of a mile while people were yelling at him to stop. When he finally did stop, the young man was still alive until the drunk driver put the car in reverse and backed up over him before driving away. He's charged with vehicular homicide and "reckless conduct creating a risk to a child." He had a six year old in the car with him.

Do you think knowing this happened about seven miles from my home makes me afraid to leave the house? You bet it does. But that just adds to everything else I'm being asked to tolerate. Seriously, is this freedom?


Marriage was created in the heart of god, and he designed it perfectly for one man and one woman

Answer 1

Move.

Answer 2

These people are doing nothing to hurt you or your children. I would have no problem talking with my children and grandchildren about a baby with two mothers. It is easy. You just tell them that there are two women who both love the baby deeply and want to help the child grow up happy. You just tell them that people live in different ways and all love is good. This seems like a Christian thing to teach children. The two men who you say are demonstrating that they live in "sodomy" are truly only demonstrating their love and caring for each other. If they were actually demonstrating "sodomy" I do believe they would be arrested. You choosing to have seven children is actually more damaging to the world that I have to live in than any of these couple showing love and affection. Love and affection are good things and should be blessed wherever they are found. If you are too prejudiced to accept this simple caring between two people you really should move to where the majority feel as you do. Iran might be good. Get over it.

Answer 3

I find it offensive that you would equate homosexuality with drunk driving. Gay marriage does not harm you in any way. Two men who decide to marry are not imposing thier values onto you. If you're so offended by the sight of gay couples, the logical course of action would be to advocate for the legalization of gay marriage on a national scale. If gay marriage weren't restricted in so many parts of the country then gay couples would have no incentive to gather in certain communities like yours where it is legal. The role of government is not to force people to conform to your religious beliefs.

Answer 4

i agree with you 100 percent but the fact is this is the way society is now. everything goes today, and that is why the world has become an evil place. no one listens to religion anymore they take everything into there own hands. live your life and educate your children on the right way to live. if you do this what ever is around you will not effect both you and your children.

Answer 5

two dudes just kissed eachother, now ask yourself:

"How does this affect me?"

if your answer is anything other then "It doesn't at all" then you should reevaluate your entirety.



Besides, the two great commandments given to us by Jesus are to Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. and the second is to Love your neighbor as yourself. we're all neighbors on this rock so stop your hatred.



if your sick of how the government is spending your money go protest, i'm sure that the 99% will appreciate what ever signs you bring.

Answer 6

That's fine as long you apply the same rules to how straight people conduct themselves in public, and the same rules for Americans driving drunk without a license or insurance.

Answer 7

Seriously? Your opinion is so disgusting to me- your going to have to face the truth that what you are saying about gay marriage is immoral. Don't you think that god would like us to live together and not judge each other? You also need to realize that your children are going to see the truth in this world someday...... What are you going to do if one of them is gay????

Answer 8

Having seven children in an over-populated world running out of resources is incredibly irresponsible.



You offend me.

Answer 9

It does seem strange that we have to accept immorality but we can't express our moral views in fear of offending someone. I never thought this country would turn around this way. I'm with you on this one!

Answer 10

move and leave the people of the same sex to get married if they want to. you don't, they do. they're not harming you or killing you or sending you to hell in anyway. go live in a place where everyone's catholic and where everyone sees and responds to the realities of the world the way you do. goodluck.

Answer 11

Move out west with us to a nice bright red state. You will be much happier.