What seems to be lost in the current clamor to make Florida ,
and other states, just like California
in the realm of same sex marriage are the inalienable rights of a child. Just
like our steady movement to allow people the right to get stoned on marijuana we,
lose the perspective of what sort of damage does this do to those unable to
vote or protect themselves via other means?
It is alarming that our society, in its self righteous
march, to being tolerant, free thinking and politically correct at all costs
turn our backs on our children in the process.
In 2008 the state of Florida
passed Amendment 2 at the same time that Californians passed Proposition 8. In Florida
61.92% of voters cast their ballot to define marriage as being between a man
and a woman. I don’t seem to recall that there was much, if any, backlash in
the media or otherwise in Florida .
All the while, all hell broke lose in California
concerning the will of the people.
A child is the innocent victim in all of society’s adult
decisions to adapt a particular social lifestyle. The neonate, while still in
the womb, is at serious risk of being terminated as its mother debates whether
or not that child should be allowed to take the first breath of life. When does
the neonate get a chance to express its opinion or cast a vote? Its only choice
lies in the social alternatives afforded the mother. The neonate only gets to
die as a result of the mother’s decision. The abortion debate being tantamount
to an act of murder has been pushed aside as the social debate rages about life
versus choice. The neonate loses because it does not have the capacity to
organize into the realm of advocacy and grass roots campaigns which garner
candidates, laws and regulations.
The same holds true for children adopted by same gender
parents. The child, whether adopted or conceived, harbors no choice as it is
born into circumstances beyond their control. Their future is contrived by those
who, by whatever means, are legally recognized as this child’s parents. The
child’s experience as it grows in society is subject to role modeling, bullying
by others and a host of other social experiences that mold its life experience.
We make great strides to pass legislation to prevent cyber bullying and other
forms of bullying but don’t even give a thought to the confusion created in the
mind of a child born into a world which eliminates either a mother or a father.
In my opinion, a child needs both a mother and a father. No
one entity can provide nurturing to that child like a mother is capable of
doing. Because they were connected, literally for the gestational period, that
mother is inherently capable of giving sustenance, nurturing and perspective to
that child. A father is the jayvee team in that realm. However, he provides a
completely different form of nurturing in his role as provider and defender and
the example he sets as he nurtures the mother and does a lot of the heavy
lifting that comes with parenthood.
The will of the people continues to be rendered inert by the
liberal opinions of a handful of judges. Their only perspective in their roles
of advocacy is to be popular with the people who think they have the answers.
The rights of children are cast aside in favor of adults who think they have the
better approach to the traditional union of a man and woman. One becomes Mother
and the other becomes Father. Those are roles granted to us by the almighty God
of heaven and earth. In our steady rebellion away from Him the most collateral
damage is endured by His little ones who ought to otherwise be nurtured and
protected in the best manner possible.
