In response to this Keith Olbermann article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27650743/#storyContinued
Like Keith Olbermann's statement, "This is a matter of the heart…" Is foolish. That statement over shadows the rest of his article. What great authority or tradition is he invoking? What beyond his own ideas of right and wrong can he measure his conclusion against? What common ground is he appealing to that all people agree?
Martin Luther King in his "I have a Dream" speech said. "…I have a dream that someday my four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…" He was not advocating to a change the definition of what people recognized as a moral absolute. Martin Luther King instead reminding people of that moral absolute that all men are created equal.
To me it is extremely disingenuous for advocates of the homosexual community to associate their struggle for complete social endorsement of their practices with black Americans. Black Americans were denied basic human rights not because of their actions (like homosexuals) but because of the way they look. If someone cannot see the difference they are folling themselves...
The commercials and advertisements seem to understand this clearly which is why I imagine that EVERY commercial never once said "homosexual" or "same sex marriage"… All commercials were pictures of racial violence, ambiguous talk about the "importance of family", or had a heterosexual couple denied the right to be married. It is a form of bait and switch. We (the public) are shown pictures of moral absolutes that we universally agree on and then they attach their proposition without every identifying what their motive is.
It would seem that even the advocates of same sex marriage understand that what they want is radically against universal acceptance, so much so that they omit the very detail that their cause is for. If same sex marriage is a basic human right then why is it not more readily spoken about in the ads that support it? Dr. Martin Luther King readily talk about specifically white and black people coming together because he knew it was a rallying point not an agenda to be cleverly disguised.
Proposition 8 was not about equality. It is about radical change. Whether or not that change is good or bad for society I am not even arguing but it is radical compared to traditions for the last couple thousand years. It is dishonest act as if homosexuals are being persecuted unjustly when (unlike the black Americans before desegregation) they are in fact given every right that every American has. -What they are not given is the ability to have all their actions endorsed by the state. Marriage is not a right it is an institution defined by the society that endorses it and is ratified by the state that the society elects… It is not an endowment to be stolen or taken by force. Proposition 8 was half about the definition of marriage and half about the outrage over a court that has overturned (for the second time) the will of the people that has elected them.
It is sad to think that in this country words like "bravery" have been stolen from men on the battlefeild and given to people like Keith Olberman who only preach nonsense to his chior and never invites open debates of his tirades....
Sincerely,
Someone who is tired of being called a bigot by the real bigots
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Well argued, Heroic Fool. I think it's quite important to note, as you do, that those who are pressing for government endorsement of same-sex marriages are actually the intolerant ones who oppose freedom: see http://stkarnick.com/blog2/2008/05/california_courts_samesex_marr.html.
Hear Hear!
What magnificently sculpted words, A fine mind you have indeed. Such a pity that such Fire Power is aimed at such a midget. I suppose however shooting a weasel with a cannon has it benefits. Olberman is unworthy of such a well crafted Smack Down talking about him specifically only adds to his sphere of influence. The poisen that flows from his lips however is another matter. I wish we could address these matters without adding cache to their alledged influence after all who really listens to Keith. I understand there are dozens of people around the country who listen to him everyday, your post increases causes many people like myself to cast an eye on what that twit has to say. Please forgive me if perhaps I sound a bit negative HeroicFool but you may have inadvertently increased Oberdorks reach by a million fold. I understand it's a real conundrum to say the least and it may be necessary fine minds like yours should be the velvet glove that covers the fist that delivers a crushing humiliating blow to these dangerous ideas. Rock On Bro.!
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