District 31 Anne Arundel County
Marriage Amendment
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about 3 years ago
Marriage is one of the most sacred ceremonies that we humans experience. Being married also gives us happines..”~
about 2 years ago
God is love.
Why do you hate homosexuals?
about 2 years ago
Joshua,
I have never spoken hateful words to or about the homosexual community, though the same cannot be said about the homosexual community in their rhetoric against me because of my stance on marriage.
For the record, I do not hate homosexuals. I am of the opinion that their lifestyle and choices are theirs alone and should only judged by their Maker.
My difficulty is in being asked to recognize the lifestyle by the State. I can not do that- do not ask me to change the very definition of marriage.
Thanks for visiting my site and posing the question. I appreciate the opportunity to defend my position.
Constitutionally Yours,
Delegate Don Dwyer, Jr.
about 2 years ago
We need to get government out of the marriage business. We can always allow contracts for joint property, etc. (with no reference to sexuality) but why should government be a part of peoples’ most intimate bond? Everyone is worried about government redefining marriage, but few stop to wonder why government is defining it in the first place. For many, marriage is a religious rite. Imagine the outcry if the government began requiring licensing and drafting regulations for Ministers and Priests!
about 2 years ago
I recognize that the vast majority of marriages today are performed among couples that do not affiliate with churches. But this does not alter the fact that the term “marriage” and most of what heterosexual couples know of as marriage has its origins in religious institutions and not the government. This is why I would urge you to support Civil Unions with all of the attendant benefits of marriage for same sex couples but reserve the term marriage for those of us who still lead faith based lives and who still believe in the institutions of the church. This is after all “protected.”
The are strong emotions on all sides of this issue. There is no role for discrimination against or intolerance of the gay community. That is not the issue at hand. Likewise there is no role for the gay community to demonize churches or those of us that still strive to align our religious and secular lives.
I believe that it is the responsibility of the government at all levels to ensure that an environment free of hatred, violence and discrimination against gays of other minorities. However; I do not believe that the government should attempt to “solve” the issues between the gay community and the religious community by conferring the term “marriage” to same sex couple life relationships.
Under civil union (a name I would change) nothing prevents the gay community from developing a robust set of traditions and rituals and it does so without impacting or purporting to impact mine.
Many thanks,
Doug Scott