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I got a scary email.
Scary because of the amount of hate jammed into a single message.
The Conservative Republicans of Texas invited me to their ‘Rally
to Defend the Texas Marriage Amendment.’
I want to go. Not to support
them, of course, but to support marriage.
True marriage, you know, the kind between people who want to be married,
regardless of any of the silly rules that some people think should be put in
place.
In the email, the group uses some awesome language to try to
push their hate.
“It’s time to rally
and take action to defend God’s truth about marriage! A fierce battle has begun
for the soul of Texas between those who defend God’s Biblical institution of
marriage and those who hate God’s standards and promote homosexual ‘mirage.’”
“The idea
that homosexuals could be married is a ‘mirage.’ It is contrary
to God’s moral order. It’s a counterfeit. It’s a lie. It’s evil. The homosexuals
and their supporters intend to destroy the institution of marriage against the
will of the people of Texas. The homosexuals want to force Texans to
accept 'homosexual mirage’
as morally right.”
“I need you to join
the army that is forming to take a bold stand for Texas’ sovereignty and to
defend God’s truth about marriage! Rally your fellow Christians to do likewise.”
Just wow.
(But I do kind of
admire them for how well they threw in the whole ‘sovereignty of Texas’ and ‘the
soul of Texas.’ Amazing language choices…but
pretty damn horrible nonetheless.)
I can’t begin to
tell you all the problems in those statements, but I do want to point out some
of the issues with this email. Because,
let’s be honest, marriage originally had nothing to do with the church. It was financial. And the Bible isn’t known for its happy
marriages based on love and a man and woman.
In fact, I could swear there were parts about how you should give a
raped virgin to her rapist to ‘save’ her, and how you could pay off a family if
you happened to rape a virgin. All
things that were peachy keen in the Bible.
Soooo…maybe we won’t go any further than that.
But I would like to ask
you to.
I would be at the
rally, standing happily on the other side, arguing for marriage and equality for
all, but I just got notification today, and there’s no way I can make it to
Austin.
I’m assuming that
most of you are in the same position.
You can’t make it either.
Instead, I’m hoping
to set up a virtual response.
Go to this website:
It will let you find your representatives. Then send them e-mails, making sure that they
realize that the hate-mongers on the steps of the Capitol do not speak for all
of us.
If you want to, you
can also respond here, letting me know that you’ve spoken up. We need to make sure that people spouting
hate aren’t going to overwhelm those of us who are care about love.
