GAYS DEFEND MARRIAGE

A gay man who read my recent opinion piece about why gays shouldn’t celebrate the recent decision shared with me his thoughts, which are below. He’s not completely “out” so I’m not sharing his name or E-mail address. Some of his ideas run counter to things I’ve shared on this blog and in the comments section, but his perspective is valuable and well-expressed, so I thought I’d share it:

It was a 4-3 decision by the California Supreme Court. It overturned a law that was passed by over 4 MILLION Californians. So let’s see…by my math that means 4 people in black robes overturned the will of 4 Million people in the State of California. Interesting. And I always thought we lived in a democracy. Aren’t the first three words of the Constitution “We the People?” Didn’t Lincoln say that this was a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Well, in state after state the people have spoken loud and clear and they all say that marriage is between a man and a woman. If the definition of marriage is to change then it is up to the people to make those changes, not activist judges.