Why do they try to silence us?
Perhaps it's because they understand the power of our arguments.
Dear Partner,
One thing I've observed while watching the evolution of the same-sex marriage agenda is how desperate their activists are to limit the conversation to marriage alone. Want to raise the issue of how society might be affected? "No. That doesn't make sense. We're just talking about two people getting married." Trying to discuss the inevitable effect on the family and children? They won't hear of it. "That's not the issue. We're only talking about a couple getting married." The theme is amazingly consistent, and it's not hard to see why.
They understand their own weaknesses. They realize that any discussion of a societal redefinition of marriages is a slippery slope to practices and couplings that the public is not willing to support. They know they're not going to get same sex marriage passed if the public realizes that it will lead to group marriages.
In a similar way, they strenuously avoid the consequences to children and the family. In fact, removing marriage from the context of children and family is the keystone of their agenda. Never mind that the family is the foundational unit of our society or that it remains the best guarantee that children grow up in a safe, nurturing environment. If the family has to be sacrificed in the name of "marriage equality" then the gay rights extremists are perfectly willing to do so. Moreover, they will do what they can to marginalize this point in the greater public debate about marriage.
A student group at the University of Notre Dame learned this the hard way when they sought official recognition of their club from the school and were denied. Students for Child-Oriented Policy was formed specifically to raise these issues about family and children and to protest the University's unwillingness to defend traditional marriage. (Note, however, that the school does have a LGBT group and even hosted a "Coming Out Day.")
The pro-marriage student group didn't just encounter resistance from the administration--they were also subject to a counter-protest from other students, who asked the school to renounce the group unless they changed their policy as, "childhood outcomes should not be included as a defense against marriage."
It's just more evidence that the advocates of the homosexual agenda only know one way to approach challenging arguments: make sure your opponent isn't allowed to speak.
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