Letters

Same-sex 'marriage'

Some aspects of the same-sex "marriage" debate have been overlooked or deliberately avoided. The Ontario Court of Appeal ruling is based on discriminatory clauses in the Charter of Rights, which are now in our Constitution and as such, have priority over other legislation. Consequently, two persons in a "marriage" could be mother and son, father and daughter, any adult and child, or even (don't laugh) two corporate persons; that is, two corporate persons created by law. The judges didn't even say "human" persons. It seems preposterous to suggest a "marriage" of two incorporated companies. However, if lawyers could discover a saving in taxes by arranging such a marriage - well, more outrageous things have happened.

Why is the gay lobby so concerned about re-defining marriage when the primary cause of all this is sexual orientation? Sexual orientation has no legal definition, nor is there any scientific, medical or genetic evidence to indicate "they were born that way." Let those who contend otherwise produce the evidence.

Let us push the question further back. Government and health authorities acted with some vigor responding to the SARS and West Nile viruses. It was not so with AIDS. Today, over 17,000 Canadians have AIDS and 50,309 test HIV positive. Each case will cost our health care system over $200,000. Over two-thirds are homosexual-related. The latest figures I have seen indicate that about two per cent of our population are practicing homosexuals. This means that two per cent of our population is producing about 66 per cent of our AIDS cases.

This same-sex marriage issue is simply another step by the gay lobby to gain public acceptance, respectability and eventually, dominance of our society. Svend Robinson's proposed hate crime bill would gag any criticism of deviant sex.

Judeo-Christianity is under attack. The God of our fathers is recognized in the Charter of Rights, but is totally ignored in practice. This Supreme Creative Deity, whom we call God, has revealed much of himself in a book we call the Bible. In this book, we distinguish between right and wrong, between sin and righteousness. We leam that some things are so wrong, including, among others, homosexuality, that they are abominable. Then we read, "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord." That is the bottom line.

Harold Ghent
Ayr, Ont.

The Bible's compassion

National Post columnist Andrew Coyne recently suggested that we are to assume Section 15 of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, concerning equal rights, allows for same-sex "marriage," unless a written amendment is made to forbid gay "marriage."

Gay "marriage" is not an equal rights issue; rather, it's a matter of qualification and morality. Homosexuals don't qualify to name their union as a marriage, for it contradicts the Bible's exclusive definition of marriage. It's biblical ethics that governments are to heed if the Charter means anything. The Bible teaches that homosexuality (and other sexual sins) is a gross immorality that dooms one to hell, unless one repents and accepts Jesus as Lord and Saviour. We are not doing homosexuals any favours by condoning their sexuality. Rather, we should help them escape their addiction and receive eternal life with God.