ACFC-KS - Real Marriage Protection Must be True

American Coalition of Families & Citizens

Real Marriage Protection Must be True

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The letter below, titled, "Real Marriage Protection Must be True", was written by Thomas Lessman and published by the Topeka Metro on Nov. 19th, 2004. The main point of the letter is to illustrate how Unilateral No-Fault Divorce, and not Gay Marriage, is the true enemy of Marriage. The second point is that the Constitution is designed to limit Government authority, not place laws restricting freedom. The third and final point is that IF Gay Marriage is allowed, we must also allow Polygamy, Harems, Bestiality, and other forms of Marriage.

Then an idiot responded with "Responds to Real Marriage Protection Must be True", dated 12-10-04. David Mansfield missed the whole point of my letter, and instead accuses me of comparing homosexuality to bestiality, and of "spouting Bible verses".

First, I've never mentioned bible versus in ANY of my writings. I only mentioned bestiality in that letter to illustrate different forms of marriage. That was my mistake, because no culture I know of accepts human-animal marriage. A better word would have been "Harems", because many Islamic cultures allow harems. There are many other forms of marriage besides what the United States allows.

Sincerely,
Thomas Lessman
President, ACFC-KS

Real Marriage Protection Must be True (11/19/04)
By Thomas Lessman Date: 11-19-2004
Source URL: http://www.topekametro.com/letters.html

Dear Editor:

Much speak has been made over "protecting marriage" from various social issues. Mostly this speak has been against "gay marriage," but this completely misses the point.

The few married homosexuals are finding out what millions of heterosexuals already know: By far, the most serious enemy marriages face is Unilateral No-Fault Divorce.

Marriage is essentially a contract between two people (traditionally: one woman and one man) who are committing themselves to each other to raise a family. Regardless of whomever is allowed to marry whom (or what), the commitment is worthless whenever either partner can terminate the contract at any time for any reason, over the objections of the other partner.

The federal government has already spent millions of dollars to "promote marriage." A decade ago, while complaining about the rising cost of welfare, the federal government tried to fix the problem by throwing the cost of welfare on single fathers. In both cases, the government only created more problems while continuing to promote unilateral no-fault divorce.

Any constitutional amendment against gay marriage would in fact be unconstitutional. The Constitution was designed to limit government authority, not place limits on the people. Just like Prohibition, this amendment would be used against the people, and would only create more problems (i.e. divorces) for the government to "solve."

For the record, I am against gay/lesbian marriage. I honestly care less what consenting adults do in their spare time. However, if we expand the definition of marriage to include gays and lesbians, we would have to further expand marriage to include polygamy, beastiality, and other forms of "marriage." After all, would it then be fair to discriminate against people because they are not homosexual?

If we truly wish to protect marriage, we must pull our heads out of the sand and eliminate the unilateral no-fault divorce laws that have made marriage dangerous for families and profitable for the attorneys and marriage counselors who make up the "divorce industry."

Thomas Lessman
President, ACFC-KS

Responds to "Real Marriage Protection Must be True" (12/10/04)
By David P. Mansfield Date: 12-10-2004
Source URL: http://www.topekametro.com/letters.html

Dear Editor:

In response to Thomas Lessman, "Real Marriage Protection Must be True."

Where do you people get off comparing homosexuality to beastiality?

My cat could see that was not founded in logic or fact, and he lives in an urn. You people constantly use the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community as a convenient scapegoat. You pitiful Heteros and Catholics rape children and then try to claim we did it. Then you try to claim we're having sex with animals. Grow up!!!

I would do some serious thinking about your opposition to gay marriage before you start spouting your family values. I know single-gender couples who are raising children. Only one can insure the child or pass social security benefits to that child. Only one can enroll that child in school or admit that child to the emergency room. Might I also add that either one or both of those bread winners could lose a job to bigotry with no recourse.

You're spouting off your bible verses and what some God (not a strong grip on reality) says. However, I can make a case measurable by dollars. Your evidence cannot be supported or verified. Mine can be counted. So think about these children who have two parents in the house, but really don't. For these children, they actually have a single parent with a roommate. This is all because of bigotry. If you had any sense of family values, you would support that child's right to attach legal and financial interest to both parents.

And no, marriage is not all about having children. There are other things to consider. For example, did you know a single gender couple can spend thousands of dollars and countless hours with an attorney just to get a handful of the rights that mixed gender couples take for granted? And after all that, assuming a surviving partner gets to keep the property, that person has to pay an obscene amount of tax. That's assuming the survivor gets to keep the property that he/she contributed to. In most cases, the deceased's family is successful in commandeering the property from the survivor even though there is a legal document to protect that person and that person who contributed to that property.

You mentioned that people get married to raise a family. Think about how you people raise children compared to how we do. When you people have children, it's a careless accident. When we have a family, it's a planned event and the children are wanted. A properly planned family is far more stable and free of violence, abuse and alcoholism. This is why you people always have to get divorced. That's why divorce is necessary, to get you abusive pigs away from the children. I should also mention that you people are so bigoted that you will practice discrimination against your own children upon finding out one is gay. Are these the family values you hold so dear?

If you ask me, mixed genders should not be allowed to marry or have children. Your marriages should be dissolved and your children taken away from you and given to decent, respectful and loving single gender parents with full marital rights.

David P. Mansfield

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