The Bush Agenda

Via Newswriter, have children.. Or else!

"Protection of marriage" is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying.

Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.

"When you talk about protecting marriage, you need to talk about divorce," said Bryce Christensen, a Southern Utah University professor who writes frequently about family issues.

While Christensen doesn't oppose the campaign to enact state and federal bans on gay marriage, he worries it's distracting from immediate threats to marriage's place in society.

"If those initiatives are part of a broader effort to reaffirm lifetime fidelity in marriage, they're worthwhile," he said. "If they're isolated -- if we don't address cohabitation and casual divorce and deliberate childlessness -- then I think they're futile and will be brushed aside."

Let's get a couple things straight:

• If I want to live with a woman without being married to her, it's our choice
  
• If we choose not to have children, it's our choice
  
• If we choose to get married then decide later that a divorce is needed, it's our choice

These are the people voting Republican, folks. This is what they want. Today they will take away gay marriage, tomorrow they will force you to believe in their deity, and the day after that, they will throw you in the slammer for refusing to procreate. It's not going to stop; these people will never be satisfied until you're exactly like them. Freedom be damned.