By Scott Tibbs, November 25, 2013
The following was submitted to the Indianapolis Star as a letter to the editor.
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The institution of marriage is discriminatory by its very nature. State government does not recognize polygamy, marriage between close relatives or marriages between adults and children. While we have been told that discrimination is inherently bad, that is not always the case, and those examples illustrate where discrimination is a positive thing.
The question that the legislature is considering with HJR-6 is not whether to discriminate, but to what extent state government will discriminate in how marriage is recognized by government.
Marriage was created by God. Man does not have the right to redefine what God has defined for us. Jesus reinforced His Father's plan for marriage in Matthew 19:5 when He said "for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh."
If we abandon the traditional Christian definition of marriage, what rational basis is there for not further expanding marriage?
Homosexual marriage threatens freedom of religion and association. We have already seen government punish private business owners in Colorado and New Mexico for refusing to participate in homosexual weddings. Recognizing homosexual marriage is about mandatory acceptance, not tolerance.
Let us vote on the marriage amendment.
