Lately I’ve gotten into the habit of reading the Post Express, the free, “lite”-version of the Post distributed at Metro stops. I usually give it a quick skim at the beginning of my commute each morning. On the back inside page, it has a small space for letters to the editor. Here are two from yesterday and today, respectively:
I am so sick of hearing people try to justify gay marriage. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a hundred times: God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. God said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” At the rate things are going, there will be no more multiplying. I guess we’ll just resort to the babies derived from test-tubes. What a mess we have to look forward to.
Think about it, people: If we stop procreating, there will be no one here for our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to procreate with. You’re fighting for gay marriage for your own selfish agenda. Think about looking into a future when families like yours no longer exist.
–Charlene Stewart
Severn, Md.
Where do I start? First of all, if she is sick of hearing people trying to justify gay marriage, then let me say I am sick of hearing people use the “Adam and Steve” argument. Please. She can have her religious beliefs, fine, but is it even possible for her and like-minded people to see outside their narrow, fundamentalist Christian worldview? Apparently not. And whoa: “no more multiplying”? The end of the human race? I can safely say that supporters of the so-called “gay agenda” are not advocating an end to procreation. What a load. No, Ms. Stewart, you and the rest of hetero-land are not required to have a gay wedding. You can go and carry on procreating now.
Regarding letter writer Charlene Stewart’s blaming gay marriage for the demise of the human race (Letters, May 25): Marriage is not a prerequisite for being fruitful and multiplying. And, not to worry, there are plenty of children in the world to keep the human race from going extinct, and even more people procreating. Anyone who professes to be concerned about preserving the family unit should embark on a crusade to minimize divorce among heterosexuals, instead of pushing their own agendas on those of us who are in loving, committed relationships and are fighting for equality, the right to be recognized under the law, and the right to adopt chidren.
–Daniel Hurtado
Washington, D.C.
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One reply on “Creation and procreation”
These Christian fundamentalist crazies (of which my parents are two, sadly) just don’t get it: their arguments of morality and religious beliefs are absolutely irrelevant to the argument over whether I should be granted the civil right to enter into a spousal union of my choosing. If heterosexual marriage and procreation cease to exist, it’s going to be the fault of the heterosexuals deciding they don’t want to do that anymore… not through any fault of mine. And I have a hard time believing that the 90%+ of the population that is heterosexual out there is just going to stop makin babies ’cause their friendly neighborhood homo tied the knot.