I apologize but I had this posted before but lost it when we moved over to the new server. So here it is again:

The top 6 Episcopal Bishops in California go on record with their opposition to Proposition 8. Remember, Proposition 8 is the ballot inititive that folks can vote on in November which would ban same-sex marriage.

The bishops are saying that allowing gays and lesbians to keep their right to marry would enhance the “Christian values” of monogamy, commitment and love.

I just want to add here that it’s important for religious and non-religious groups to realize that monogamy, commiment and love is a HUMAN value, not just a value that folks of a particular faith have. Please always remember that. We, as gays and lesbians, believe in and want monogamy, commitment and love just like the straight people of the world do. Our religious beliefis irrelevant when it comes to that. (Btw, just for the record I should probably say that not ALL gays and lesbians and not ALL straight people are into monogamy, commitment and love.)

“We believe that continued access to civil marriage for all, regardless of sexual orientation, is consistent with the best principles of our constitutional rights,” said the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. (Amen Rev. Bruno.)

Bruno also went on to say, “We do not believe that marriage of heterosexuals is threatened by same-sex marriage.” (You’re right Rev. Bruno, it’s not. And if a heterosexual couple feels that their marriage is in fact threatened by same-sex marriage then I’m afraid that it’s time for the heterosexual couple to file for divorce because they don’t have a very strong commitment and love for one another!)

I say bravo Rev. Bruno and the rest of the bishops for standing up and opposing this bill.

Why is it that these bishops can see this but the rest of the religious community (and some non-religious folks) can’t? This baffles me…..and it’s a discussion that I’ve had with quite a few married heterosexuals and when you ask them in a certain way, it turns out that they really don’t have a problem with same-sex marriage and they really DON’T feel that it would hurt their marriage. Actually…I’m gonna start a new post about this……

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