You may see that coming, but what is already here? We have the Matthew Shepard murder, the WBC, the very high rate of suicides among gay teens, a Christian pastor urging his flock to beat their sons if they act gay, Harvey Milk's murder, the Stonewall raid, the bombing of a gay nightclub, etc...
We can worry about future injustice, but lets work on the injustice we have here now. A hypothetical situation shouldn't be fussed about too much when there is obvious work to be done to make sure we aren't focusing too much on hating the sin and not enough on loving the sinner.
(Taken from the flyer that the Bishops had each parish put in this Sunday's bulletin. I'm know that there are other examples of how redefining marriage threatens parental authority, personal freedom, religious liberty, and the good of society.)
How does redefining marriage threaten parental authority?
-In Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage was legalized by the state's highest court, students are taught about gay marriage in public school classrooms and the courts have ruled that parents have no right to prior notic, or to opt their children out of such instruction.
-Eighteen first-grade students in San Francisco toook a schoo-sponsored field trip to attend the wedding of their teacher and her lesbian partner in October 2008. The school principal described it as a "teachable moment".
How does redefining marriage threaten personal freedom?
-In Vermont this summer, an innkeeper was forced to pay $30,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two women for refusing to host the couple's wedding reception. The inn no longer hosts weddings or receptions.
-In Canada, where same-se marriage has been legalized, Roman Catholic sportscaster Damian Goddard was fired from his job for expressing support for traditional marriage.
-Accusations that it is "anti-gay" have been leveled a Bhick-Fil-A because its founder offered a personal statement supporting traditional marriage. Mayors in several major cities denounced the company for its "discriminatory views" (no discrimination was done by the company) and have threatened to prevent the company from operating in their cities.
-In August a gunman entered the offices of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. with intent to kill staff members because the organization defends marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The Family Research Council has been branded by one same-sex marriage advocacy group as a "hate group" because of its suport for traditional marriage.
How does redefining marriage threaten religious liberty?
-A Methodist organization in New Jersey lost its state tax exemption for refusing to make their facilities available to a same-sex couple for a civil union ceremony.
-Forced to choose between their ministries and Catholic teaching, Catholic Charities in Boston and Washington D.C. closed their adoption agencies.
-In Canada, where same-sex marriage was being debated, Father Alphonse de Valk, a Basilian priest, was investigated by the Canadian Human Rights Commission for a "hate act" after quoting extensively from the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope John Paul II's encyclicals to defend traditional marriage.
-In Alberta, Canada Bishop Fred Henry was subject to a human rights complaint for stating in a pastoral letter the position of the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage.
How does redefining marriage threaten the good of societ?
-In Brazil, where civil unions are legal, a partnership between three partners was resgistered earlier this year. After review of the law, it was determined that no legal impediments existed to prevent their union--a union for which no word existed in Portuguese.
-The California Legislature has pased a bill to legalize familes of three or more parents.
-In Spain, where same-sex marriage has been legalized, birth certificates substitute the terms "Progenitor A" and "Progenitor B" for "Mother" and "Father"
Yep, it certainly looks like it's back to the catacombs. And be careful the same-sex marriage crew doesn't catch you--we've seen them beat up little old ladies before during the Prop 8 protest in California. Such tolerant folk.