For all those who are interested in reading what Amendment One is really intended to do and what it will do based on correct NC law, please read this article:
Separation of Church
and State Argument
To those who would argue that the proposed amendment
violates the Constitutional provision of separation of church and state, you
could say the same about many laws on the books. The truth is you are distorting the Constitution. Our forefathers drafted the Constitutional provision which actually states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...." The separation of church and state provision was established to protect our basic right to worship as we choose from being impeded by the government. To be honest, there doesn’t seem to be a
whole lot of separation anymore. It
cannot be disputed that this country was founded on the basic principles of
Christianity. These days, I
feel like as a Christian, I am the one whose basic rights (like freedom of
religion and freedom of speech) are being stepped on. I am the one who is told to keep my religious
views in the closet or inside the church and that my children and I cannot pray
in public or in schools.
Argument That I Am
Biased and Prejudiced
Some will say that my support for the amendment proves that
I am prejudiced and that I am actually the sinner because I am violating the
Bible’s most important rule to love others.
I’ll be the first to admit that I am a sinner. The Bible says “All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God.” Only God is
holy. I am not holier than my neighbor,
whether he or she be heterosexual or homosexual or whether he or she chooses to
cohabitate before marriage. But I have
accepted Jesus as my savior and asked for His forgiveness for my sins, and I
try to live each day by His commandments.
I have friends and loved ones who are homosexual. Do I love them any less? Absolutely not. I don’t want to judge them either. That is not my place. I will not interfere with their lifestyle
choice, but I cannot agree to recognize a marriage that I do believe is in
violation of God’s rules. Marriage is an
institution of God!
Do I think all
citizens deserve fair and equal protections under the law?
Absolutely. Do I
think they need to be allowed to marry to obtain this? No. In
North Carolina, there are legal ways that citizens can obtain protections under
the law. If an unmarried couple or a
homosexual couple are raising a child, I suggest that whether this amendment
passes or not, they seek the advice of a lawyer. As of now, an illegitimate child may not
inherit automatically from his or her father despite that father’s support
during his lifetime. The father MUST
file appropriate documents with the court to legitimize that child. Also, if a partner in a homosexual
relationship has a biological or adopted child that the couple is raising, the
other partner would not automatically get custody of that child if the legal
parent died. My “nonlegal” advice (I am
not a lawyer yet) is that the partners seek the advice of an attorney and
prepare appropriate estate planning documents naming a guardian for the
child.
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