On Monday hundreds of people gathered in the Iowa House for a public discussion about gay marriage. One Iowan argued "traditional marriage, between a man and a woman, is the best for our society and our state." I have to say, what the hell does that mean? The fact that we're debating a resolution to a supreme court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage is annoying enough but how ignorant that we are suggesting same sex marriage would pose a threat to our society. Really? Some Iowan's even argued legalizing same-sex marriage would open the door to group marriage. I've never even heard of that.
The drama continued with Marvin Smith, a pastor at Harvest Babtist Church in Fort Dodge said "You take away the traditional family unit and you have struck at the very heart of our existence as society."
NEWS FLASH: The traditional family unit has been shot for decades!
Divorce, grandparents raising children is not uncommon, increasing rates of teen pregnancy, and thanks to science women can even have a baby without ever having sex... heaven forbid!
According to a 2008 government statistics, more than 4 out of 10 children in the U.S. will be born to single mothers. And if you think because you are Caucasian this doesn't apply to you... think again. Nearly 30% of these families are white.
What does this mean? 4 out of 10 children are more likely to perform poorly in school, go to prison, use drugs, be poor as adults, and have their own children out of wedlock.
Are we ever going to prioritize the things that are actually threatening the well-being of our society or will we continue to talking in circles about an issue that has absolutely no evidence of threatening or impacting the well-being of our society?
Perhaps we should throw the argument of the "traditional family unit" out the window and take a note from Zach Wahls, a student from the University of Iowa, who actually has some empirical evidence and credible views on same-sex marriage.
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Have a wonderful week! And remember to shower after you shovel not before you shovel. I showed up to an interview this morning with snot in my hair and sweat on my back. Real cute.
WOW!! He is amazing and his speech brought to tears to my eyes! We should all be so lucky as to have such great, capable parents as he did! (And we do!)
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