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President Bush recently took a bold stance on one of the most publicized social issues in America: gay marriage. President Bush said that that we need to “codify" the "sanctity of marriage." Following Bush's statements, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) questioned whether the President was invoking his own personal religious beliefs and, if so, he should be investigated by the media. This is oddly ironic considering that thirty- seven states have Defense of Marriage Acts and even President Bill Clinton signed a Defense of Marriage Act during his presidency. Shouldn’t they be investigated as well? What GLAAD implies with this statement is that personal religious beliefs have no place in politics. If religious ethics were removed from the political arena, then more social inroads would soon follow. Who cares if religion has preserved our moral heritage since our formation as a country? The ignominy of religious tradition has brought U.S. citizens to a turning point. Firmly religious Judeo-Christians are discounted because their political beliefs are derived from sacred and historical teachings. The anti-gay marriage stance is not only taken on by Christian conservatives but by any person who firmly believes in the texts of the Bible or the Torah or the Koran, which all stress that marriage is a consecrated and religious tradition between one man and one woman restrictively. GLAAD also holds that the President's beliefs should be examined because the United States is a country "where the separation of church and state is founding principle." Coincidentally, it is significant that the ninety founders of the United States never mentioned the phrase "separation of church and state" once in the Constitution and yet it dictates today's political atmosphere and our religious liberties.
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Title: meow
Words: 1127
Rating: None
Pages: 4.5
submitted by: johnnybriggs
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