Brethren, Peace and Good to all of you.
As you know, today President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage (SSM), so-called. I find his now public views unsurprising and that he, in fact, believed them all along but hid them until a moment he thought propitious. Apparently,we’ve reached that moment. His actions have been indicative of where his beliefs truly lied, as his refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the removal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” rules in the military, and his condemnation of state amendments protecting natural marriage demonstrate. Last Sunday’s Vice President Biden’s – a Catholic in Name Only – announced his support for SSM paved the way for today’s presidential admission. They are now out of the SSM closet where they had been hiding all along, biding their time.
The President stated that although his support of SSM reflected his personal views, he stated he still supports the concept of states deciding the issue on their own. However, the Presidents dereliction of duty in defending DOMA belie his words. All the state marriage amendments and laws are at risk under a president who actively wants to change the definition of marriage. I ‘m of the opinion that the President is counting on pressure from the cultural vanguards and the campaigns of distortion and vilification popular among SSM defenders will do their job for him.
I never thought I would see the day that a President of the United States would dismantle the columns of Natural Law that are the mainstay of our constitutional system, nor that such-a-one would support the criminalization of the thoughts, words, and deeds of millions of Americans who believe that the natural marriage between one man and one woman should be protected as the basic cell of society.
I believe also that the Obama Administration’s assault on religious freedom in this country and his reluctance to condemn the persecution of Christians abroad must be seen in this context of general abandonment of its Judaeo-Christian heritage – or what remains of it – as the Nation’s guiding moral vision.
President Obama and SSM defenders are also counting on general indifference to the issue, as well as the marginalization of the defenders of natural marriage from the public opinion space, to impose their views. Let us then resolve, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, and pledging our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor, stop the President and his partisans from destroying what remains of the institution of marriage this coming November.