THE VOICE OF JUSTICE SPEAKS ONCE
AGAIN
The best cure for prejudice is to associate with a person of a different
race or a person of a different sexual orientation. I can recall the situation
in the South when the courts ruled that all public schools must be
integrated. A few white teachers
resigned rather than teach black students, and a few wealthy white families
established independent schools to prevent their children from attending school
with blacks. Many predicted that it would be the end of public education.
However, the world did not come to an end, and the public educational system
did not crumble. Today, most children have adapted to an integrated society,
and life goes on.
Tomorrow the sun will rise in America, and the world will not come to an
end because the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. The doors of
the churches will remain open, and Christians will continue to attend the
church of their choice. A few will resign certain positions, and some
businesses may close, but in general America will go about business as usual.
The gay community expects heterosexual couples to continue getting
married in the traditional way because marriage equality does not hurt any
one. New jobs will be created because
same-sex wedding planners will have more business than they can
accommodate. Flower shops will
specialize in selling flowers to same-sex couples, and bakeries will specialize
in selling same-sex wedding cakes.
Mechanic shops will spring open that will specialize in mechanic work
for same-sex couples, and pizza houses will specialize in selling same-sex
pizzas. A few will get up and move
because they refuse to sit next to a same-sex couple in church, but in time it
will all vanish as dust in the wind. For
you see, most people want to get on with the process of living. The intelligent ones know that to get the
most out of living we must live in peace and harmony and learn how to get along
with others.
It can all be summed up in the words that an elementary student said to
her teacher, “Same-sex marriage is simple, if you don’t like it, don’t do
it.”
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