THE VOICE OF JUSTICE

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.”