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I wrote this for the newspapers, but I doubt it will make print. So I wanted to at least share it with you here.
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A Question of Moral Clarity
I wish I had moral clarity on many issues. I believe when we claim total moral clarity we deny ourselves the opportunity to expand, learn and grow. None of us can know everything. When we make that charge, we are using selective interpretation from our station in life and the limited personal experience we have had in our own life.
Martin Luther King said in a letter he wrote in a Birmingham jail “I am not afraid of tension. Non-violent tension is necessary for growth.”
That suggests to me that if we do not debate and discuss issues of morality, whether it is gay marriage, racial tension, gender issues, or just the right to love who we love, we do all mankind a disservice.
I believe we should all be involved. Myself as a progressive person, think it is a moral responsibility to be involved in the ways possible for me. Our intolerance, or more to the point our silence is by its very nature immoral.
I do not understand why a heterosexual person in Nebraska thinks that if I marry a man I am somehow harming their marriage or it’s institution. Wouldn’t the more that 50% of people that get divorced be a much larger threat by the assumption that one marriage can damage another?
One assertion I have heard is that it is far better for a child to be raised by a “traditional family unit” or by both a man and a woman. Isn’t a child being raised in a safe and loving environment much more important than gender?
I think it really is time we had this debate. I would like all to hear both sides articulate their respective points of view so that the general public can make an informed opinion. The dogma of sound bites is not a replacement for intellectual discussion.
So let’s have that discussion. It is an issue of civil rights. It is an issue of morality.
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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