Excerpts from Voddie Baucham's article , "Gay Is Not the New Black" (please read the entire article for the full context along with all footnotes):
The
first problem with the idea of conflating "sexual orientation" and race is the
fact that homosexuality is undetectable apart from self-identification.
Determining whether or not a person is black, Native American, or female usually
involves no more than visual verification. However, should doubt remain, blood
tests, genetics, or a quick trip up the family tree would suffice. Not so with
homosexuality. There is no evidence that can confirm or deny a person's claims
regarding sexual orientation.
An
additional problem with the "gay is the new black" argument is the complete
disconnect between same-sex "marriage" and anti-miscegenation laws. First, there
is a categorical disconnect. Miscegenation literally means "the interbreeding of
people considered to be of different racial types." Ironically, the fact that
homosexuals cannot "interbreed" shines a spotlight on the problem inherent in
their logic. How can forbidding people who actually have the ability to interbreed be the same thing as
acknowledging the fact that two people categorically lack that
ability?
Therefore,
while anti-miscegenation laws denied people a legitimate right, the same cannot
be said concerning the denial of marriage to same-sex couples; one cannot be
denied a right to something that doesn't exist.
It
should be noted that the right to marry is one of the most frequently denied
rights we have. People who are already married, 12-year-olds, and people who are
too closely related are just a few categories of people routinely and/or
categorically denied the right to marry. Hence, the charge that it is wrong to
deny any person a "fundamental right" rings hollow.
There has always been, and, by necessity, will always be discrimination in
marriage laws.
Fourth,
there is a legal disconnect. One thing that seems to escape most people in this
debate is the fact that homosexuals have never been denied the right to
marry. They simply haven't had the right to redefine marriage.
However,
this reasoning is critically important in order to make the next leap in logic.
"[A] gay or lesbian person can only gain the same rights under the statute as a
heterosexual person by negating the very trait that defines gay and lesbian
people as a class---their sexual
orientation."
It is very important for those of us who oppose the idea of same-sex "marriage" to do so not because we wish to preserve our version of the American Dream, but because we view marriage as a living, breathing picture of the relationship between Christ and his church (Eph. 5:22ff), and because we know that God has designed the family in a particular way.
End quote.
For the full article that includes all footnotes and more treatment of the issue, go here.
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