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REGULAR MEETING JULY, 10, 2006 <br />scriptures, he hates all forms of immorality. How long can we as individuals and as a <br />society walk in a rebellion to God, and then ask for his blessings. Please know that the <br />God of heaven cares nothing about out political correctness, when it opposes his best for <br />the world that he loves. He turned now to the children that will have to live with the <br />decision that will be made here tonight. In the name of authority and society endorse <br />what the God of heaven has called sin.Their rebellion causes many who follow to <br />stumble and open the doors to a wake of broken lives. God would have all of us treat one <br />another with respect and kindness and embrace the moral light of purity that he has <br />prescribed in the scriptures and demonstrated in the life of his son Jesus. It is not only <br />God’s will that concerns me, but the will of those who are the founders of the gay agenda <br />in America. It is foolish for one to turn their head and not acknowledge that there is a <br />gay agenda in this country, that is aggressively pushed by its leadership. It appears that <br />they will stop at nothing until their promiscuity is celebrated and accepted by the general <br />populous in America. Have you ever seen the video of the gay day parade in San <br />Francisco? If so, no one could argue that there is such an agenda. In the video, float after <br />float depicting homosexual acts each seemingly trying to increase the shock factor there <br />was a float built by the North American Man Boy Society, this organization celebrates <br />homosexual sex between men and minor boys. What would the organizers of the Gay <br />Day Parade allow proponents child molestation in their celebration. It makes him as why <br />do birds of feather really flock together. Two questions that should be considered: <br />Should this amendment be passed in the City of South Bend, how long will it be until <br />there is pressure placed upon the schools to host professionals who will be recruited to re- <br />educate the children about the normality and freedom of homosexuality. When will a <br />Michiana pastor of a bible believing church be confronted by the Human Rights <br />Commission for in sighting prejudice or discrimination against homosexuals simply <br />because he or she may read scriptures that teach all sexual immorality including <br />homosexuality is a sin. He prayed that we turn our eyes to heaven and asked for God’s <br />will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven may we do his will. <br />Fred Everett, 22160 White Spruce Court, South Bend, Indiana, thanked the Council for <br />their graciousness in giving so many people the opportunity to address this bill. He stated <br />that there is no inconsistency with being in favor of civil rights and having respect for all <br />human beings and truly caring about them while at the same time opposing this <br />amendment. There is not any consistency. Mr. Mangan did a good job of describing <br />why that is. The issue really is behavior and those of expression.The weight of the law <br />should not come down against people who for sincere and religious reasons truly believe <br />that certain types of behavior are objectionable. It is not simply just about who people <br />are but what they do. Having such a broad protection is essentially having a special right <br />or protection. Everyone should have their rights and civil rights respected, but not <br />because of their behaviors. The fact is that we only protect things that are good. No one <br />protects something that is bad, that doesn’t make sense. Part of the Council’s job is to <br />see what things are good and what things are bad and hopefully to try to encourage <br />people to do the goods things and discourage them from doing the bad things. When you <br />say a certain behavior deserves protection how can one not conclude that what is being <br />said is that this is something that is good, because it is being protected. Otherwise, why <br />protect something that is bad, and so there is no way to escape the fact that passing an <br />amendment of this sort is sending out a very clear message that this type of behavior <br />deserves respect and protection and that it gives it legitimacy and validation it would not <br />otherwise have. Mr. Dunlap raised the issue about catholic charities in the state of <br />Massachusetts, who for more than 100 years were providing adoption services, and now <br />suddenly, because of their clear ethical positions about believing that this would be <br />immoral to place a child in a home with two homosexual adults, they no longer can do <br />their work that they have done so well for over a century. Where is the tolerance there? <br />Where is the willingness to be respectful of others? He happened to pick up today a <br />children’s story at the South Bend Public Library, it is called King and King. He stated <br />that he read it for the first time today, and it tells about the story of a young prince, who’s <br />mother is very over bearing, and who basically gives the prince an ultimatum that he <br />needs to get married. The Prince starts to interview all of these various Princesses. The <br />prince’s mother wants the interview done very quickly, so ultimately, the Prince cannot <br />find any princesses that he likes, but he does finds a prince, who he falls in love with. In <br />the end, he ends up marrying him and so they are known as King and King. The last <br />page has a very graphic picture of them both kissing each other with hearts by their <br />26 <br /> <br />
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