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A CONSENSUS OF OPINION – Let’s discuss it

By:  Sandra Price

I am very troubled about two issues being debated, discussed and in the center of most political arguments.  I am the first to agree with the consensus of opinion that the morals and behavioral actions of many Americans are nearly unacceptable to the majority of the citizens of our land.  How we approach correction is the problem, and is it our duty do to so? 

One fact that troubles many members of the religious right is that 50% of all marriages fail.  If the facts were known, many fail over and over again and some members of the most religious groups are married more than once, twice or even more.  Is it the “institution” of marriage that they want or a bonding for life with one person? 

How is it possible for the most pious among us to have a string of ex-spouses out there somewhere with who knows how many children wandering around?  I’m casting no stones here as I have my own ex-husband and he has his ex-wives all in a neat row. 

If I hear that marriage is a sacred vow between a man and woman one more time, I will scream!  The agreement is that neither man nor woman will commit adultery!   No?  Is this agreement even possible?

Here is where the consensus of opinion comes in.  “EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MEN ARE MORE SEXUALLY AGGRESSIVE THAN WOMEN.” Like it explains why some married athlete can force himself on some dumb young blond or some Priest can abuse a young member of this choir?

Somehow the consensus of opinion also tells us that a marriage between two men will somehow take the strength out of a heterosexual  marriage.  So it is only common sense to ask the head of the family household (PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES) to ban it!  Don’t just ban it but make it an Amendment to the Constitution so all homosexuality will be illegal and all our troubles will be over!

Instead of looking at the illegality of a marriage between two men (I’m assuming someone can find this in the Constitution somewhere) the consensus of opinion is that it must be legally banned quickly before another heterosexual  marriage goes down the drain.  Show me the logic in this please!!

I don’t hear this whining coming from the Liberal side of the aisle so it must be found in the neo con center of activities.  The only course of correction must be to ask Big Daddy Bush to “DO SOMETHING, AND DO IT NOW!!!”   Oy!   

Does anyone else find this looking to the federal government so solve what the consensus of opinion tells us is a deadly threat to the American family a tad off base?   Is it just me, or does anyone else see the social engineering coming from the White House to make us all just alike, married and breeding lots more Americans?  Does anyone else see this whole movement to have all single mothers married for the salvation of our most Christian nation, the least bit valid?

Another problem I see is that the consensus of opinion is entirely different from the east to the west coast of America .  The consensus of opinion in California is that nobody gives a damn about gays marrying each other but in the southern Baptist part of America , it is an abomination from hell!  As long as those folks stay in the south and out of California , what’s to bother them? 

The second place where a consensus of opinion can be deadly as well as inaccurate is the stand on abortions.  Coastal areas or even religious parts of America all show an equal percentage of abortions per population.  In the last 15 years the procedures are decreasing.

Could it be that they are in fact performing fewer procedures or are fewer being charged to the federal government?  I have yet to figure out where the numbers come from on this unless our data base is deeper and been around for 40 years longer than we knew.  Now that President Bush is pushing for the protection of fetuses act after promising not to touch the abortion issue, we are suddenly seeing  the consensus of opinion being screamed from the mountain top that “NOBODY WANTS ABORTIONS TO BE LEGAL!”  

I have yet to meet anyone who promotes abortions!  But I have met very few who want to hand this decision over to the Federal Government.  The problem with the consensus of opinion on this is that the wrong premise is being debated.  The last person on this earth who should make this decision is a federal legislator especially the President of The United States.  Before I hand him this authority I want to know when the last time he caused a young college student to need an abortion.   See my point?

I don’t want to know this fact at all and so I want to remove his ability to be a hypocrite! 

If this consensus of opinion has any merit then we should rid our selves of the Constitutional Republic under which our laws  are laid out.  Let’s put every social issue on the ballot in November and pick and choose which of the million laws we want the house and senate to keep or change.  We won’t need the Supreme Court because mass rule will be our only concern.  This seems to be where we are headed.

Could it be that this is why the Patriots Bill and TIA is being passed in DC.  Will our legislators simply go along with the majority of opinions found in our individual data base information pages?

We could simply ban all marriages and save ourselves a lot of expensive grief.  If two people can live together for 15 years then allow them to reap the benefits of being married.  What difference does it make what these two people are?  If on the other hand, two people want to marry to have children and live under the rule of God, then let them do it!  Show me where in the Constitution our legislators have any authority over this matter.