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Published - Saturday, October 28, 2006

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Voting for gay marriage is a sin

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Soon citizens of Wisconsin will have an opportunity to vote for a constitutional amendment which will ensure that our great state will not have the immoral, illogical, and unnatural absurdity of “same-sex marriage” foisted upon her by activist, unconstitutional judges.

Yes, homosexual “marriage” is all of that and, like homosexuality, is an act of open defiance against Almighty God Himself who “made them male and female” and ordained marriage (Matthew 19:4-6).

The marriage amendment was of necessity proposed in response to a relentless campaign to force homosexual marriage on America, state by state, as has already been done in Massachusetts. National organizations such as the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force have poured resources into Wisconsin with the hope that our state will suffer the infamy and harm of being the first in which an amendment protecting the legal definition of marriage is defeated.

The campaign against the marriage amendment has been nothing less than a theater of the absurd, featuring all manner of nonsensical claims regarding such things as inheritance rights, hospital visitation, and power of attorney.

The legal reality is that a citizen of Wisconsin can bequeath his property to anyone he wishes. He can delegate to any consenting adult medical or financial power of attorney. Likewise, a citizen can designate who should or should not be at his side in a health care crisis.

The most wicked absurdity that has been peddled by the amendment opponents is the audacious claim that God’s Word gives license to homosexual acts and homosexual “marriage.” Nothing could be further from the truth, no matter how some wrest the Scriptures unto their own destruction (2 Peter 3:16).

As a minister of the gospel, I state with no hesitation whatsoever that voting against the marriage amendment would be a sin against God.

The Rev. Ralph Ovadal is pastor at Pilgrims Covenant Church in Monroe, Wis.

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Voting YES! wrote on Nov 5, 2006 7:36 PM:

" I agree...it is NOT up to us to judge. We all sin and should love the sinner...not the sin. For that reason, I will be voting YES to this amendment. There are numerous references in the Bible that homosexuality is wrong...just as God tells us that murder is wrong...adultry is wrong...and numerous other sins are wrong. I am not eager to take God's place...in the end, we all receive the graces that God gives to us. I pray he will forgive their sins...and I also will NOT vote to make it all right for homosexual marriage to exist. God expects us to stand up for what he has spelled out in the Bible. Chritians need to stand together on this issue. "

Michael Osborne wrote on Oct 30, 2006 7:53 AM:

" Rev. Ovadal, Determination of sin is reserved to God alone. God has not delegated that duty to anyone as far as I know. I do not understand why so many are so eager to take the place of God and pass judgements on the sins of others. Each one of us have plenty of sins to worry about. Each one of us should live out lives as best we can. Remember, God loves each one of us unconditionally. "


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