The Issues

Sir:

On Abortion:
The sexual act is an implied contract that is
fulfilled when the resultant pregnancy is brought
to term or subsequent to a time period
after which the man cannot biologically
be responsible for a pregnancy.
It should ONLY be acceptable to break
the contract IF or WHEN one of the parties,
ostensibly the woman herself, is an unwilling
partner. Incest, rape. Otherwise, if a women does not want
to have a child, she should not have sex. I've
been celibate, I announce, for a decade. If
our slavery to nerve endings is what the issue
is, then we have a long way to go. I should
be a priest, but the truth is that I'm waiting
for the right woman... for marriage.
(I actually consider those who support abortion
less intelligent. Really. I was also quite
disappointed in TD Jakes who would choose so-called
"race brotherhood" over the rights of the unborn.
What sort of Christian is that?)

On Gay Marriage
Marriage is quite clearly a union formed
for the benefit of regularizing the probable
outcome of a relationship between a man
and a woman. It puts the man and woman
together in "family" units since these
are the natural outcome of what occurs
during "regular" adult relationships.
That adult relationships now consider
homosexual partnerships does not, to me,
change the REASON for the stature given
to the UNION of man and woman by law--that
is to say, ONLY male-female relationships
can NATURALLY produce children. Thus
I stay conservative on this issue, and
would rather propose RIGHTS for those
engaged in civil unions that cannot
produce children. These are known to
adopt already, so the rights can go with
the adoption. But granting the REASON
for marriage to gay couples changes
the REASON for marriage.
I would like to see conservative leaders
discuss more the REASON for marriage BECAUSE
if the REASON I gave--that marriage is
a construct associated with a response
to the natural ability of men and women
to produce children when in biological
union--is not the right reason, then
I have no opposition under US Law
to gay marriage. What is the REASON
senator for the "marriage act" of
0 AD?

On Affirmative Action
It engenders a culture of dependency. It should
sunset at some point, but in tandem there should
be serious effort given to augmenting the schooling
and (more importantly) resources of kids from K to High, so that
there is no question of unqualified high school
graduates competing with those who have had
the advantage since childhood. Obviously.
The Community Reinvestment Act of 1995, that
retooled a previous version, was in keeping
with politicians inability to put substance
to any of the agitation of the people on the
ground. We need SUPPORT at the community
level, for research shows that active
community support provides an alternative
for a whole heck of a lot of children who
have to deal with unsupportive environments
at home. Most of these kids are in black
communities.

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