Here’s something that we all need to hear. At the 2012 Sydney Writers Festival in Australia, four gay writers on a public panel were asked, “Why get married when you could be happy?” There was a consensus that gays did not want to be married. ABC Radio recorded the discussion which you can hear by going to Mercatornet and their Conjugality page.
Here is an excerpt from Masha Gessen, a Russian-American dual citizen and author. She was married to a lesbian partner in Massachuetts and then divorced. Now she has three children who have five different parents. She would like to see the institution of marriage abolished. Here is an excerpt from her remarks as a panelist:
It’s a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist . . . Fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there — because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution is going to change and it should change. The institution of marriage should not exist. I don’t like taking part in creating fictions about my life. That’s not what I had in mind when I came out 30 years ago. I have three kids who have five parents more or less. I don’t see why they shouldn’t have five parents legally. I don’t see why we should choose two of those parents and make them into a sanctioned couple.
To know what the gay (and determined to be at odds with their Creator) community wants, please listen to the first eight or ten minutes of the panel discussion. We all — who care about children and civilization — need to know what those who seek to redefine marriage really want.
My appreciation to Michael Cook and Mercatornet
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Jane Russell Opposed Abortion
Posted in Commentaries of others, Faith & Practice, Life issues, tagged abortion, adoption, celebrities and abortion, film stars, infertility, Jane Russell, Jennifer O'Neill, Lutherans For life, Natlie Portman, Silent No More, Word of Hope on March 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
John Smeaton, Director of The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), posted a blog on March 2 that explains why this Hollywood film star of the 40s and 50s spoke out against abortion. At 19, she resorted to an illegal abortion which almost killed her and left her infertile. Jane did not conclude that abortion should be legalized. Instead, she said, “People should never, ever have an abortion. Don’t talk to me about it being a woman’s right to choose what she does with her own body. The choice is between life and death.”
I don’t pretend to know much about Jane Russell, but it doesn’t surprise me that her opinion of abortion was kept under wraps. I wonder how many people know that Jane Russell founded an organization called WAIF (World Adoption International Fund) to help people adopt unwanted children from various parts of the world. She, herself, adopted three children.
John Smeaton points out that Jane Russell isn’t the only celebrity to have “stuck out her neck by making comments in support of unborn children or the dignity of motherhood, for example:
Together with John Smeaton and the SPUC, Lutherans For Life, Priests for Life, The National Right to Life, and all individuals, organizations, and ministries that speak up for life, I encourage you to pray for courage to defend our littlest neighbor and his or her mother. Jane Russell’s first and only child died at the hands of an abortionist. Jane was hurt by abortion and could never again bear another child. But, she was encouraged by the truth that choosing life is always better than choosing death. And, so, she welcomed children into her life and home through adoption.
In memory of Jane Russell and her stand for life, please consider giving a donation to your local caring pregnancy center.
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