A couple of letters from the people

I picked up a couple of letters to the editor from the Salt Lake Tribune. I think it's interesting to see what others are saying about marriage.

God is not stupid

Here we go again. The Massachusetts Supreme Court finally made same-sex marriages legal. It's about time! No doubt The Tribune will be getting the same influx of self-righteous letters from people who find that somebody who is a little different from themselves is wrong.

So whose business is it anyway? Certainly not mine, and why should a gay couple not be allowed to get legally married anyway? No doubt some Bible-pusher will quote some obscure scripture validating his or her own inability to cope with anything outside their own little bigoted world.

Obviously gay people are born the way they are, so if it is a sin to be gay then God must be stupid. Judging from the way most Christians interpret Christianity, somebody is stupid and I don't think it's God. If people have trouble with the concept of love for your fellow human beings, try reading Christ's sermon on the mount. I think somewhere in the Bible it says that judgment should be left up to God. Of course, if you think that God is stupid, then maybe that explains your actions.

Paul Hunter
Salt Lake City

What is a 'real' family?

J. David Gowdy (Forum, Nov. 24) asserts that the real danger of gay marriage is one of identity crisis for children. Apparently, Mr. Gowdy feels that in order for a child to grow up healthy and well-adjusted, he or she must grow up in a household with male and female authority figures who are archetypes of preconceived and rigid gender roles. He also asserts that these "inherent and immutable duties, emotions and responsibilities, cannot be consigned."

Perhaps Mr. Gowdy would then assert that my wife and I should also not be allowed to be a family and raise children. My wife makes more money than I, pays the bills every month, manages our finances and carries the checkbook. I do the laundry, a majority of the cooking, and have also been known to scrub toilets, mop floors and grocery shop. For the record, we split yard work evenly. So are we simply "a cheap facsimile of that which is real," and do we represent a threat to society's "standard of virtue for children?"

Matt Palmer
Bountiful