I am going to send the below letter to Colin Craig, conservative party leader. Who decided to send Nigel and I some anti gay marriage mail today.
Dear Mr Craig
My partner and I just received a letter in the mail from you regarding the injustice of democracy in our electorate due to our MP voting positively with regards to gay marriage apparently without consulting his electorates views first.
Your letter also contained supposedly fairly obtained statistics that indicated that a slight majority (54% as opposed to the nationwide 46%) agreed that marriage as defined by law should be between a man and a woman.
You seem to be very concerned that – and I am quoting this directly from your letter – “if the Marriage Amendment Bill passes, it will mean that gay people can adopt children as a couple, under the Adoption Act 1955.”
May I ask Mr Craig; why are you so concerned about “gay people” being able to adopt children?
Are you afraid of us? I don’t quite understand and must quite frankly admit – that I am more than a little hurt that you think so little of us that we could not be trusted to care for and raise a fellow human being? I don’t mean to over exaggerate but to me it feels a little like the sort of treatment that those outcast from society must have endured throughout history when their fellow man chose to think of them as less than equal simply because they were different.
I wonder Mr Craig if you feel this way because you do not know many “gay people” or have any personal friends that are “gay people”. If this is the case – than my partner and I would gladly open our home to you, have you round for dinner, a beer, watch the Rugby – if only to show you that we are just as you are.
We breathe the same, talk the same, laugh the same, cry the same and most importantly – love the same.
Mr Craig, why are you so passionately pursuing this issue when there are more visibly harrowing issues facing our nation today? Look at New Zealand’s terrible child abuse statistics – perhaps these could be made slightly better if “gay people” were allowed to adopt? After all the people who abuse these children quite obviously do not want them, perhaps they could be given the opportunity to live in a family where they would be loved by parents who are just happy to have children to love.
The main aim of your letter seemed to urge us to write to our local MP and tell him of our displeasure for not listening to us with regards to his initial vote on gay marriage. As I am a fair man Mr Craig and because you have taken this effort to send us this letter expressing your views I will write to our local MP.
I will thank him for defending us even though he may not consider himself like us, something that is a very brave thing to do in a world where those who think like you do seem to want to put everybody into “us” versus “them” camps.
I may even write to my neighbours urging them to write a similar letter to our MP whilst inviting them around for a dinner, drink and to watch the rugby.
Why would I do that Mr Craig? Because it says so in the Bible.
22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Thank you for your time, hope to hear from you soon and I hope you have a lovely day.
Hugs and Kisses
John and Nigel