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Obama endorsement great
On May 10, it was announced in The Spokesman-Review that President Barack Obama had decided to endorse gay marriage. Many people may say that it is against the Bible to accept same-sex relationships, but I think it is great!
Everyone deserves to live the way they want and to be happy, and if marrying someone of the same sex is what makes somebody happy, then they should have the chance to do that. The only difference between a heterosexual and homosexual relationship is the intimacy. I have a mom and a dad, and their intimate life is completely separated from my life and anyone else’s. Why should this be different with people who are gay?
We are all people and if someone claims that the Bible says it’s wrong or that God didn’t intend people to be that way, how are we to perceive Deuteronomy 14:8: “The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.”
Maybe we should outlaw eating pork before we outlaw gay marriage, because it’s obviously a sin.
Victoria Bjordahl
Spokane