In response to Mr. Hiltunen’s question “Where’s God?” this is my reply. God is every where you look for him. If he were not here watching out for us we would be here no longer!
With all of the devistation and death that has hit the headlines to date he obviously has had a hand in not allowing us to completely parish. We have created a lot of the problems ourselves. Yes, New Orleans was flooded and people died, but who built it 80 feet below sea level? Not GOD!
I personally believe there is a God and that he watches out for me and my family every day. Mr. Hiltunen, your memories as an “infantry man getting shot at with machine guns, mortar and rockets and hugging the ground so close that a flee couldn’t crawl between me and this precious Earth” should tell you that someone was watching out for you then and probably is now; you just have too look.
Haven’t you heard there will be a cure for Aids sooner than later, the sweat from a certain frog has proven to hold the key to a cure. More people survive from cancer now than in years past.
I thank God every day that Question 1 turned out the way it did. I see the devistation every day from people who cannot let people live their own lives and have to harass and downplay those who are different than they are – whether they be gay, handicapped or just different than the average Joe. If we were all the same what a boring world it would be. If people minded their own business and stayed out of people’s personal lives there would be no need for Question 1 or the Maine Human Rights Commission or the Civil Liberties Union.
Gay marriage has nothing to do with Question 1. It is a matter of what is right, fair and honest and deals with discrimination issues. Have you ever been discriminated against for some reason? If so, think how you felt, and then consider how others feel when they too are discriminated against. When people start knocking homosexuals stating they are going to destroy the sanctity of marriage, you really should look at all of those heterosexual couples who get married then divorced in a day, or a month or even a year or two. Are they not destroying what marriage is or used to be about.
The days when couples stayed together forever are slim pickings nowadays. My son’s father and I chose not to get married. Does that make us bad people who are trying to destroy marriage? I think not. Everyone has the right to voice their opinion, but when it is not necessary or hurtful to someone else they really ought to think twice. Thanks for listening.
Carol A. Waig
Windham
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