Regarding your Friday editorial, “No good defense of DOMA“, you cite the trend that Americans are becoming less conservative on social issues such as gay marriage, legalizing marijuana and abortion. But what really is the best course for our society, to uphold and maintain high standards, or lower them to satisfy people who don’t want to live by them?
There is evidence to indicate that the marriage of one man/one woman is as nature intended and best for producing and maintaining stable families. Now we feel it necessary to lower the standards. We thought at one time divorce was bad; those who wanted divorce hated to go through the hurdles, so we came up with no-fault divorce. Sexual activity outside of marriage once was considered a violation of established standards; we have worked to lower the standards.
It now is only a case of making sure the individuals involved are protected from disease and pregnancy; if pregnancy occurs, the killing of the unborn has become the standard. We’ve come up with the option of in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy and other means to produce children that wouldn’t be conceived in a natural way, as between a husband and a wife. Not interested in living by time-tested standards for producing children within the bounds of marriage, we now find ourselves debating a surrogacy bill in Olympia, HB 1267, trying to figure out what to call the parent, the child, etc.
What I believe we are seeing is a decline in societal standards! It is the path of least resistance. It runs counter to your statement that, “Repealing DOMA is the first step in the right direction to eventual inevitability — giving all Americans the right to marry.” It may be inevitable, but it’s not good!
Orville Andvik
Lynnwood
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