With less than a week to go before the
Illinois General Assembly convenes its fall session, an opponent of a
proposed gay marriage bill has warned that if the measure is approved
“America will collapse.”
The bill stalled in the House in May
after passage in the Senate on Valentine's Day. Its champion in the
House, Rep. Greg Harris, pledged a roll call during the upcoming
session, which ends on November 7.
(Related: Will
Illinois gay marriage bill stall as debate returns to Springfield?)
David E. Smith, executive director of
the Illinois Family Institute, wrote in a fundraising appeal that
Illinoisans should fight against the “evil agenda” of gay rights
with the same “courage , conviction, tenacity and sacrifice” as
American soldiers in World War II.
“As a father of six children, I often
wonder what Illinois will be like in twenty years. What will it be
like for your children and grandchildren?” Smith
wrote.
“We cannot know for sure. We can't
predict the future. Only God knows for certain.”
“I do know, however, that things are
sure to be worse, much worse for our children, if we don't do
something now to stop the moral collapse, which will be hastened if
our lawmakers undermine marriage by legalizing same-sex 'marriage.'”
"A friend told me about a group of WWII
veterans from Iowa that drove all the way to Washington D.C. this
week. They risked arrest by passing through the barricades set up by
the president to keep veterans from viewing their monuments. We
should be inspired to defend marriage with the same courage,
conviction, tenacity, and sacrifice that the greatest generation
fought to defend American principles and to honor their fallen. If
we don't stop the enemy from achieving his goal of destroying the
family, there won't be any monuments to visit. America will
collapse. It is only a matter of time. Read Genesis 19.”