Orthodox rabbi speaks out on "de-evolution" of marriage

The following was written by John Vennari, editor of Catholic Family News. Click here to read "Amtrak to Albay for 'marriage' vote".

A number of Orthodox Rabbis were continuously in Albany fighting against same-sex “marriage”. I spoke with well-known Rabbi Yehuda Levin of Brooklyn who noted three crucial elements he sees missing from many religious leaders’ approach to the issue. These are observations with which a Catholic, or any man of good will, could agree.

"First", said Rabbi Levin, "with all the talk about homosexual ‘marriage’ we are losing sight of the fact that this is a huge and perhaps ultimate step of totally ‘legitimizing’ homosexual misbehavior. This aspect is no longer being talked about.

"When news reporters challenge religious leaders and ask ‘what’s wrong with this?’, the religious leaders respond by talking about ‘marriage between a man and a woman’ but no one bothers to point out that the homosexuals have accomplished their ultimate goal of totally ‘legitimizing’ their lifestyle. This topic is off the table of discussion. We have religious leaders even saying that their homosexual lifestyle is a ‘private matter’. No, this is a public sin, not a private matter.

"The second point is," he continued, "religious leaders are not talking about the fact that in Massachusetts [where homosexual ‘marriage’ has been ‘legal’ since 2004], a child or a parent cannot opt out of the educational aspect of this." He noted the David Parker case as an example. [See following post for more on the trials of David Parker. Ed.]

Rabbi Levin’s third point was directed at Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos, who could have stopped the vote from coming to the floor. Rabbi Levin said our religious leaders’ duty is to tell Skelos, "Every single child, grandchild and great grandchild who is poisoned by the homosexual agenda because of your cowardice is on your personal soul."

Levin also told me that during the press conference, he responded from the floor to the media’s claim that homosexual "marriage" represents a marriage evolution. A journalist challenged the panel saying that interracial marriage was once forbidden but is now legal, so homosexual "marriage" is merely the latest evolution in marriage.

"Who says evolution is always something good?", responded Levin from the floor. "Who says evolution has to apply to everything? Why can’t the next stage of evolution in marriage be legalized polygamy? Would this be good for society? And who says everything evolves? Some things devolve. Look at the crass music of today, the crass art, the crass dress. We see that some things devolve, and that is what homosexual 'marriage' does to marriage. It is not good simply because you say it’s evolution."