Bride – PaulThompsonBlog

I sent this letter to Governor Otter, very similar to the appeal I made on Friday at the Twin Falls County Courthouse.

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To: Governor Otter May 16, 2014
the State of Idaho

Dear Governor Otter

I respect the boldness you have taken on the defense of marriage. I plead with you as a reasonable citizen to not change the language of “Groom” and “Bride” to “Applicant A” and “Applicant B” on the Idaho marriage license application.

I respect that you have a fiduciary responsibility to all citizens in our great state. I’m not asking you to hinder anyone from having this legal document. I’m asking you to honor our grand history of having the terms “Bride” and “Groom” on all historic records in our state.

May all who apply for this license have the pleasure of the strong history of the founders of our state constitution. Please do not neutralize the historical beauty of the language because of a federal judge ruling. Hold tightly to our heritage, the heritage of the pioneer west that did what few others would dare to do. Be this kind of governor, our nation needs your boldness. Rise up, and lead forth.

At the least, our history deserves more than a simple change in language.

Please respond in writing explaining why this kind of change would even be considered without respect of the wishes of the good citizens of Idaho.

Thank you for your long service and good care to the needs of all who reside in Idaho.

As a minister of the Gospel of the Lord, Jesus the Christ, I appeal to you to keep a language that finds favor with our Creator. May God bless Idaho.

Paul Thompson

By the grace of God, Idaho did not begin issuing marriage licenses to ‘same-sex’ couples this morning. By the way, if you were planning to get your marriage license today, I would encourage you to look closely at the language on the application. If it has the words “Applicant A” and “Applicant B” instead of “Bride” and “Groom”, ask for a current license that reflects the law of Idaho.

It’s like my favorite sweater. I defend it to my dying day, but one day it started unraveling.

If the ninth circuit court of appeals lifts the defense of marriage between male and female then we will see the beginning of the unraveling.

What will become of the marriage license application. This is what the Twin Falls County office is considering. Currently the language of the license list a “Bride” and a “Groom”. By definition, these words are feminine and masculine. If the change happens the language becomes neutered or castrated

(the two pictures are used from the Times News at magicvalley.com)

A castrated or neutered language is a weaker language and a weaker language leads toward more weakness. The changing of a marriage license today seems like a small matter today, but in ten to twenty years we’ll see that the concession for deviant behavior has lead us deeper into the depravity of life than we ever expected to be.

Twin Falls County, please hold strong and bold. The blessing of the Lord is a favor we don’t want to see removed because we gave a compromise in the name of being civil, modern, fair, loving. All things that we have already been doing.

All people, everywhere, repent while it is still called today. I’m calling the court house this morning to voice my desire as a citizen in Twin Falls County that I hope our county will keep our language strong and healthy.

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