This interesting, weird and rather scary interchange began with me sending an e-mail to each of the members of the NH House Judiciary Committee who had an e-mail address listed. I almost immediately received a reply from a representative, not one of mine, none of them are on the committee. I am reproducing it without the full name of the representative at this point.
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Sent: Sun 2/13/2011 2:01 PM
Subject: Civil rights
As a married heterosexual woman whose life is filled with friends who are both married and single, straight and gay, all of whom are contributing members of our communities and powers of example of how to live good, productive and caring lives, I urge you to listen to the majority of the people in NH who do NOT want us to take away rights that were granted to our fellow citizens. If you repeal gay marriage in NH, it will be the first time NH has ever taken away rights once granted, a really dreadful precedent for the LIVE FREE OR DIE state.
I hope you will vote ITL on HB437-FN & HB443-FN and then turn your attention to matters that do help NH, growing the employment opportunities and crafting a fair and compassionate budget. Please stop letting your agenda be run by groups from outside our state, and concentrate on what your constituents thought they were voting for.
Lucy Edwards
N****d NH
I hope you will vote ITL on HB437-FN & HB443-FN and then turn your attention to matters that do help NH, growing the employment opportunities and crafting a fair and compassionate budget. Please stop letting your agenda be run by groups from outside our state, and concentrate on what your constituents thought they were voting for.
Lucy Edwards
N****d NH
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On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:03 PM, P***, L*** wrote:
Dear Ms. Edwards, Thank you for your e-mail concerning the marriage bills. I am in total support of any bill that defines marriage as between one man and one woman period. Anything less will be opposed.
Again, thank you and please contact me in the future with any questions or concerns.
Respectfully,
Rep. L M. P***
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To: P***, L***
Subject: Re: Civil rights
Could you tell me why you take this position?
Thank you,
Lucy Edwards
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On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:11 PM, P***, L*** wrote:
Dear Ms. Edwards, I be glad to tell you why: the Bible clearly states what the definition of marriage is and anything different is an abomination to God.
Respectfully,
Rep. L*** M. P***
Hillsborough Dist. **
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From: Lucy Edwards
Sent: Sun 2/13/2011 2:19 PM
To: P***, L***
Subject: Re: Civil rights
What happened to the Constitution? Did the Bible replace it?
And it actually is Mrs. Edwards. As I said, I am a woman married to a man.
Lucy Edwards
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On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:39 PM, P***, L*** wrote:
Dear Mrs. Edwards, The Constitution does not define marriage, the Bible clearly does.
Rep. L*** M. P***
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From: Lucy Edwards
Sent: Sun 2/13/2011 3:03 PM
To: P***, L***
Subject: Re: Civil rights
So, if I have this correct, NH law on marriage is governed by the Bible, not by the constitution? I don't think that is way we usually write laws in NH. Or the United States. We aren't one of those countries where one religion is the state religion, and all the laws have to agree with its holy book.
I feel for your constituents.
Lucy Edwards
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On Feb 13, 2011, at 3:14 PM, P***, L*** wrote:
Dear Mrs. Edwards, no where in the NH Constitution is the word marriage, it is not a Constitutional Right. There is a definition of what marriage is in the Bible. I suggest you read your Constitution and you will see what rights you have.
Rep. L*** M. P***
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From: Lucy Edwards
Sent: Mon 2/14/2011 10:55 AM
To: P***, L***
Subject: Re: Civil rights
I have been trying to remember my Sunday school lessons and the stories in the bible. Didn't Abraham have two wives, and I know David and Solomon had many. Where in the book does it say that marriage is one man and one woman? I would really appreciate if you could cite the chapter and verse.
Thank you,
Lucy Edwards
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Mark 10:6-8 Jesus, himself, quotes from Gen. 1:27 is one example.
Rep. L*** M. P***
I looked up the references in Google:
Mark 10:6-8 (New International Version, ©2010)
6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a] 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[b]8 and the two will become one flesh.’[c] So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Footnotes:
Mark 10:6 Gen. 1:27
Mark 10:7 Some early manuscripts do not have “and be united to his wife.”
Mark 10:8 Gen. 2:24
Genesis 1:27 (New International Version, ©2010)
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
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