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California Gay Marriage Hysteria Watch: Yuriy Popko Compares Gay Marriage to Soviet Tyranny July 3, 2008

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Yuriy Popko, a Russian immigrant, and California anti-gay marriage protester, was quoted on June 17th in the Sacramento Bee, comparing gay marriage to judicial tyranny in the Soviet Union. Here’s the quote, and the context around which the quote was cited:

The Yolo County clerk’s office extended its hours to marry 10 couples through 8 p.m. Monday, while about 10 protesters voiced displeasure over the same-sex nuptials outside the office in Woodland.

“I came from the Soviet Union, and this is judicial tyranny – they’re starting to regulate religion,” said one of the protesters, Yuriy Popko.

Even being generous, is there any legitimacy at all to this Soviet-California analogy? I don’t think so. Here’s why:

  1. There is no “tyranny” involved here. No one is being forced to marry someone of the same sex, nor is anyone being forced to approve of, or attend, any gay marriage ceremony.
  2. There is no regulation of religion involved here. State marriage licenses constitute civic, not religious or sacred, recognition. If two people want their marriage recognized religiously, they seek out a religious group willing to do so. If they also want a religious ceremony, they seek out a religious group, or member of the clergy, willing to perform it. The state has no part in this.
  3. To recognize only heterosexual marriage is to discrimate, not just against minority religious groups, but individual California taxpayers who do not regard gay marriage as sinful. 
  4. Far from regulating religion, the California Supreme Court has remedied a discrimination that was directed against minority religious groups, as well as individual taxpayers who do not regard gay marriage as sinful.
  5. The issue at hand for the California Supreme Court is equal treatment of all citizens under the law. This concept did not apply to courts in the Soviet Union, where unequal treatment was the rule, and where the application of law to individual citizens was arbitrary, not predictable.
  6. No religious majority, however large, can force religious minorities, such as those who do not regard gay marriage as sinful, into hiding in the United States. The fact that gays may be open about their marriages, and out of the closet about their homosexuality, in no way constitutes a regulation upon religion in California. No citizen has the right to expect the State to shield one’s eyes from the points of view or behavior of those one does not like.
  7. Far from resembling the Soviet Union, the State of California is one of the most free places on earth, and gay marriage expands that freedom. It does not contract it.
  8. Far from engaging in “judicial tyranny,” there are ways for the legislature, or the voters, to change the constitution of California, and if they choose to do this, the law will change again.

To read the original June 17, 2008 Sacramento Bee article on gay marriage, here’s the link: http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1018466.html

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1. Save Biblical Marriage - July 3, 2008

Thanks to Yuriy Popko for taking a bold stand for the gospel truth. Don’t let them intimidate you for having the courage to stand up to the ‘gay’ mafia that is very powerful and now runs our once beloved State of California. The preamble of the California constitution states, “We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings, do establish this Constitution.” The Slavic Christians know first hand what religious persecution looks like, coming from the former Soviet Union, a communist/atheist country which had no respect for religious liberty. And by the way, the State did not grant us liberty, but God did (We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights…), therefore, the State cannot take it away (re-define Marriage). But there is no such God-given right for sexual perversion! The State has NO jurisdiction over the God-ordained institution of Marriage, which is only between a man and woman!

2. Protect Marriage - July 3, 2008

‘Same-sex marriage’ is an oxymoron. But don’t count on the media to figure that out, since they’re all in bed with the homophiles. Thank God for protesters, they are the little flicker of light that’s left of the Church in California, which has allowed this perverted ˜same-sex marriage” farce to happen due to its silence and therefore, complicity with Evil. These people are modern-day prophets, with God’s message: “The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.” ~ Psalm 5:5. Of course, the American Church does not want to hear this truth. They want to falsely believe that God loves everyone, no matter how perverted you are. Truth is hate to those that hate the truth. Sodomites are the ones who really hate God, but use His name wickedly to try and force society’s acceptance of their perversity. And the media has repeated this lie (God loves homosexuals) so many times they’ve actually made Americans believe it. Woe to all those who take part in this unGodly alliance. They will receive the greater damnation for causing others to sin. May the Lord forgive us Christians for all our silence and have mercy on this land. At least there is hope in Sacramento with the growing Slavic Christian population. Perhaps they were sent here by God for a testimony! Amen

3. Protect Marriage - July 3, 2008

Go to ProtectMarriage.com and volunteer to help in any way that God has called you to PROTECT marriage. Don’t be intimidated by the homosexual mafia! Maybe the indoctrinated masses (the sheeple in the matrix of lies) just don’t realize we are trying to Constitutionally UPHOLD the CURRENT Marriage Laws in the Family Law Code! And remember, If Marriage can mean anything, it means NOTHING!