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		<title>Cedar Rapids pastor: Gay marriage worse than floods</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage will cause far more damage to Iowa than last year’s historic flooding, according to Eric Schumacher, pastor of Northbrook Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids.
Schumacher, in a column written for the Baptist Press, said that even though floods destroy houses, ruin offices buildings and displace families, recovery is still possible. Same-sex marriage, on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same-sex marriage will cause <a href="http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=30241" target="_blank">far more damage to Iowa</a> than last year’s historic flooding, according to Eric Schumacher, pastor of Northbrook Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids.</p>
<p>Schumacher, in a column written for the Baptist Press, said that even though floods destroy houses, ruin offices buildings and displace families, recovery is still possible. Same-sex marriage, on the other hand, “does far more pervasive and irrecoverable damage.” Eventually, civilization is eroded and a “blasphemous message” becomes the norm.<span id="more-13808"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>Floodwaters erode the soil. &#8220;Gay marriage&#8221; erodes the soul. A flood impacts for a decade. &#8220;Same-sex marriage&#8221; destroys generations. A flood draws a community together. &#8220;Homosexual marriage&#8221; tears the family apart. Communities recover from floods. The promotion of un-natural unions has an eternal consequence.</p></blockquote>
<p>(h/t to <a href="http://24hourdorman.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/marriage-ruling-worse-than-the-flood/" target="_blank">Todd Dorman</a>)</p>
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