When two people are married, it can be argued that marriage is no more than a document. No more than signatures holding them together. If marriage is only thought of as paper, so much is destined to go wrong. There has to be more than a paper and ink holding families together. When the hard times come around, you need to be stuck pretty tight. Paper tears and burns and is weak when it gets wet. Signing a paper and saying you are married is like buying a leash and saying you have a dog. You don’t have anything inside of it!
A good marriage and family goes well beneath the paper. It takes two people that are willing to do anything in order to keep their family whole. And actually, it takes more than two people. God has to be a part of each marriage. I would like to venture to say that it is beyond the capacity of a man and a woman to stay married in our day. There are so many forces fighting against marriage. We need divine help to weather the storms of marriage.
The three becomes four and then five and maybe even more. Babies come and are added into the equation. Everyone has to pull their own weight and be the glue that holds the family together through happy times and through times that are not nearly so happy. I am just thankful that I have a loving family that is willing to forgive and work with each other through good times and bad times.
One of the negative forces I would like to talk a little bit about today is same-sex marriage. Now we all know this subject is a little touchy. No one wants to offend but at the same time, no one really understands the other side of the argument. I'm here today to pose an often unheard side. I want to make a slight argument to why marriage between a man and a woman is so important and why some feel so adamant about it.
- In the bible, God commands Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the Earth. The same commandment has been given to all of us. And that just can't naturally happen in same-sex marriages. Men and women are made to be together. And even though it is hard sometime, God makes up for what we lack as we follow his commandments
-On a less religious note, according to North Dakota Law Review**, studies show that same-sex marriages have a higher divorce and infidelity rate than a normal marriage. When divorce happens, the surrounding community feels the impact. They pay for the divorce in taxes, medical bills, future delinquency in children. Marriage is not a personal matter. Marriage is a public matter.
-Also stated in the North Dakota Law Review**, more Sexually Transmitted Diseases are transmitted through same-sex relations.
-A home consisting of a man and a woman has been proven to be the most healthy for children to be raised in.
There are many reasons to believe in traditional marriages and I don't want to list all of them. I hope that this short list has given you a desire to continue your research on this sensitive subject. Educate yourselves on both sides of every issue before you pick a side. There is no evil in understanding each other. And we must agree to disagree and love each other in the process. My hope is just that we will educate ourselves. And uneducated debate will never get anywhere.
Let's bridge the gap between two ideas. Love is key and marriage is more than a piece of paper.
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*http://www.hippoquotes.com/marriage-quotes-family
**http://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=893002127097024116067114064126006086117078019060066055110020094103024093069022103068013121004003017116060026097002069068104118116082071048061023016110089085123111003050062091115094003080028120003102124100067088121028102071112101114096096101105081026&EXT=pdf
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