- Marriage is a privilege, NOT a right!
- It is both a legal and a religious institution. For some, it is just legal. For some, it is just religious. But for the majority of people, it is both.
- Regardless of personal religious beliefs, however, legal marriage provides special recognition and protection for the FOUNDATION of American society and ALL successful societies: a FAMILY. A family is a husband and wife and, hopefully, children, who are actually being raised by their own TWO parents, MOTHER and FATHER. (If you're confused about this refer to a biology textbook that explains how babies are made.) (This definitely includes any adopted children as well, in case you're wondering. In the case of adoptions, it ought to be (and used to be) recognized that a NORMAL family with a MOTHER AND FATHER is the BEST/NORMAL/OPTIMAL/ACCEPTABLE situation for a child to be reared in. While circumstances can occur through no one's fault where this is not the case, purposely depriving a child of a real, complete, normal family is abusive.)
- Now, anyone can live together, and any two adults can engage in any kind of deviant sexual behavior in their own homes any time they want, and the rest of us do not want to know about it, let alone regulate it. (YES, homosexual behavior is deviant. Deviant simply means “deviating from the norm”. Homosexuality is NOT normal. Again, refer to a basic biology textbook if you're confused. Or, better yet, look in the mirror in case you forgot which parts you have. Now, someone is going to get angry because some of us are (RARELY and ABNORMALLY) born with ambiguous gender characteristics. Chances are, that isn't you, and you can just look in a mirror and figure it out. Be thankful.) All that being said, if you do choose to engage in deviant sexual behavior instead of NORMAL sexual behavior, leave marriage out of it! You are NOT ENTITLED to the PRIVILEGES of marriage! The institution of marriage is designed to stabilize and benefit society and the next generation of children. It is NOT designed to benefit YOU! If you don't want to get married (to someone of the OPPOSITE gender, in case you're still really confused), FINE. No one is trying to make you! But you are not entitled to call whatever it is you are doing a marriage, and you are not entitled to the legal benefits of marriage.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Marriage
In honor of National Marriage Week, I feel compelled to rant about marriage. So, here goes...
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Here are my thoughts on the subject. Marriage is traditionally a religious bond. Somewhere along the way governments decided this was a strong enough commitment to be recognized legally. As far as homosexuality goes that's between you and God, it's definitely not my place to judge, I think there's something in the bible about the whole not judging thing. Anyway what I think it boils down to is this. Is the commitment between two men or two women as strong as the commitment between husband and wife. In today's society I would say it most definitely is not, now hear me out. Homosexual marriage is not backed by religion the way traditional marriage is. It is not as supported by family and peers. I think most friends and family would urge more strongly against a divorce from a traditional marriage than from a homosexual marriage. I think what the homosexual community needs to work on is convincing the rest of society that their bond is strong. How many homosexuals have a ceremony promising their commitment to one another without worrying weather or not it's recognized by their government. Even if traditional marriage wasn't recognized by the government I would still have a ceremony. I still believe the religious beliefs and personal commitment are way more important than anything else. It's my opinion the homosexual community does not have the same views. Until they can prove their bond is as strong as a traditional marriage I don't think they should get the legal benefits. That's my 2 cents.
ReplyDeleteDan, I appreciate your comments. You are right about not judging. As a Christian, I am called not to judge people, and I don't. I am called to judge actions, and public policies, as we all are. There is also something in the bible about homosexuality, but that is another topic... I'm just looking at this purely from a perspective of what benefits the next generation, because that's what matters most, in my opinion. You make a really good point about commitment. That's what marriage is about. You and your wife are a great example of it. There's no stability without it.
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