By: J

This is a touchy subject because you have a small segment of individuals (gay community) that believe they have a right to have their union acknowledged legally. The current mindset concerning values and morality has also allowed this subject and others (abortion, atheism, religion, marijuana, etc…) to, in a way, “evolve”. Many of us are living under the mindset that whatever allows us to feel good or doesn’t bother our way of life is acceptable. This apathetic stance is deceiving us to believe that life cannot have a steadfast structure in critical areas. This apathetic stance makes us arrogantly believe that we can question structures that have successfully thrived for many years around the world.

A natural relationship between man and woman, and the commitment called marriage to establish the most effective environment for family, is one structure man has consistently challenged. Just because we chose to deviate or alter from something because we are bored of it, or have experienced failure while trying to apply it, doesn’t mean it needs to change. Heterosexual marriages work half the time, in America, and some have horror stories. This is a dysfunction of those of us that have allowed whatever situation or circumstance, self inflicted or otherwise, destroy our marriages. God, the creator, the man up stairs, etc.. stated in Genesis that he created man. Then he created a woman to be his mate, and God instructed them to be fruitful and multiply.

This natural structure of relationship has proven to be effective by the billions of births that have occurred to populate the world. Marriage, devalued and demonized by some aspects of media, individuals of status, and television, rarely gets the same spotlight when it works. In the new testament God continues to justify His structure thru his son Jesus The Christ and states:

Matthew 19:4-6 (New Living Translation)
4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’[a] 5 And he said, ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’[b] 6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

In this text he talks about a holy union and how it should be between one man, one woman, and no one (no person, or group of persons) should split apart God’s structure. This union is also the perfect environment for children to be raised. This nuclear family provides the child with views from both sexes and guidance on committed, faithful relationships. Marriage provides children with consistent teachers that are suppose to train them, and mold them into effective, contributing adults that love GOD as well. Any one that studies families will tell you that the nuclear family is the ideal structure for a child to grow up in. What we need to do is believe in God’s plan concerning relationships, marriage and family because it works.

Male and female relationships joined together in a union called marriage is the perfect for our children. Same sex marriages would still leave out the other biological parent, who also represents the other perspective. An influential figure of the opposite sex has not proven to be effective. You can see that thru single parent homes trying to compensate with that same rationale. They will tell you it doesn’t work as well as having the other parent and being in a faithful, loving marriage.

Unconditional love and displaying love is always wanted and received. That isn’t the issue, the structure in how this unconditional love is displayed is.