Same-sex vs. Traditional Marriage
PROPOSITION
8
Back in 2008 my family members and I participated
in one of the most historical and perhaps politically monumental events of my
lifetime. We put our money where our mouth was and stood out on street corners
in favor of Proposition 8 in California. For those of you who don't remember,
Prop 8 was centered around preserving traditional marriage and preventing the
redefinition of marriage in the courts. It was an experience that my then 8
year old daughter and 11 year old son would never forget.
TEST OF
FAITH
As we all know, however, Prop 8 was overturned by
a single appellate judge not too long after that landslide election to adopt
Prop 8 into law. That was a low blow and a test of my children's faith in doing
what's right. We were shocked and appalled that the peoples' word was no longer
enough to pass and keep appropriate laws in this land. We felt threatened by
the implication that it didn't matter what most of us want or feel the law
should be.
HOPE
PREVAILS
The day that Prop 8 was overturned was the
beginning of the threat to traditional family and to the election process in
general. We wondered where our United States of America has gone. But we
haven't given up hope and my children learned a great lesson about standing
firm for what you believe in and not getting discouraged when Satan pushes
back.
THREATS
TO TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
As I read the article, "The Overhauling of
Straight America" by Marshall Kirk and Erastes Pill, I was quite amused
and concerned all the same by the implication that straight America is
basically idiotic. It was a real eye-opener and a wonderful way to present the
threat to traditional marriage through the eyes of the opposition.
SATAN’S TOOLS
Desensitization has been a tool used by Satan
from the dawn of man. And that is exactly what the threat to traditional
marriage aims to do. The article explains that the most effective tool for
promoting gay marriage and same-sex unions is complacency. By using some very
powerful tools, such as the media and influential public figures, this idea is
not only eased nicely into everyday lifestyle, but it is cleverly disguised as
normalcy as well.
GOD’S LOVES US ALL
The homosexual community has painted itself as
the "victim" in a war against what they deem to be normal everyday
loving relationships. The problem is not that they are refrained from
experiencing love. We want all people to have love, and lots of it! The issue
goes much deeper than that. God's plan was for marriage to be a precursor to
procreation and to eventual happy eternal families.
According to the LDS Newsroom in an article
titled, "The Divine Institution of Marriage,"God's purposes
for establishing marriage have not changed. My views of traditional
marriage have not changed either. I will defend it with all I have because it
is God's law...a higher law. And I know that God will never use desensitizing
tactics to promote His agenda.
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To learn more about how the LDS Church views
traditional marriage, I would encourage you to prayerfully read and consider
this beautiful proclamation.
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