3 Some threats to marriage I should be sure my children understand

     3       5/9/19      Some threats to marriage

     This week I watched A YouTube video by Kathy Ruse from the World Congress of families in 2015,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTHhQhFb8M#action=share

 she is a mom and a lawyer.  I was really impressed with her candor as she stated 2 mothers do not make a father and 2 fathers do not make a mother. She stressed the importance that every child deserves to have a mother and a father.

     As I farther researched I found a magazine article called “Dear Justice Kennedy: An Open Letter from the Child of a Loving Gay Parent” written by Katie Faust in February 2015. I found it interesting as one daughter in the article was interviewed about her wonderful mother and her loving partner. She loved them both dearly however she said, “It did not replace her father.” She felt every child deserved to know who their mother and father were and that they should have the opportunity to be raised by such parents.
     This got me to thinking some more about my children and about my parents. There were times when my kid’s dad was best suited to handle the child at the time. For example when my young daughter was melting down because she couldn’t find the shoe she needed to go to kindergarten ...... her dad‘s compassion was exactly what she needed. There are also times when I as their mother was what was needed and no matter how wonderful their dad was they needed their mother. For example learning to breast-feed; dad was completely incapable of helping at that time. 

     In 1996 Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act, it’s stated; “Civil society has an interest in maintaining and protecting the institution of heterosexual marriage because it has a deep abiding interest in encouraging responsible procreation and child rearing. Simply put, government has an interest in marriage because it has an interest in children."
    

 I wonder if we had no TV, radio Internet or newspapers would this even be an issue today for families? Would a few individuals have been able to push the same sex marriage agenda? 

     I am afraid we have been cultured and groomed over the last 10 years into believing and feeling that same sex couples are just the same as we are and that they are a large percentage of our population which I believe is untrue. Those who want same sex marriage is very small minority of our population. Do I have friends or acquaintances that believe in same sex marriage? Of course I do and they are very dear to me but that does not change the fact that God has declared marriage is between a man and a woman. No matter how much we want it to be different God‘s law is God’s law and it is not open for debate.

     As Cathy Rues asked at the world conference for families in 2015 what will history write about America? Will it write about all of the states who stood up for defending marriage as being  between a man and a woman and that five individuals change that law and forced America to abide by it? Or will it declare that America was open minded and in a tidal wave of decision decided to open arms and support , no endorse same sex marriage as something we think is a great way to raise children?
What do you think?

       If we don’t teach our children what we know about this decision they may not ever learn that government took a personal decision out of the hands of the people and set it as law on a country who didn’t necessarily agree. This is scary, anytime Government starts telling me what I'm supposed to think I feel they have crossed the line in what our constitution was set up for.