Today, to define marriage as one man and one woman – that is
an extreme position. “Since when should marriage be limited to one man and one
woman?” Critics argue.
resources permit – that is also an extreme position.
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| Is it extreme to defend an unborn baby? |
How has this transformation in values about life and marriage
taken place, and so quickly?
narcissistic and self-righteous) argument, the craze from political activists these
days: “It’s my body, and I can do what I want with it.”
politicians, leaders in Washington fear losing the majority power or long-term
influence in Washington if they do not accede to the limited demands of this
childish generation, who want their financial future secure, yet at the same
time want to do as they please with their bodies and minds.
“pro-abortion”) movement. “It’s my body” has given birth to the gay marriage debate,
too.
cowardice of the political establishment, for this “Me first” moral miasma?
Administration has hastened the demise of the institution, pressing on every
organization of the federal government acceptance of homosexuality and the “rights”
of gay couples to marry.
Supreme Court in 2004 opened the pandemic of undoing marriage as one man and
one woman. At least marriage supporters can point out that the arrogance of
judges, not the will of individuals or communities, pushed the perversion of
the marital sacrament on this country.
(its beginnings, values, and implications) has endured longer, also from judicial
interventionism (Roe v. Wade). Proponents of life and marriage should take
heart, since only a court could force the devolution of these values, and only
in law (not in spirit). To this day in Massachusetts, there are many who do not
recognize nor respect gay marriage as an accomplished fact. The same holds true
for abortion.
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| (Source: University of Toronto Students for Life) |
Unlike the marriage argument, the pro-life Movement is
growing stronger. From Roe v. Wade in 1973, millions of babies have been aborted,
yet the voices to protect those children has grown louder, too. Private
interests, including churches, have rallied year after year to speak for those
who cannot, the unborn. Laws have changed in locales as distinct as North Dakota
and Texas to define the legal time limit for seeking an abortion.
pro-life protestors from denouncing abortion clinics. The ruling had been
upheld by the Massachusetts State Supreme Court (the same body which
arbitrarily redefine marriage). Could SCOTUS undo their undue ruling redefining
marriage, too?
and the inner city abortion clinics (where babies born alive were murdered),
the “pro-choice” mantra has been exposed as a pro-murder agenda. Pro-life is
alive and well in the United States, even in ultra-liberal New England. Even
pro-gay marriage politicians like former US Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez
(R-Massachusetts) proudly announce their pro-life views.
the insanity of group-think, and the voices speaking out for one man and one
woman are not as strong.
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| Why is our culture turning its back on traditional marriage? (Source epSos.de) |
Why?
women masquerading as a married couple. The lack of respect for the institution
began much earlier, when men and women decided, and local mores acquiesced,
that sex before marriage, that parenthood before matrimony, was acceptable.
institution, our society must also investigate why so many choose cohabitation
instead of marriage, or why adultery has become standard. Casual sex has
created a casual attitude about marriage, as the rates of intended pregnancies
have increased in key urban areas (New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles)
more attention than before, but the consequences of such loose and
unaccountable conduct resists easy documentation. The death of a baby is an
immediate and outrageous tragedy. The break-down of restraint before sex and
commitment before consummation escapes our notice.
diminution (or destruction?) of marriage?
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| Gay Marriage is Legal (for now?) |
Studies showing increased depression and suicide following
casual sex suggest that the concrete dangers of immoral conduct or prevalent
and relevant. The individual accounts of young people (and the crushing
fallout) from casual encounters will awaken a new respect for marital love as
opposed to “easy sex”. Medical studies documenting th disease, dysfunction, and
death associated with homosexuality (and revelations debunking the “born gay”
myth) will cause individuals to rethink homosexual conduct.
rule right and strike down mandated gay marriage in the future, too. As Pro-Life
goes mainstream, marriage as one man and one woman may return, too.