Addressing Marriage Soundly

We've reached the conclusion of National Marriage Week, aptly ending on St. Valentine's Day, which is an effort to strengthen marriages and marriage culture, according to the official website.

This kind of celebration is definitely needed in light of what happened last June, when the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Obergefell vs. Hodges, and established a nationwide "right" for homosexual couples to marry, striking down all the laws of states that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

I think Chief Justice Roberts put it well in his dissenting opinion when he said that this decision's establishment of homosexual marriage rights something to celebrate for some, but it had nothing to do with the Constitution or sound legal, democratic processes.

The decision of the court fails to recognize how profound of an issue homosexuality is, and that it has complex roots deep within people that is spawned by particular circumstances in their lives.  The way to address it is not giving in to the demands of homosexual couples and other activist-minded individuals to allow them a right to marry.  Marriage is not solely about rights, but about an institution established to foster a healthy society by facilitating marriages that provide solid families for child to be raised in a nourishing environment.  Children come as the result of the complementarity of man and woman that is deeply embedded in human experience extending back thousands of years.

It's not just about the loving desires of people--because any two people can be in love.  Marriage is something sacred that pours forth love from a man and a woman into a family.

Furthermore, the U.S. Constitution doesn't explicitly address marriage.  It is only by a stretch that its mentions of equal rights could possibly apply to homosexual marriage.  That is why I feel that some day, this decision will eventually be regarded like the cases of Dred Scott and Roe vs. Wade, regrettable, because they were based on phony reasoning, and unleashed a Pandora's box effect on society.

There are better ways to address the real concerns of the LGBTQ community.  And it starts by taking a firm stand for what marriage: a God-ordained institution between one man and one woman, an inviolable standard.