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Redefining Marriage Week 3



Re-defining Marriage

This week’s readings were about legalizing same sex marriage.

What are your thoughts on Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)? The supreme court case that ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples. The ruling meant that all fifty states must lawfully perform and recognize the marriages of same-sex couples on the same terms and conditions as the marriages of opposite-sex couples, with all the accompanying rights and responsibilities.
While I am all for understanding and acknowledging the differences of others. Not everyone in this earth is exactly the same, and I think we need to respect that fact. However, I also know that Marriage between Man and a Woman is ordained of God. It is the way that we continue birthing babies and replenishing the earth, and it is the only way a family can truly be raised in an equal sense with both the character traits of a man and women.

I won’t bore you at the moment with my statistics regarding families raised by a father and mother, but there are many studies done to show that children are at a better advantage when they have both a father and a mother. Just like it would be when a child is raised by divorced parents, so would it be if a child was raised by two parents of the same gender.

I acknowledge those of you with a different opinion than me, and I understand that you have the right to think how you will.


We have so many influences around us and so many people fighting against traditional marriage. I believe that God instituted families and intended that families be between a Man and a Woman. According to the Family: A Proclamation to the World, which is revelation received by a latter-day prophet from God, a man and a woman have distinct roles that help to raise a family. I believe this to be true, and I encourage you to read this post in order to learn and ask for yourself.

https://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng&old=true

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