Former State Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O'Fallon, who has now moved into right wing radio offers some thoughts on traditional marriage in her latest column.
Some of my Libertarian friends ask why marriage should be noticed by government. From all external appearances, we look like one of the most selfish generations in the history of America. People are divorcing, using drugs, drinking and refusing to work for their own personal happiness. Substance abuse is a factor in 70% of all domestic violence cases. As the social indicators continue marking the decline of families, it is becoming more obvious that the more self centered we become, the less we invest in our families, churches, neighborhoods and communities.
Fortunately, there is a right way to correct these issues. We owe it to our future to understand the underlying issues surrounding the recent push for perversion, the importance of marriage and the problems created by promiscuity. We don't just stop with identifying the problems, we are all about answering them with the solution.
Many people shy away from recent decisions to make marital benefits available to those who practice perversion. Even those who hold to the Biblical standard of morality are now demonstrating their confusion over the public purpose of marriage. As we are watching the courts, media and political correctness infuse a level of shame on those who hold to traditional values, there is an unspoken push to not only redefine marriage, but also redefine parenthood.
Moms and dads are not interchangeable. Government has a duty to protect the innocent, especially the relationship between law abiding parents and children. We must be vigilant to protect this bond and stop trends of gender-neutrality whenever we see it happening because, ultimately, it will destroy the definition of marriage and the family. Parenthood is a pre-political natural reality. The greatest gift we can give all children is stability. For their sakes, we owe it to them to fight to protect the bedrock of our society.
2 comments:
Marriage was originally a business contract, not a religious venture. Marriage linked estates together and protected those estates. Religion entered into it much later. That is why marriage ceremonies by non-religious officials have always been legal and official.
Maybe we should all invest in a new scarlet letter company.
If the Right is so worried about public promiscuity and perversion, why am I assaulted by it every time I try to watch television? Why not start with those who are promoting it to vulnerable young people? Oh yeah--that would be interfering with the actions of Big Business, their biggest donors--under the guise of freedom of speech. Only those without that power have rights to impair.
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