Tag: 'marriage'
The Great Hunt
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A Ladle!
April is so good at expressing love and kindness!
Marital Deafness
As I'm sure you've learned, it's impossible to speak to a spouse if he or she is near running water, or using power equipment, or concentrating on something else, or eating something crunchy, or wondering if the squeak in the distance is the cat dying, or there is a child within a hundred yards. Amazingly, that covers 90% of every conversation you might attempt at home.
The Institution of Marriage
An excerpt from a letter from Andy Pugno, General Counsel for the ProtectMarriage, Yes on 8 campaign which is currently submitting post-trial briefs in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case:
A primary foundation of our case is the history of the institution of marriage itself and the central role it has played for centuries in societies all across the globe. Historic marriage has its roots in pairing a man to a woman and has served as the foundation of the family and society as a whole. In fact, across societies, marriage has been defined in both law and language as a union between a man and a woman and acts as the predominate relationship in which to create and support children. As we have noted previously, and one of our expert witnesses spent a great deal of time addressing, the purpose of marriage through the ages has been and continues to be the “guarantee, insofar as possible, that each child is emotionally, morally, practically, and legally affiliated with the woman and the man whose sexual union brought the child into the world.”
And while it is true that the traditional model of marriage between a man and a woman has been disputed of late in the United States, a set of universal functions of marriage remains:
- Complementing nature with culture to ensure the reproductive cycle;
- Providing children with both a mother and a father whenever possible;
- Providing children with their biological parents whenever possible;
- Bringing men and women together for both practical and symbolic purposes; and,
- Providing men with a stake in family and society.
Protecting Marriage, Family, and Society
The prophesies foretold by modern prophets in the Proclamation on the Family relative to the consequences for the deterioration of the family sometimes seem much more probable in my lifetime and likely to ensue much sooner.
Again, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has become involved in the moral issue marriage and same-sex marriage. The debate is heated in California, where a new ballot measure (Proposition 8) is slated for vote in November. This effects and outcome of this debate, subsequent vote, and law are not isolated to California. This moment is recognized as important by proponents of both sides of the issue, as it will set a precedent for what will follow.