PrintSanctity of marriage must be protected
When so-called ‘human rights’ are wrong, we have a duty to protect what is right from wrong.
It’s the widely held opinion of most Canadians that all marriages should be happy and gay, but that none should be homosexual. By logic and by definition, brides can’t be grooms or vice-versa. Such is the will of God for marriage. Beyond question the sacrament of marriage was created strictly for heterosexual couples who wish to live together as husband and wife. Whether the homosexual lobbyists like it or not, marriage is an exclusively heterosexual union of bride and groom who vow to become husband and wife. Two men or two women simply can’t be ‘married’ to each other. Logic defies it! But yet, we keep on hearing bold demands by homosexuals for what they choose to call ‘same-sex marriage.’
Since two can properly be called a couple, there should be nothing wrong with having the permanent relationship of same-sex couples recognized as united by law. They could become lawfully united with a binding contract, and they could be called ‘united.’ So why must they be called married to possibly have the same rights as properly married couples? Regardless of any sexual activity or love, if two men, (or two women), wish to permanently live together as a lawfully recognized united (but not married) couple, should we object?
If one of them wants to play the role of homemaker while the other is the bread-winner, it should be correct if one could be lawfully declared as the dependent of the other for taxation purposes. If they wish to permanently live together as a lawfully united couple, it might be decent for our society to recognize their relationship. But if they dare to demand to be called married rather than united (or many other similar terms), our society must then have the duty to protect the sacred age-old definition of marriage. It must unquestionably and exclusively remain the union of brides and grooms who vow to live together as husband and wife. Period!
If you were an adopted child, and if your parents were married, were they two men or two women? That question should be insane! However, homosexual marriage and homosexual parents being able to adopt children may soon permit what is now impossible.
Richard G. Nobert, Morinville
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