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There is an impact. It is slow,creeping, and hard to see but certain. As the definitions of marriage become more and more watered down by easy divorce, gay marriage, plural marriages (to come next) the protections that have long surrounded the products of marriage (children) erode as well. Right now it is understood that children are entrusted to their parents care by default. Parents are understood to have by default their children's best interests at heart. That is how it is here. In other countries more and more children are thought of as property of the state. In Scotland they were recently debating a bill that would assign every child a social worker at birth to see to it that the interests of the state were protected in the children's upbringing.

We have seen this in our own country. As the family has broken down more and more, the state schools have take on more and more of the upbringing. Comprehensive sex Ed done by a cold impersonal state has been successful only at making more unwed moms. When parents don't do their job at teaching kids right from wrong the state steps in and we get stupid no tolerance nonsense.

The family is the central unit of society. Divorce has already taken a terrible toll on it. Gay marriage will water down the legal definitions of mother and father and leave children with less protection from the state.

Can we stop it. I doubt it. Is it terrible. Yes.

philip964 wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

TxA wrote:

sunny beach wrote:Polygamy has a long tradition in Human history. It also appears in The Bible, and not in a negative light. So whether we're arguing from a secular or religious basis, there's a much better argument to allow polygamy than there is to sanction same sex marriage.

Hmmm...I think you might want to review the text. While polygamy has a long tradition in human history as you state and was common in antiquity and described in the Old Testament, the practice was never condoned and actually specifically condemned. The text never shies away from people’s warts and misgivings but displays them as they were.

Was common? It still is common in much of the world, and approved by the largest religion on the globe. I don't think its sane as having one is too much work for me, but I don't have to do it either.

If I am not mistaken polygamy is required in certain circumstances in the Old Testament.

Please give a reference for required polygamy. I have never heard of this.

baldeagle wrote:I am disappointed that this thread has gotten so far off track. If you go back and read my original post, it had nothing to do with gay marriage and everything to do with the elitist attitude of our Supreme Court Justices thinking that government officials are free to ignore any laws they disagree with. I'd appreciate it if we could get back on topic. This has serious implications to our gun rights. Basically the Court has ruled that government officials are free to impose anything they want on us by fiat and it will get their imprimatur.

Yes, that is the case. We are rapidly leaving the rule of law. It is a scary place to be.

Once a person accepts that they are living in a very large Sodom and Gomorrah understanding everything else that happens is much easier.

Obama is liar and I don't believe one word that comes out of his mouth. There is no way he won't use this to beat churches over the head. He swore up and down that he would not force christians to pay for abortions and yet here we are with the HHS mandate.

Apparently 5 people can invalidate the will of millions.

It helps to have the right perspective on what happened here. The America we read about the America we were taught that we lived in is gone. There are many things that have taken a toll on it through the years. The United States as it was formed is a grand idea, a radical experiment in self-government. Sadly chip by chip statists throu the years have chipped away at that till now there is precious little left of that idea. This is just a revelation of yet another layer of rot.

It will be ok. Nations come and go, but the people remain. Just because godless heathens pollute the word marriage, does not mean that your marriage is polluted. Love your wife/ husband, treasure marriage in your heart, keep your kids away from the statist, take care of your family. We must understand that we are living in a secular selfish hedonistic society. Make plans and act accordingly. Cultivate a love of freedom in your hearts and the hearts of your children. This is not the end, just another chapter.