I recently saw a blog post that was very disturbing to me. Although I have the utmost respect for people and their individual beliefs, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t misguided in what they are saying.

I had the distinct privilege to be a part of the lobbying efforts at the Indiana Statehouse this year to help create constitutional protection for marriage between one man and one women. Although I had already held that idea dear to my heart, I learned so much more on the importance of traditional marriage both on the couple but also on the family and our society. Even outside of the Biblical standpoint, marriage between one man and one women makes scientific sense, but let’s review all the major points.

The Definition of Marriage

The Bible contains very specific details about marriage and how it is supposed to function (1 Corinthians 7 and Matthew 19 just to name a few). When we talk about marriage we must first understand that Government has no right to redefine it, because Government simply did not create the institution of marriage. God – as outlined in the Bible – created Marriage. We the creation do not have the right to change the definition of something God has created, no matter how much we feel we should. What Government has done is that they have subsidized Marriage with tax incentives and other rights. That does NOT give them the right to change anything about the actual institution. That is like saying that the Government has the right to change the name of the town you live in because they subsidize you with tax money; that they have the right to redefine the identity of the place in which you live. The creation does not have the right to change the Creator’s creations.

Pro-creation: Not the only benefit of Marriage

Although God commands that pro-creation take place within the bonds of Marriage, that is not the only reason He created marriage. He also created it for the proper formation of a family in which children are raised to serve God, shape society, and pro-create themselves. He created Marriage for a lifetime companionship between a man and a women. God is specific about that, and there is no way to argue around that. Now, I am not saying that non-traditional couples do not have genuine love, and I am not speaking to the issues of other types of partnerships, but we can not allow a very small minority hijack institutions we hold dear.

The Family Balance

As President Obama has stated, there are many inner-city social problems with individuals and families. The reason that children turn out negatively and that a family degrades is because there was no father in the home. There may have been a male in the home, but being a male does not constitute fatherhood. Along with that, fatherhood is balanced out by motherhood. Proper fathering of a child can not succeed without proper mothering as well, and vice versa. Two dads or two moms can not properly offer a balanced future for children. They can not offer the love, nurturing, correction, or proper Biblical foundation a child needs to be successful in life or to fully serve God to their fullest potential.

Traditional Marriage and Balanced Families Benefit society

Many recent studies show that proper marriages and strong families are what fuel a thriving society, both socially and economically. I am not saying that is time to go back to “Leave it to Beaver” days where you basically where a suit and tie to bed, however we can operate a strong family within a modernized society. A strong family raises successful children despite economic circumstance, and believe me, I have seen it work. Those children serve God, add benefit to society in both social and economic ways, and they take those values through life when they create their own family.

Strong traditional marriages and families are what made our society what it is, and anything else will only degrade it.