Respect and Love

Marriage used to have one definition, between man and wife, yet today it has changed completely. Marriage can be between man and wife, wife and wife, man and man, or you don't even have to make that big of a commitment and can just live together instead if that makes you more comfortable. Why has the definition of marriage all of a sudden change, and how has it affected us? 

Through the new laws regarding same-sex marriage our nation has been divided in half. It's not good enough for us to be able to practice what we believe, but we have to put down those who don't agree with us. If you don't support same-sex rights then you're a horrible person. If you do support same-sex rights you're a horrible person, the hatred goes back and forth, back and forth. We tend to forget the whole reason our ancestors fought so hard to be freed from Great Britain, the freedom of religion, the freedom to choose. We don't have to agree with each other, everyone is different, and everyone has their beliefs, but we do have to respect each other.

I believe that marriage is sacred, I believe that marriage should be between a man and a wife, because this is the only way to create a family. I believe that the gift a woman has to grow a child within herself and then to continue to nurture the child all of their life is a wonderful thing. I believe that the husband should be the protector, his job is to watch over and take care of his family. These are the principles I will teach my children, but I will also teach them that it's okay for others to disagree with you. If you don't believe in marriage the way I do, that's fine. If you don't like the way I describe a family that's okay, we don't have to agree. We were given our agency to choose our own decisions, and what a wonderful blessing that is. 

Whatever our beliefs are, I think the most important thing is that we need to learn to respect each other. If we can't learn this simple task than our nation will continue to divide, and "a house divided cannot stand." I believe marriage is sacred, between a man and a wife. I shouldn't be ridiculed for believing this, no one should be ridiculed because of their beliefs.