There are a lot of us who are afraid to speak up about “social experiments” gone bad. Part of the reason is because we believe the lie that faith should be kept in a corner off by itself never to interact with science, psychology or real life. But, separating faith from everyday life places civilization at risk.
Rather than letting “social experiments” — unnatural choices and behaviors — rule the day, it seems to me that we should be taking every opportunity to enter into sane and civil conversation. In doing so, we shouldn’t be afraid of using the Word and Wisdom of the Creator.
I learned a powerful lesson last week. A Christian who goes public with Word and Wisdom may discover that even non-believers come to many of the same conclusions as believers. The old phrase “don’t tamper with mother nature,” while not Biblical, is logical and sensible.
God created men and women to be equal, but not the same. Nature agrees. Biology agrees. Psychology agrees. So, whether we’re talking about girls who want to wrestle boys or two men/two women who want to marry, we’re talking about a “social experiment.” A social experiment breaks away from what is natural. Healthy. Hopeful. A social experiment may scream “equality,” but it denies the complimentary differences of male and female and, in so doing, leads civilization to destruction.
Christians are given ample opportunity right now to engage others in sane and civil conversation. If we don’t, our children and grandchildren may suffer greatly. Focus, for a moment, on the institution of marriage. Marriage predates any known human government. But, the U.S. government (specifically, the President and Department of Justice) have announced they will no longer defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
DOMA defines marriage in all federal laws as the union of a man and woman, and protects the ability of states to not recognize same-sex marriages from other states. But, DOMA has been attacked by the very government that is supposed to protect this constitutional law.
I hope to post some sane and reasonable, but also civil and respectful, comments about marriage in the coming weeks. Countless people out there — much smarter than me — have already offered “talking points” for those of us who want to engage our family, neighbors and co-workers in uncompromising yet gentle conversation.
For now, consider this: The social experiment of “gay marriage” goes against life itself. I encourage you to do some research of your own. Visit the web sites of Exodus International, Regeneration Ministries, The Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, and Focus on the Family.
Then, remember. Sane and civil conversation — using science, psychology and God’s Word — salted with kindness and respect for others is always a good thing.
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Marriage in the Classroom
Posted in Biblical manhood & womanhood, Citizenship, Commentaries of others, Culture Shifts, Faith & Practice, Relationships, tagged children, DOMA, education, family, instruction, marriage, parental role, truth on March 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Shortly after same-sex “marriage” was forced on Massachusetts by that state’s highest court, a few parents realized their children were being taught same-sex unions were normal, natural, and the moral equivalent of marriage between a man and a woman. These parents attempted to opt their children out of these public school lessons, but were ultimately unsuccessful in a court of law. Two federal courts in Massachusetts, including the appeals court just below the U.S. Supreme Court, determined that, because same-sex “marriage” was legally recognized in Massachusetts, parents no longer had the right to determine whether or what their children would be taught about these relationships. (Source: Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family)
Marriage is being attacked even as children are being taught that all choices are equal. Here’s the thing. Mentoring, teaching morality, and raising children is the job of parents, not schools. Chuck Colson writes, “If we want our children to know how to behave prudently, how to delay gratification for a higher goal, how to look to the needs of others before pandering to their own passions, then we’ll have to teach them in the context of family — best of all, of course, a loving, mom-and-dad family.”
If the courts decide that marriage is just a contract between any kind or number of consenting adults, what consequences will follow? Colson notes that “we will have, in effect, removed all restraints and social conventions surrounding not just sex and marriage but child rearing and training as well. If morality is anything we want it to be, if it serves only our passions and personal autonomy, we’re doomed as a culture.”
Homosexual activists are working feverishly to convince educators to normalize an unnatural behavior. But, moms, dads, and grandparents can speak with the conviction of God’s Word, science and age-old human experience.
It appears to be very dark out there, but darkness has never overcome the light. (John 1:4)
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