One of the hot topic issues running through the country recently is whether to recognize homosexual marriage. The traditional/conservative approach is that marriage is a sacred lifetime relationship between a man and a woman. However, just what is marriage? What is its purpose? Why do we have it? In society, we tend to just take our traditions for granted without really thinking about why they exist. This is not the mentality of an enlightened, maturing civilization.
There is a copy of an article entitled “Marriage and Civilization” in the conservative magazine National Review that I found of particular interest which can be viewed at http://reaganconservatives-us.blogspot.com/2009/04/marriage-and-civilization.html. In the article, the author defines marriage in the following excerpt, “Both as a social institution and as a public policy, marriage exists to foster connections between heterosexual sex and the rearing of children within stable households. It is a non-coercive way to channel sexual desire into civilized patterns of living — and not just any sexual desire, but desire of the type that regularly produces children.” After having read this, the bolded section really stood out in my mind. Without the concept of marriage, all you really have is one great big continuous orgy. For heterosexuals, the concept of marriage helps to ensure children are raised in a stable household and also reduces sexual promiscuity, therefore, reducing the spread of STDs and maintaining the health of the society as a whole. For homosexuals, the benefit for raising children is obviously out since same-sex couples cannot conceive, however, marriage can bring homosexuals the vast health benefits by reducing sexual promiscuity.
Homosexuality, whether you like it or not, has been and will always be a part of the human race. They have been around since the beginning of civilized man. That being said, they are obviously not mutants or degenerates. The sexual drive in humans is a very powerful force that must be satisfied… one way or another. With the spreading of STDs throughout the world, shouldn’t we all be encouraging sexual partners to enter into marriage?
It’s time to restore some sort of civil order to sex in our society by encouraging all sexual partners to enter into a marriage.
