I hope you all have been enjoying the Independence Day weekend! Let's talk about a freedom that in recent years seems to be diminishing; one that people unwittingly overlook: that of children.
Every person from conception has the natural right to the committed nurturing of a mother and a father.
If any part of the above is changed, the child is no longer protected, and the parents are acting on their own interest - not that of the child's.
If a man and woman conceive a child, not intending to do so but understanding that it was possible, they still have a responsibility to nurture that child. In some cases, that might mean carrying the child until it is born and placing him or her in the arms of a mother or father who can. It is the least they can do.
If a man and woman conceive a child out of wedlock, intending or not intending to do so, they have still acted on their own interests. Some are concerned about a "biological clock." There is no reason, then, for a wedding not to take place first, for that is the only solid foundation on which a child can be raised. Others may figure they are "promised" to each other, will most likely get married, but jump the gun anyway. Nothing is definite until the wedding, and they are publicly recognized as husband and wife.
If a married couple conceives and raises children together, but then breaks the bond of marriage for a self-motivated reason, they have also acted against the protection of their children, especially of well-being. A child needs his or her parents to nurture him or her throughout growth, and this can only happen when the mother and father are already committed to each other and understand the duties included with that.
If two people of the same gender leave the very biological principle of conceiving and raising children behind and adopt a child to be theirs, that child has still been taken away from his or her right to the committed nurturing of a mother AND father, both of whom are needed in the equation of nurture. If an individual is in a heterosexual relationship, bears children, and leaves his or her spouse to join another of the same gender, that also constitutes the same selfish attitude seen above. They are without a mother AND father, the commitment is not intact, and the nurturing is not the same balance.
If an individual in a relationship acts contrary to biology and wishes to take on the appearance of the other gender, the person's children have also lost their right to at least one nurturing mother or a nurturing father. Typically, some part of commitment falls aside here, also.
Every point I have made above can be inferred from basic natural law (and common sense). Even aside from religious viewpoints, in the "temporal kingdom," it can be shown that children are in danger of losing this natural right.
I am a Christian, and believe that the other acts mentioned above are indeed sins. However, I can't argue anyone into believing that myself, by the points I have just made. Only God's Word can show you the true nature of these issues - turning from which will set you free.
Genesis 2:24
Exodus 22:16
Leviticus 18:22
Jeremiah 1:5
Romans 1:26-27; 13:10
1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 18-20; 7:1-5, 8-9
2 Corinthians 5:8
Galatians 5:14
Colossians 3:5
Hebrews 13:4
Jude 7
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Then, read these:
Psalm 32:5
Proverbs 28:13
Luke 7:36-50
John 5:24
Romans 4:5; 5:1; 6:23
1 Corinthians 10:13
1 John 1:9
Many people have been celebrating independence from British rule, as well as continued freedom. I believe we also need a day of national confession and absolution. Recognizing what
we are doing against God's truth that will actually hurt in the end will fully set us free. I love my country and care about the future of its citizens - including the forthcoming adults who are being impacted by the examples adults show today.
