The Divine Institution of Marriage

This past week we discussed an article published by the ADA on the topic of homosexual and heterosexual couples, and if having two mom's or two dad's verses the traditional family of one mom and one dad, had any effect on children. Most of the study was done comparing homosexual couples to single mother families, which I found to be a little odd. Wouldn't they have wanted to do a comparison group of heterosexual couples to homosexual couples in order to get to the answer they were looking for?

Of course my personal opinion is that it makes sense to me that children would do better in a heterosexual home, because God created us Male and Female, and thus with very different gender roles that we each bring to a marriage, and to our children individually. As the Family: A proclamation to the World states, "By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners." 

Importance of Family

I had no idea how important the family was to me until I served a full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and truly gained a testimony of how the family is central to God's great plan of happiness. After gaining that insight, and truly internalizing it, I came home and realized how much I love my family, and how grateful I am to them for not only raising me in the gospel, but also being great examples of living it themselves. I hope all of you find this blog beneficial in learning about the family, and what we can do to enrich the lives of those around us.

~Tina