At a youth conference earlier this year, a Dominican sister gave a really interesting talk. During this talk, she talked about the effect of the individual upon society. She said that SOCIETY depends upon the FAMILY...if the FAMILY is not good, then SOCIETY will not be good. The FAMILY depends upon the MARRIAGE. If the MARRIAGE is not good, then the FAMILY will not be good and hence SOCIETY will not be good. The MARRIAGE depends upon the INDIVIDUAL. If the INDIVIDUAL (that's you) does not stand up for what he or she believes in and makes an effort to please God in all that he or she does, then the MARRIAGE will not be good and hence the FAMILY will not be good which means SOCIETY will not be good. Our society cannot stand on unsteady ground. Hence, if the INDIVIDUAL, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, and ultimately SOCIETY do not have solid ground in which to stand, then guess what happens? It all comes tumbling down.
Well, our society is in self-destruct mode. Many in our society and many of our politicians are anti-family. This is obvious through abortion, contraceptives, etc. These methods are means to destroying families. Abortion has become more popular in the past 30-40 years and especially ever since Roe vs. Wade, which passed on January 22, 1973. We are now seeing times where some are even ok with denying babies the opportunity to live after they have been born.
An attack on the family is obviously going to see an attack on the marriage. This, again, is becoming scarily obvious through all of the homosexual support in America from the secular media and from our politicians. Many are pushing for gay "marriages," which grossly redefines marriage. Marriage, through religion, through tradition, through logic, is between one man and one woman. Many are attempting to change that, and is hence a large danger for the marriages.
Therefore, our society is attacking the family, which is attacking the marriage, which is attacking the individual. Many are losing sight of what's truly important and becoming more accepting of the idea of abortion and gay "marriages."
THEREFORE, our society is attacking its foundations and is hence going to self destruct.
ALSO, for those of our politicians who are anti-family and anti-marriage, they are anti-individual. And guess what that means? They are ANTI-YOU. So don't be counting on them for any favors.
*Modified from its original post on Facebook by me*
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Contraception/abortions- really, you think it is better for a family to have an unwanted child? You think it will be better for the family? Question: do you think that a couple who doesn't want children should not engage in sexual intercourse at all?
Personally, I think a healthy family is one that can make these decisions based on their own needs. Even just going through a pregnancy (if you were going to put the baby up for adoption) can put a major strain on a family. It's hard and it's expensive.
As for gay marriage. How on earth does this have any effect on you? Most people aren't saying that religious institutions should be forced to marry homosexual couples. They're saying that they should be able to be married by the government, which is an option anyone can take.
This has no effect on you. None. How would this happening have the slightest effect on heterosexual marriages?
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Gay marriage and abortions have nothing to do with a happy family or not. in fact, gay families are probably happy ,and people that had abortions probably had them becuase they thought they could not be able raise a good happy family with the child.
what defines an unhappy marriage is a homosexual marrying a heterosexual becuase of societal pressures.( this happened to my aunt, she caught her ex-husband for ten years cheating on another man) its not a choice.
i am pro-life but abortions to me have nothing to do with a family, but ethics. There is a beating heart that should have the same rights as any other being; it doesn't have anything do about a women's reproductive rights (in my opinion )
I would suggest that the good Sister's concerns are focused more on the relative importance of the church in society, rather than on the general health and welfare of society itself.
Many in our society and many of our politicians are anti-family. This is obvious through abortion, contraceptives, etc.
It might seem obvious to people who think that the only "good" families are the ones approved of by your church, but I would suggest that those who study families from a more objective point-of-view would take umbrage with your baseless judgments.
Abortion has become more popular in the past 30-40 years and especially ever since Roe vs. Wade, which passed on January 22, 1973.
Factually incorrect...or at least seriously misleading. There was a sharp spike in legal abortions following the Roe decision, but there is no reliable data that can accurately establish exactly how many unreported illegal abortions were taking place prior to the Supreme Court's ruling. This is a common point of misinformation perpetuated by the pro-life movement. In reality, the actual number of of abortions in the United States have been in a steady decline since the late eighties, and the most recent surveillance statistics for the CDC place current rates, ratios and actual raw numbers of abortions at or slightly below the same figures that were established in the mid-seventies.
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This, again, is becoming scarily obvious through all of the homosexual support in America from the secular media and from our politicians.
I think that it is fortunate that our society and even our politicians are finally coming to relize how ignorant, hateful and frankly primitive this kind of anti-gay bigotry really is.
Marriage, through religion, through tradition, through logic, is between one man and one woman.
Factually incorrect. While it may surprise you, there are even a few christian sects that happily bless same-sex marriages, as well as Jewish, Unitarian and other religious groups that do the same. Likewise, the appeal to "tradition" is not only false--there are many examples of societies, both historical and modern, that have recognized same-sex marriages--but irrelevant since "tradition" is not a valid justification for continuing a discriminatory practice (See the Supreme Court decisions of Lawrence v. Texas (2003)). And finally, what is "logical" about restricting people for seeking legal recognition for their families? These families certainly exist, whether you like it or not, and not only need but deserve the same protections that our laws are supposed to afford to the families of ALL of our citizens without respect to invidious categorizations.
Frankly, this whole tirade is ridiculous.
TTFN,
Blackout
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This seems very conservative, I respect it but definately do not believe this bull.
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