*WARNING- this post might be offensive to some people. but it is my blog and i feel like i can talk about whatever i want. i will approach the topic with as much tact, kindness, and respect that i can. that is all*
lately there is so much crap going on in america that i disagree with. it's like society has lost its morals and standards.
it's ok so many teenage girls are having sex and getting pregnant? it's ok to be a pothead now? it's ok to live with your parents until you're 30- playing video games, not working or contributing to anything? it's ok to let the government (aka- us that actually have a job) pay for your living expenses? it's ok to have an abortion and kill babies just because they are "an inconvienence"? it's ok to not discipline your children?
like, seriously...?
there's just something so wrong with this.which is why today i'm not even going to rant about those issues.
no, today i am going to tackle perhaps the touchiest subject of all.
gay marriage.
in the past year my mind has been enlightened and i have opened up my ideas and perspective about homosexual people.
that is not to say that i agree with it, because i absolutely do not.
but i have learned quite a bit through this account and others. i respect that man's choice to live his religion and even though he is gay, to not act on his sexual feelings and marry a woman who he loves and raise his daughters in a family unit.
marriage is ordained of God. family is central to God's plan.
family is the most important relationship.
mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents.
i love them all. i cherish all my growing up memories of playing with cousins and being surrounded by family on every holiday and sometimes for just the sheer reason of being together.
my family is really close. i love being home because i love being apart of my family and spending lots of time with them. i love spending time with my mom, teasing my brothers, and having daddy come home. he works so hard to support and provide for his family. and that is the way it should be.
people should place their highest priority around their family. they should love their family and want to be home and feel comfortable and loved there.
one day, i want to be married for time and all eternity in the house of God to a worthy righteous man. one day, i want to bring children into this world and become a mother. i want to raise them in a home, with their father, where we teach and live the gospel.
i have nothing against homosexual people. i don't understand how they feel or what makes them attracted to people of the same gender, but they are children of God too. i do, however, think that they should try their best to understand who they are and who God wants them to become and live morally clean: not acting on their sexual feelings. that's just my opinion.
this whole "equal rights" thing has been blown way out of the water. in my opinion, its ridiculous. so many heterosexual people are just living together instead of getting married. do you really think gay people are going to get married when its legal? no. really, what i think it comes down to, is society trying to destroy the very unit of support and strength and love- a family. we can have millions of friendships, but when it comes down to it nothing is quite the same as a family relationship. and i believe we should try and nurture and cultivate our families, even though it may be hard. they may drive you crazy or annoy the heck out of you, but at the end of the day they're still you're family. i can pick on my brothers- but if anyone else does oooo i'll be pissed.
marriage is important to me. the relationship a husband and wife share is one i have wanted for a very long time. i'm the girl who has always dreamed of getting married and having a house and family. i want to share everything with my husband, have someone who's life is so wrapped up in mine, someone to take care of and who i can rely on to take care of me. to love me and support me when i struggle to love myself. i think that relationship is one very special and sacred and one that should be guarded and protected. it's a very beautiful thing.
i know, i know, you're probably thinking, "she's never been married, she's just a lovestruck girl stuck in a fantasy world." true, i've never been married. and i know marriage is hard, real hard. crap happens. but what i think it boils down to is how committed people are to eachother, to their marriage, and to God.
in the lds church, we believe in eternal marriages. eternal families.it's not just a nice thought, it's real. i know i can be with my family forever if i do my best to keep God's commandments and my covenants with Him. and i want to be with my family. sealed together forever. i love them so much.
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