In the News: Gay Marriage Breeds Confusion
article by James Capo
Do gay marriages really provide a stable home for children?
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 4 that full, equal marriage rights for gay couples (not just "civil unions," which are recognized in the state of Vermont), must be allowed according to their reading of the state constitution. The ruling paved the way for the first official same-sex marriages in the United States, beginning in mid-May, according to the Associated Press. (Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands already recognize same-sex marriages.) But on the very same day, a New York Times article reported that the Ohio State Legislature voted on Feb. 3 to ban same-sex unions. Ohio is the 38th state to officially prohibit same-sex unions.
The Associated Press, in a separate article the same day, reported on two women who were united in a "civil union" in Vermont in March 2002, but are now seeking a divorce in Iowa where they live. As of press time, the Iowa Supreme Court is trying to figure out if a divorce can be granted to a couple that, well, isn't married, according to Iowa law.
Iowa "recognizes only a man and a woman in a marriage, and that would also mean that a judge could not dissolve a marriage between a same-sex couple," said Neil Schuerer, a state senator.
All this confusion could be eliminated if we simply held with God's definition of marriage. In the beginning, He made man and woman to be united as "one flesh" in marriage (Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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