Why Should Marriage Be Between a Man and a Woman?

“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” states that “marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and…the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.” I love this document given to the world when I was 14 years old because it states the Lord’s standards and is a guide for us to follow. The Proclamation warns that “the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.”

God has ordained children to come to the earth through the union of two persons of opposite genders and it is marriage between those persons that brings the greatest stability to children and families. Life is already hard enough but without the foundation of a loving family unit it is even harder. How grateful I am to be married in the temple to my husband and to be sealed together as a family forever. This doesn't mean life is always easy but it does help tremendously to weather the storms of life together and with the Lord. Bringing children into the world has been the hardest and best thing I have ever done because, like my marriage, being a mother is molding me into the best version of myself that I can be. Each day I try and be a little  better, a little more patient and loving, than I was the day before. 

Same-gender attraction is a huge topic for debate right now but it’s one of those puzzle pieces to the gospel and the Lord’s perfect plan that I don’t fully comprehend or understand just where it fits. I know the gospel of Jesus Christ, as found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith, is true because I have had the Spirit witness that to me time and time again. So I will continue to work on the puzzle, trying to follow the Spirit while I figure out where things fit. But the pieces I can’t figure out I will set aside and wait patiently until I know the whole picture. Until then I will try and love all of God’s children. I will also continue to live and teach the standards I know to be true.