What prompts a need to rethink our approach to marriage and child rearing in this century?
Traditionally, marriage represented a sacred bond, a divine union recognized by God between a man and a woman. Children were seen as blessings, allowing parents the opportunity to construct a promising future together.
However, today marriage is evolving into a legal contract between individuals of the same sex, opening avenues for adoption or artificial insemination to enable men, not just childless women, to raise children.
For affluent homosexuals, the prospect of securing a family is attainable, with even wealthy actors expanding their families through adoption.
Should we reconsider the legal framework surrounding this issue, or is it time to acknowledge that the concept of marriage is coming to an end?
What will be the reaction of future children raised by same-sex parents?
Will those adopted through financial means feel secure, and what can we say about the experiences of less fortunate children who find themselves in similar situations?
The push for same-sex marriage, supported by legal reforms, hints at underlying vulnerabilities.
If living together is the goal, whether homosexual or heterosexual, there seems to be no necessity for altering existing laws. Nevertheless, marriage is fundamentally a religious covenant, and there is no biblical endorsement for same-sex unions.
So, you might opt for a civil ceremony… but why?
Is it to create a family?
A century from now, will marriage as we know it vanish, with children being raised by individuals of diverse genders? What will be their feelings?
What manner of life will they experience? What belief systems will they embrace?
Everyone who backs this legislative change, along with any politician who puts forth such proposals, shares the responsibility for a somber future.
What rationale exists for a sixty-something musician and his younger partner to introduce a child into the world? By the time that child enters the workforce, both parents could be gone. Is this endeavor for their own satisfaction, or perhaps a publicity stunt supporting same-sex marriages and adoptions?
In the years to come, who will bear the costs…
by Helmut Flint
