by Amanda Ridner

Created on: April 07, 2008   Last Updated: January 19, 2009

Marriage is a sacred sacrament between a man and a woman that love each other unconditionally. It is what God intended. I do not doubt that there are women that truly love another woman or a man that truly loves another man. The issue is that is not the traditional family. And marriage is about sacred traditions. I do not believe that marriage is the right decision for homosexual couples. The bigger issue around that for me is that homosexuality has become a fad.

It is sad that the world is taking all the special meaning out of once sacred actions and vows because people need to accommodate everyone. It is not right or necessary to accommodate all those in the world that don't want to make the right decisions. People strive to be different and then complain that they are not accepted.

Marriage is not meant to accommodate all those people that want to lead lives' of sin and ab-normalcy. Marriage is supposed to be one of the foundations of a normal, God-given life.

I know a few lesbians and I hear their stories. Majority of homosexual women have had and will still have relations with men. There is nothing sacred about their unwillingness to make valued life decisions.

Television and movies put a lot of ideas into people's head. Too many people want to be "known" or "famous" and will do anything to get there. They then choose to lead lifestyles to get attention. Unfortunately, media has shown us that being bad gets more attention. It makes more money. You can see it every day on MTV or any channel on cable. It is even on your local news.

Of course, there are straight people that get married for the wrong reasons-money, sex, emotion, immaturity, etc. Marriage should be taken seriously by everyone. But their (straight people) wrong decision doesn't make it okay for homosexuals to get married. There is an old saying that says something like "one wrong doesn't make another wrong right." Marriage is a gift meant for those wanting to make a life commitment to each other and having children.

As a married woman with three small children, I live the gift we were given and it is great. No relationship is great all the time, but I feel better knowing I am an example of how things were meant to be.

If the world as a whole could stop and fix itself then we could be okay. But since society is made up of individuals that feel it is their gift to do what they want however they want, then there will always be problems. In the big picture we don't get to do what we want. If I had continued to do the things I "wanted to do" I would not be healthy or happy to say the least.

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