The people of each country have the responsibiity to choose what morals they wish to sponsor. The sponsorship and enforcement of those morals affects everyone, even if they aren't married to you.
If gay marriage is sponsored by a government, how could that government deny gay marriage adoptions, or not allow public schools to teach that gay behavior is acceptable, or treat gay behavior as any different than heterosexual behavior in any other public activities?
The people of each country have the responsibiity to choose what morals they wish to sponsor. The sponsorship and enforcement of those morals affects everyone, even if they aren't married to you.
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Is polygamy wrong? I and most every Christian would answer emphatically yes. But there are many Biblical prophets who practiced polygamy (e.g., Abraham was a polygamist, and the entire nation of Israel began with one man who had four wives). These prophets had the Gospel and continual revelation from God; it is difficult to believe that God would not share with such meek and humble servants that polygamy is wrong. And it is difficult to believe that these servants would willfully rebel against such knowledge if they did have it (Abraham was willing to kill his own son at the Lord's command, then why not monogamy?).
I have met many people who believe that polygamy will be common in the next life. But in my view there is a mathematical problem: For every man in heaven, there would have to be at least 2 women. While it is easy for me to accept that more women will make it to heaven than men ( A particular scripture has helped me understand this conflict just a little more, though there are still many questions. "Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;..." "For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things." (Jacob 2:27,30) In my view, this scripture seems to imply that polygamy is wrong unless specifically commanded (required!) by the Lord, when He wishes to "raise up seed unto [Him]." Christmas in the United States and elsewhere is considered a special day. What would happen if we celebrated Christmas in the same manner every day? Though seemingly an enticing idea, if Christmas were every day, it would no longer be a special day. Soon it would be treated just as every other day, and the reverence and of the celebration would disappear. Though every day would be sacred, it wouldn't take long before no day was regarded with reverence. If Christmas were celebrated 3 or 4 times a year, we would still have a diminished respect for this most sacred day.
It is not that the birth of Christ would have lost its specialness, rather it would be too-often repetition that would diminish our perception of its specialness. Just like Christmas, our bodies are a gift most sacred and special. Many consider the commandment "thou shalt not commit adultery" and similar Christian teachings to be too difficult, too restrictive, or simply not very important. But the more we share our bodies, the less sacred they are perceived to be. Even the most vile human traffickers place a premium on those who have not yet shared their bodies with anyone. Even the devil recognizes how invaluable our bodies are. That is why he tries so hard to get us to view others' bodies inappropriately or share our bodies with others. He wants us to lose our sense of reverence for our body and the intimacy that should be held sacred between husband and wife alone. Just as I should reverence Christ, I should reverence the body God has given me. No person should force indecent exposure. No media outlet should encourage the devaluation of modesty and decency. No government should force exposure of my body, or require physical touching of my body without reasonably strong evidence of endangerment to others. Any encroachment on these principles is a blatant denial of the God-ordained right of all men and women to have their bodies kept sacred and have them treated with the reverence that true Christians would afford a temple. I'd have to say no. When it comes to good and bad, there are always more ways to be bad than there are ways to be good. For instance, there are always more ways to mess up on a mathematical problem than there are ways to finish it correctly. There are more ways to mess up a marriage or a relationship than there are ways to keep it together. There are a lot of available choices in life, most of them lead to bad rather than good. Thus, randomly chosen diversity may simply increase the likelihood of bad in some situations. Thus, diversity for its own sake should generally not be a goal. Diversity can only be good if it draws from the good side of the line.
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