MARRIAGE

"In India a concerned Hindu mother said, “All I want is to be a bigger influence on my children than the media and the peer group.” And a Buddhist mother in Malaysia said, “I’d like my boys to be able to operate in the world, but I don’t want them to be of the world.” Parents from all different cultures and faiths are saying and feeling the same things we are as parents in the Church."
-M. RUSSELL BALLARD

Parents need to be setting a good example to their children and their families because THE FAMILY is essential to His eternal plan of happiness.
Some ways we can influence our loved ones are:

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  “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God.”
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  “Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.”
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  “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.”
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  “Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.”
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  “The disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.”

Marriage between a man and a woman is crucial because thats the only way that families can be formed. Children need a mother and a father who are married as husband and wife. Heavenly Father made us the way we are as sons and daughters, for a reason. I believe that families in the community set the tone for the enviroment. If people are forming same sex relationships with one another, then that becomes a very selfish community. You have to take into consideration of the future generations, and how the political decisions of this country will affect others.