My first post

                   In 2015 The Obergefell v. Hodges case brought to the fore front the debate about recognizing  same-sex marriage. This debate and those that believe and fight for changes to be made to the constitution has become more and more prevalent. The question that I want to ask is how can we ask a law to be changed that God himself has made? President Nelson said, "Marriage was not created by human judges or legislators. It was not created by think tanks or by popular vote or by oft-quoted bloggers or by pundits. It was not created by lobbyists." (Russell M. Nelson)            In the Bible we learn in the beginning Adam and Eve were created. And God taught his law that marriage is suppose to be between a man and woman. God created man and woman separate so that together they could procreate and bring children into the world. Its hard when reading this case not to be swayed because I wa...

                                                             We live in a world today where the importance and sacredness of marriage is overlooked and not valued like it used to be. Statistics tell us and more marriages are ending in divorce, or children are being raised in single-parent homes. Statistics also tell us that children suffer from being raised in a single parent home. As I read over and pondered over the daunting statistics that report children in these circumstances show signs of depression, behavioral, and academic problems as well as others. I felt discouraged since I have four children and am recently divorced. One thing that stood out to me in the reading was "Regardless of family structure, the quality of parenting is one of the greatest predictors of children's emotional and social well-being." (The Impact of F...