Some recent posts from Albert Mohler. I usually disagree with Mohler but I find him to be an incredibly intelligent source for the conservative Christian worldview.
Mohler on the loss of the authority of parents in society.
Mohler on marriage.
The Rev. Albert Mohler, a leading figure in the fight against gay marriage, says that in light of Lawrence, he understands Boies’ line of attack. But he told TIME that marriage is different. It is “the central institution of human society.” “The problem with that argument is that the current case has to do with marriage, not merely with the right to engage in certain sexual acts,” says Mohler, who is the longtime president of the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Ky. “There are more than ample grounds to argue that the sustenance of marriage is necessary for the flourishing of human culture. Thus, anything that damages marriage or subverts its place in society is deleterious in its effects. Throughout history, societies have regulated marriage with this danger in mind, recognizing in marriage the privileged status granted to the heterosexual union as the best context for procreation and the raising of children — functions understood to be vital to the society’s well-being. The argument put forth by Boies would mean the effective deregulation of marriage, since his arguments already presented in court could be proposed by any number of others, including those representing polygamists.”
Mohler is right about societies regulating marriage but doesn't define what those societies thought marriage actually was. Marriage today is different from marriage has been before. But I can't elaborate any further on this because then I would have to cite sources. And I don't care to do that at all.
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