The Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) is anything but respect for marriage. Marriage is from God, not from any government. What the RMA does is show us how far from God we have gone.
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Our nation has lost its moral compass or moved the baseline to be anything it wants.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; We all have sinned, and so I will not condemn anyone, that God will do. I am merely a messenger stating truths/facts that many do not want to believe because they think they are gods in their own humanistic way. Sure, this MRA will give the benefits/protections of traditional marriage, which government allows, but RMA will never get the ultimate respect some are looking for from God.
Did you know marriage is not in the NH or US Constitution? So, why is the Federal government making it a law?
Governments only give you a piece of paper that says you are married. Maybe because they want your MONEY for the license, or maybe governments think they are gods and we should worship them (hmmm, that sounds like a verse in the Bible too).
So, does this Respect for Marriage Act mean anything or deserve respect? I say only to those who think they need the government to allow it to and to force others to show respect.
Respect is defined as “to consider worthy of high regard or ESTEEM.” Do you really think the government respects or esteems marriage? I doubt it because if they did, they would go back and read a book that is over 4,500 years old which tells them the definition of marriage and who it is between, but as the government does, it makes up its own definition and then tells you to believe it and respect it because it is the LAW.
I’ll leave you with these few words written thousands of years ago.
In Genesis 1:27, So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:24, Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall be united with his wife (a woman): and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Should we believe the Respect for Marriage Act is actually that? No, not by a baseline that was set 6,000 years ago and written down so we would know what is true and what is not. Should we treat others like we want to be treated, absolutely. Should we pray for those who have lost their way again, absolutely!
Merry Christmas.
