A Husband and Wife Marriage

In the ninth paragraph of Pope Paul VI Humanae Vitae he clearly defines that a marriage is between a husband and a wife in paragraph 9. One quote from this paragraph that defines this is, "It is a love which is total—that very special form of personal friendship in which husband and wife generously share everything, allowing no unreasonable exceptions and not thinking solely of their own convenience." He also mentions husband and wife later by saying, "so that husband and wife become in a way one heart and one soul, and together attain their human fulfillment." It also states that it is the duty of a husband and wife to bring new life into this world: "Finally, this love is fecund... it also contrives to go beyond this to bring new life into being." In everyday language the Pope is basically saying that a marriage is between a man and a woman who share everything and there ultimate goal iso have children. That is their duty in life once they love one another. This is portrayed through the first image shown. The lady is arguing against gay marriage because she believes that a child need a mother and father. Later on in the Humanae Vitae the Pope states that conceiving a child must be natural. A man and a
man or a woman and a woman would not be able to have a child unless science was involved, and that would not be natural. So according to the Pope gay marriage is not acceptable because of the fact it is not a woman and a man and they are not able to reproduce. Christians are very much against gay marriage as this picture shows. The man holding the picture is a pastor and this was at a anti-gay marriage rally in Massachusetts. However, there is a TON of controversy about this issue. Even here in Minnesota there is a debate about gay marriage. The marriage amendment that is up for vote in the 2012 election is to declare that marriage is only between a man and a woman in Minnesota. The Catholic church is supporting this. A marriage prayer put out by the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on Friday calls for everyone to support the marriage amendment. It can be found here: http://www.archspm.org/news-events/news-detail.php?intResourceID=4855 In his statement that he issued he said, "We must pray and offer sacrifice for the success of all endeavors that seek to protect and promote marriage." The thing that stood out to me was the protect marriage part. This agrees with the Pope that marriage is for a man and a woman. Is this the right thing to support though? It is hard to choose a side, especially when you are Catholic and are being persuaded to be against gay marriage. A "traditional" marriage conserves the value of a man and woman in marriage. This is the ideal in society because they can have children. This supports the social implications because it is looked down upon in Christianity to be gay. If a person is Christian then they could be shunned from their family is they come out to be gay and their family doesn't support them. Very Catholic families would go to this extreme to conserve their values. The Pope wants to make sure these values stay in place when he specifies that a marriage is between a man and a woman. In the Bible, it is known that the ideal marriage is between a man and a woman because of Adam and Eve. That is what the picture here shows. This protestor is against gay marriage because "God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve." The Bible states: So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27. The bible also says, Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be decieved: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders no thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. This is the real truth. I believe in the Bible and so it specifically tells me that homosexual offenders won't be joining me in heaven. I don't have anything against people who choose to be gay, they just shouldn't be allowed to marry because it isn't what God wants. I don't like arguing about this because people can't help how they are. To me, this is a structure of feeling, because I was taught to be compassionate towards others, and so I feel bad for people not being able to express themselves, but at the same time I have been taught to see that a marriage is between a man and a woman. I believe people aren't born gay, but their experiences in society make them that way. This I believe is a social construction because people around them shape the way they live. I know that this is a very touchy subject and it is hard to discuss, but when the Pope clearly states it is a marriage between a husband and a wife it is inevitable for Christians (Catholics in specific) to think that gay marriage is acceptable because if they truly believed in their religion, they would not be in support of the legalization of the homosexual marriage. My culture does not accept gay marriage because this is what God has specifically said and the Pope reminds us of that.