Is Any Type of Marriage Acceptable Today?

            Just over ten years ago numerous states passed laws declaring that marriage is between one man and one woman. There was a great debate in the land. Those on the right were worried that legalizing same-sex marriage would open the flood gates to all kinds of “marriages.” Those on the left declared that no such thing was happening. Today we can see that those barring same-sex marriage were correct in their fears.


            Same-sex relationship advocates began their fight for legal recognition in the early 1970s. They insisted that they just wanted legal rights and benefits afforded to married couples, and some states passed such laws. They were not satisfied with the rights given to them, and they declared that they wanted the right to marry.

As their cries became louder, some states made same-sex marriage legal, and other states passed laws prohibiting same-sex marriage. In September 1996 Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law that was signed by President Bill Clinton. The law defined marriage in the eyes of the federal government as the union between one man and one woman, and it allowed states the right to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed under the laws of other states. This created a difficult situation, making same-sex couples married if they were in one state and not married if they were in a different state. In June 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down DOMA, and on June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state laws banning same-sex marriage. This made same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states.

Less than five years after same-sex marriage became legal nationwide, we see advocates for other types of “marriages” demanding their rights. Peter Hasson at The Heritage Foundation reports that “major media outlets” are in the process of “normalizing non-monogamous relationships. These relationships are known as “consensual non-monogamy.”

One such media outlet interviewed a researcher and a lawyer who are both pro-polyamory. One on-line dictionary defined polyamory as “the practice of engaging in multiple sexual relationships with the consent of all the people involved.” This means that several couples could form a work where the husbands would swap wives for sexual purposes. These types of relationships are sometimes called “open marriages.” 

Polygamy is another kind of relationship being advocated but not quite so openly. I find it interesting that my great-grandparents were persecuted and forced to leave the United States in order to practice polygamy in the mid-1800s. There were no legal laws against polygamy at the time, but Americans were appalled at the thought that men would have more than one wife. They were so upset that laws were passed and signed declaring polygamy to be illegal. One or more of my great-grandfathers went to prison for practicing polygamy.

Now the laws are changing again, and the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage has opened the floodgates to all kinds of marriages. As these different kinds of relationships become accepted and/or legal, the morals of our nation slide further down the slippery slope of immorality. 

Marriage between one man and one woman has been the norm since the time of Adam and Eve. Societies that encouraged or accepted other types of sexual relationships destroyed themselves or were destroyed. Once mankind chooses to go against the laws of God, they no longer receive His blessings. Even though the courts of the land decree that other types of relationships are “marriages,” the Lord’s law of marriage between one man and one woman has not changed. The new types of “marriages” are simply a continuation of the old acts of fornication and adultery.

Using Children as Lab Rats

            Families, communities, and nations will be stronger if parents are aware and active in preventing government-sponsored schools from using their children as lab rats. It seems that the American Psychological Association is promoting “polyamory,” “swinging,” and “relationship anarchy” in public schools and saying that it is “healthy and ethical” to do so.


            Cathy Ruse is a senior fellow for legal studies at the Family Research Council. She published an article titled “California Public Schools Promote Polyamory for Preteens”  at The Daily Signal. She writes about a teacher in California who accidentally discovered “LGBT Consensual Non-Monogamy Task Force” while reviewing California’s “health” lesson requirements for the next term. Her research led to the American Psychological Association.

California instructs teachers to talk to youngsters about sex “partners.” They are to avoid terms like “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” because “some students may be non-monogamous.” This is in the lesson plan for 12-year-olds….

The Education Department tells teachers that 14-year-olds “may have various gender identities and sexual orientations.” Indeed, “there are an infinite number of ways an individual can express their individuality and sense of self.” …

“Polysexual” and “pansexual” are “common” sexual orientations for high schoolers, teachers are told. But they are to keep in mind that “gender and sexuality are often fluid and do not always fit neatly into these categories.”

            If you think that California is the only state that are “intentionally sexualizing kids,” you are wrong. Ruse states that “The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network admitted” to The Washington Post last year that schools in northern Virginia are being used as “laboratories” to promote LGBT policies.

After reading my column, a mom in Fairfax wrote to me about the “thruples” and “quadruples” [rhymes with couples] her kids encountered at a Fairfax County high school. These are polyamorous groups of three or four.

“These groups are allowed to openly ‘be together’ (hold hands, kiss, wrap arms, etc.), just as standard couples are in the halls,” she said.

She also told me there are “furries.” Rhymes with insane. Poor souls who believe they are animals and self-identify as such. “This year, we have some cats and a fox.”

There is a very good chance that most moms and dads are not even remotely aware of the insanity going on in government schools today. None of it is by accident. All of it is by design. All of it funded by you and me.

Children are being used as lab rats in a social experiment. Without the consent of their parents. But with the encouragement and approval of the American Psychological Association.

            Isaiah warns us against those who “call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5:20). Ruse suggests something similar when she states, “Sickness is health, bad is good, wrong is right. And there is no tolerance for those who might disagree.”  


            Approximately "86 percent" of American children and youth attend government-sponsored schools, and they are sent to school by their parents to gain an education in order to become successful in life. However, the rising generation are being “educated” in ways that most parents would disapprove. With Ruse, I say that it is time to “take back our public schools” and to “rescue these children.” There is no time to waste!


            Common sense tells us that the following quote, attributed by Ruse to Abraham Lincoln, is true: “The philosophy of the school room in one generation, will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Do we want the leaders of our communities, states, and nations of tomorrow to be taught the same type of insanity that is rampant in schools in California and northern Virginia? Of course, the answer is “NO” for most parents and grandparents.


            Such indoctrination is becoming entrenched in many schools. Anyone who desires to stop this insanity must act immediately. The first step in taking back our schools is to become aware that such garbage is being taught in them. The second step is to educate ourselves in exactly what is being taught in our local schools and to teach correct principles to our children and youth. The third step is to spread the word as quickly and as far as we can. We can strengthen our families, communities, and nations by fighting back against such indoctrination, but we must do it now!