Covenant Marriage
By Lee YanceyLast year, Americans witnessed a national movement to legalize gay marriage, civil unions, and the overall homosexual agenda. Recently, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, signed into law a bill that recognized same-sex civil unions. Civil unions are basically marriage without the name. According to a Baptist Press article, Connecticut joins Vermont as the only states to legalize civil unions. Massachusetts is still the only state with same-sex marriage, but the laws in Massachusetts and Vermont were court-ordered while the Connecticut bill was passed voluntarily. In response to the push for homosexual marriage, last November, 86% of Mississippi voters approved the Mississippi Marriage Amendment. Mississippi was one of eleven states from coast to coast who banned gay marriage.
Studies have shown that the divorce rate among Christians is the same as that of non-Christians. With traditional marriage failing, we must take steps to strengthen it. Marriage has …
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