In Defense of Traditional Marriage

I became a Christian when I was 15 years old. Since then,
the Bible has been my companion. It’s been a good book to base my life on.

More importantly, our nation is based on the Bible- on a set
of Judaeo-Christian beliefs. It has been a good book to base our nation on. We
don’t always get it right, but the belief system we have developed has served
us well and given us solid foundations.

I saw our Prime Minister on the news last night. With little
thought to our foundations, he intends to remove one. The Bible is clear-
marriage is between one man and one woman. That’s what our nation is based on
and we have historic records to that effect. Marriage goes back to the dawn of
time. Marriage in our nation is written into our laws. Over 3000 laws refer to it.
Many would have to be rewritten to remove the terms ‘husband’ and ‘wife’.

Cameron wants to change marriage. It’s not something that
was in his manifesto. He has chosen to ignore the considerable reaction against
his views. And, more importantly, he is trying to remove a foundation stone,
whilst expecting the building above it to remain unaffected.

Marriage is bigger than the same-sex debate. It’s bigger
than a Prime Ministers whim. It’s a foundation on which we have built our
nation. It needs defending.