Because Facebook Isn't my go to place for religion and politics

If you scroll through your Facebook news feed right now, you are bound to come across countless posts regarding the Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. I never really feel comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings regarding religion and politics on Facebook because I use Facebook for other purposes, but I feel like I can share on my own blog. So enjoy my short thought on this marriage equality decision. I have put a lot of thought into what I actually believe and feel is right over the last several years, as the debates have made me really question what I know and feel is right.

I personally feel that marriage is a sacred institution designed by Heavenly Father to be between a man and a woman. God intended for marriage to be an ordinance and covenant shared between Him and a man and a woman to further His work and intention for there to be eternal families. That is God's law, and that will never change.

That being said, I also think that people should have the right to make their own choices, and whatever their choices, we as a people should respect it. (Obviously there are choices we can't respect, and when that's the case, people end up in jail or prison, and that's obviously a different story) Agency was one of the first laws given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. As a Christian, I feel like we should love people and show them the respect they deserve regardless of their personal choices.

The example the Savior set in the scriptures illustrates this time and again. He loved people - not necessarily for what they did. I feel like it should be the same for us. So, although I personally feel that marriage is sacred and that it should be between a man and a woman, I am also going to love and respect people for their own personal decisions and beliefs.

SO there we have it. My thoughts in a nutshell.