Marriage is an institution, a social convention that is an essential pillar of society that has been defined in a certain way for more than 5,000 years. It is a natural institution that predated religion and predated society and in fact marriage created society. What is often forgotten is the fundamental right and interests of a child to be raised by a mother and father. Every child’s fundamental right is to know and be cared for by the child’s loving family and live in a united family in a moral environment conducive to the growth of the child’s personality. These rights are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
It is essential for the health of society that we as a nation foster and protect marriage as a committed union between a man and a woman. The problem is that more and more children are deprived of married mothers and fathers. It is a crisis with huge social consequences with people living in poverty and consequences of fatherless homes, neglect, problems with delinquency, emotional problems that all go along with the breakup of the traditional family.
Ed Rush
Vancouver
