May 21, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) — It is universally accepted that the ‘best practice’ for the well being of a child, its parents and society is for that child to be raised in a family with its biological parents. We know that this 'best practise’ is not always attainable and we acknowledge the great care provided to children by adoptive and foster parents and by often heroic single parents. Nonetheless, the gift of a mother and a father to a child is something that should never be prejudiced or undermined by anyone and to do so cannot be in best interest of the child.
In every other sphere of life from medical care to the worlds of business, agriculture, finance and politics, ‘best practice’ is held up as the gold standard that we must not only aspire to, but do everything possible to achieve and maintain. Why then would we seek to discard the gold standard for marriage, the family and our society?
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Ireland's Constitution enshrines that ‘The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of Marriage, on which the Family is founded, and to protect it against attack’ (Art 43.1.1.). This legal binding pledge is not made on religious grounds but because, ‘The State recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law (Art 41.1.1)
The family, based on the marriage of a man and a woman, predates our state and religions. Throughout world history it has been recognised as the fundamental building block of society and that what happens to it, reverberates throughout society. As a dear friend, who happens to be homosexual, says, ‘the marriage of a man and woman is a stand -alone institution which should not be interfered with or changed by anyone, for any reason.’
In Ireland’s great future we cannot forget its past. Marriage between a man and a woman has certainly served us well as a nation throughout our history and it deserves to be protected and maintained.