To honor marriage is to honor the distinctions of male and female, and how the two combine to form a whole. The one discovers its need in relation to the other—‘I do not possess what the other offers’, and one’s unique gift—‘I possess something the other needs.’
Gender complementarity is crucial to a marriage being able [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Complementarity and Gender Clarity
Posted in Marriage, Proposition 8, tagged Andy Comiskey, Gender, Marriage, Proposition 8, Van Gogh on September 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Wholeness in marriage requires two distinct parts, or complements. Maleness and femaleness define marriage; the two together create its essence.
That is more than a practical means to procreation. Before babies, the duality of male and female creates the basis for authentic awareness of who one is as ‘the other’.
Adam and Eve are alike in that [...]
Marriage is Male and Female
Posted in Marriage, Proposition 8, tagged Andy Comiskey, Creation, Desert Sream Ministries, gay marriage, Gender, Marriage, Proposition 8 on September 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Gender matters in marriage. As we saw yesterday, the distinctly masculine and feminine dimensions of marriage reveal something about God to us, His very image revealed on the earth.
Let us explore this further. Marriage involves the joining together of two distinctive parts: male and female. Wholeness requires ‘otherness. The oneness of body, soul, and spirit [...]
The Greater Love Story
Posted in Marriage, Proposition 8, tagged Andy Comiskey, Desert Stream Ministries, Proposition 8 on September 27, 2008 | Comments Off
Marriage is pre-political. It did not originate in any one nation, under any one government. It was born in the heart of the Creator. He created humanity as male and female and described them together as manifesting His image upon the earth. God dared to represent Himself in the union of one man for one [...]
Marriage: The Most Important Relationship on Earth
Posted in Marriage, Proposition 8, tagged Andy Comiskey, Desert Sream Ministries, Marriage, Mike Mason, Proposition 8, The Mystery of Marriage on September 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Every human being is deeply and persistently impacted by the relationship shared by his or her parents.
Most had parents who were married; the man and woman who created the child made a decision to not only join bodies but lives. Invoking both the authority of the state and God, most parents committed to a permanent [...]
Why Marriage?
Posted in Introductions, tagged Marriage, Proposition 8 on September 3, 2008 | Comments Off
Marriage is the most powerful and civilizing institution in the world. At its best, marriage possesses a unique authority to teach spouses to love, to channel their sexuality constructively, and then to love the fruit of that creativity (children) well. Marriage impacts everyone. For that impact to be as beneficial as possible, we can agree [...]
