One of the most damaging ideas in American culture today is that man made marriage for his own convenience.  Evolution has many damaging applications, but this one is one of the worst.  In less than fifty years the logical conclusions from this false premise have come to include the notions that men should be allowed to marry men, that women are not really different from men, and that men and women should be allowed to move into and out of marriage without fear of damaging their children and themselves.  Thankfully, even some secularists are beginning to document how destructive it is to people to have to survive a broken home.

Marriage is not a human solution.  Human marriage is not a sophisticated form of what we see among Canada geese.  It is a divine solution to a divinely designed need of man.  It is the picture of the deep and spiritual relationship between the Creator and the creature: Man.  It is the foundational relationship in society and the fiber of every human institution.  It was ordained before human government, even before the church, and neither church nor government has a right to change it. 

God created marriage and He laid down the rules.  They are summarized quite simply: get married, stay married, and get along.  Opposing this simple plan is one of the greatest time-wasters in life.  Ask any couple that has learned to stop fighting for their own selfish interests and decided to work together, if they would not like to have those years of conflict back and you’ll get a humble nod or the submissive assertion, “If that’s what it took to learn it, the lesson was worth it.”  God is in charge of marriage; He has a right to have His way in marriage; He alone knows what is best for marriage partners.  The reason is simple: God created marriage.