U.S. Census Bureau redefines parent?
Domenico Bettinelli, Jr. writes on BettNet.com:
The US Census Bureau has redefined the word “parent”, according to a New York Times story on a spike in the percentage of black children being raised in two-“parent” families . . .
So why re-define parenthood? For one thing, it’s the bureaucratic impulse. When faced with a difficult problem not easily solved in one budget year or one administration’s term, you redefine “victory” in order to show that you’re doing a good job. But there’s also another impulse, connected to the marriage issue, which is the effort to re-engineer society, to break down the old structures with their traditional morality and strictures to usher in a new age that conforms to new desires and trends. Plus, it does away with all the inconvenient guilt over “broken” homes . . .
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We need to continually pray for God’s protection over our government officials. Too many of our “leaders” today are amoral with no sense of understanding of God’s design and power. We need to pray and remain strong in upholding God’s design for a family that consists of 1 man and 1 woman. we need to show love and compassion—BUT we must stand on His Word which states what is to come when we turn our backs on a loving God who has designed us for fellowship w/ Him
God’s protection is due, and necessary, over our government officials. Old testament condoned women being together when the 1 man could not take care of his women. Can men still have more wives than one? Why was God’s old law changed? Was God’s old law wrong? And how can my son’s life, and creation by God, be seen as amoral or immoral just because two loving people, committed partners (who happen to be two women), who have entered into a devoted relationship help God create a most precious life?
Regarding your OT questions take a look at Matthew 19 where Christ addresses questions from the Pharisees on the nature of marriage and divorce. Just because something occurred in the OT doesn’t mean that it should be accepted as a moral norm.
Regarding your last question, it is a well established principle that God can turn evil to good. See, e.g., Gen. 45:5. Also consider situations involving rape. The new life that can result is still a valuable life (i.e. a good) even though the manner of conception is the fruit of evil.