Married Love

One quote that caught my eye was within paragraph nine in the section 'Married Love.' The quote is, "Married love is also faithful and exclusive of all other, and this until death. This is how husband and wife understood it on the day on which, fully aware of what they were doing, they freely vowed themselves to one another in marriage." To explain this quote in everyday context I would say it means that marriage is between a man and woman only. They are to be married until the day they die and while married they must stay true and faithful to each other. This meaning they must not cheat and lose hope in the other person. This way of marriage is the traditional way of life and if the two are married (which they should be according to the Humanae Vitae) in a church and by a priest they are making a vow to follow these "guidelines

" for the rest of their lives.

I can see why the pope argues this, but I have mixed emotions about the quote. I believe that a commitment to the person you're in love with should stick for the rest of your lives. I feel as though there are way too many divorces in this day in age. Marriage doesn't seem as sacred anymore because there is always a way out. Cheating, disloyalty, divorce seem much more common than happy and committed relationships and that makes me very sad. I am so thankful that my parents are together. I think their relationship and love for each other helped me grow and become the person I am today. I am so happy that they are together and it really makes me appreciate the bond of marriage and two people. Socially I have found that a majority of my best friends parents are also together. I think marriage and the fact that we all grew up loving parents made up bond together because of our morals and beliefs. What I don't agree with is the part in the quote that says husband and wife. Love is so hard to come across and if that love happens to be between two men or two women why judge or deny them the right to a commitment of love. Two people, no matter the gender, deserve to make their love legit if they so choose and who is the pope to define marriage himself. People are different and go about their lives in different ways and marriage should be available to all.

When it comes to marriage I think we focus on the 'other bodies.' Too often the public criticizes gays and lesbians. What the real issue should be is the fact that so many divorces and cheating is occurring right now. The media should not judge the other bodies because if they are in a committed and loving relationship that is real why judge. Let them be and give them the right to legalize their love. Recently in the media and especially here in Minnesota there has been a huge discussion over the legalization of gay marriage. New York recently passed a law okaying the right and Minnesota is apparently the next state to maybe consider the law. I hope that we as a state considers and hopefully passes this law because there are much more important things in life to worry about than denying the right of marriage to two people in love. It's actually pretty sad to think about. I hope it changes in the future and more people will focus on staying in committed marriages versus picking who and who can't get married to each other.