In a move that should surprise almost no one, the Supreme
Court ruled a week ago Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry
nationwide. It’s probably no coincidence
that this ruling comes just weeks after a very high profile man in our culture has
publically re-identified himself as a woman.
Many challenges have been raised as to the wisdom and/or propriety of
these massive cultural shifts and as an orthodox Christian pastor, I speak for
many who have their own. What has perhaps
been the most astonishing feature of these recent seismic cultural changes is—no
one has bothered to seriously think through some of the predictable (not to
mention, unintended) consequences of these changes for our children and
grandchildren?
This sea change is immeasurably larger than for instance,
the legalization of marijuana. Most
reasonable people would assumedly hold that before the Supreme Court decides to
legalize this drug nationwide, it might be a good idea to see how Colorado and
Alaska look in five years. Yet we have
no sociological, longitudinal data for this much more essential change to argue
for it. As a nation, we’re running full-speed
into a pitch black expanse without bothering to investigate if our journey will
terminate in some form of societal abyss.
