{"id":3013,"date":"2015-06-27T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T00:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2015-06-27T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T00:14:51","slug":"two-problems-i-have-with-the-family-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2015\/06\/27\/two-problems-i-have-with-the-family-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Two problems I have with the family proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the fact that\u00a0The Family: A Proclamation to the World<\/a> has never been canonized, many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints treat it like scripture.<\/p>\n

Whether it is scripture is a topic for another day. What I want to discuss is a couple of things I find problematic in the proclamation.<\/p>\n

My understanding, based on the rhetoric of mainstream Mormons is that this proclamation is a response to efforts to legalize marriage equality. If that premise is true, I don\u2019t think that those who drafted the document completely thought through how the wording would affect Mormon past.<\/p>\n

Consider this from the first sentence:<\/p>\n

. . . marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does that mean marriage between a man and more than one woman<\/a> is not ordained of God? What about marriage between more than one man and one woman<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Does that mean plural marriage is unordained of God? Does it mean the current practice of sealing a man to more than wife is unordained of God?<\/p>\n

What about this sentence from the seventh paragraph?<\/p>\n

Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does that mean plural marriage is not essential to God\u2019s plan?<\/p>\n

If plural marriage is not ordained of God and is not essential to his plan, why did as a church practice it at all?<\/p>\n

If plural marriage is ordained of God and is essential to his plan, then how does it fit into the wording of this proclamation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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