Republican Family Values

Today I am inspired to address the Republican Family Values. This is because these values are among the most common area where the Republican Party loses members who disagree with these principles. I believe they can, and for the survival of the party, should be altered. However, not in a way that will change our belief in society, and I will explain how my changes do not change our societal values, First a list of current Republican family values and my values.

Republican Family Values

1. Promotion of traditional marriage and opposition to adultery.
2. Opposition to same-sex marriage.
3. Support for traditional education and parental involvement in that education.
4. Support for policies that encourage "adoption over abortion".
5. Support for behavior identified as traditional or moral such as respect, discipline, attentiveness, religious commitment.
6. Support for healthy choices such as a nutritious diet, medical screenings, and physical activity.
7. Support for "abstinence education" exclusively regarding risks associated with early sexual activity such as teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases while not teaching such topics of sex education as human sexual behavior, safe sex and birth control.
8. Support for policies that are said to protect children from obscenity and exploitation.

My Family Values

1. Opposition to adultery.
2. Support of same-sex marriage.
3. Support for traditional education and parental involvement in that education.
4. Support for policies that encourage "adoption over abortion".
5. Support for behavior identified as traditional or moral such as respect, discipline, attentiveness.
6. Support for healthy choices such as a nutritious diet, medical screenings, and physical activity.
7. Support sex education in 10+ grade. Support giving parents tools 4+ grade to teach child if they want.
8. Support for policies that are said to protect children from obscenity and exploitation.

The reasons for my changes follow an understanding of their basis. I will first address my change to a traditional marriage. Traditional marriage is the marriage of a man and a woman. Those who support it often extend it to want fewer divorces, unmarried mothers, and in radical cases believe same-sex marriage is a form of abortion. This radical belief is not the majority but comes from the belief that homosexuality is a choice. If homosexuality is a choice such a marriage is chosen to avoid children and thus is a form of birth-control. This is not correct. It is also not the majority. Homosexuality is not a choice. It is not genetic.
Lets skip my emotional and passionate tirade on how those last two sentences are true. If you wish to know, simply ask and I will provide. For now lets just take a small moment to accept the truth. The moment is over. Lets proceed.
There are several things about the traditional marriage. Supporters say marriage between a man and a woman has been the institutional standard for thousands of years even being written about in the Bible. This traditional marriage is traditional, so it should be kept in that form. In the traditional, present in the Bible, been around for thousands of years qualification, so was slavery. Simply because it is traditional does not mean it is right or worthy of preservation.
Supporters also say it would allow for polygamy to be legalized. Polygamy and same-sex marriage are two different things. Polygamy is often sexist with a man with many wives, involving a religious following that in a large number of cases ivolves the participation in a cult which involves abuses of children. Polygamy should not be allowed on those grounds. Same-sex marriage and homosexuality in general are not connected to such actions.
Some say same-sex marriage will erode religious freedoms. A priest would not be forced to marry a same-sex couple. Aside frm that fear I do not see a major threat to the first amendment. To those who say it is against God's will: why would he create us in his perfect image only to be eternally flawed? The Bible or the Koran or any religion can say it is against God's will but I would like to hear you tell me what God's will is. If you can tell me then I want to know how you are able to talk to God. Another arguement is that it is unnatural, in which case why am I gay? Not by choice, and if it is a disease we have an epidemic beyond containment since the beginning of mankind.
Among the many arguements formed one that I accept is true, but incomplete in conclusion, is that those raised by a single parent have lower educational scores. I propose a study be done to determine if the number of family members, fully grown, ranging from families of one adult to five, have increased intelligence for the children of families with more adults to learn from then those without. However, a sam-sex marriage would not have the issue of there being a single parent. It is a good defense of a marriage, but of an opposition to same-sex marriage it is incomplete.