Marriage

What are your views on marriage? In this day and age when people are living together before or without marriage; divorcing at an increasing rate; when debates rage concerning who may get married (same sex partners); what are your views on marriage?

A great place to start the discussion would be the Bible.

Genesis 2:18 - The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." NIV

Genesis 2:23-24 - 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bonesand flesh of my flesh;she shall be called 'woman,'for she was taken out of man." 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. NIV

2 Corinthians 6:14 - Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?NIV

Matthew 19:4-6 - 4 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' 5 and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? 6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." NIV