An odd opinion on gay marriage

Gay marriage has been a hot topic in our home over the past few years, as it probably has for many. I have very different views on it than many members of my family. I have done research, talked to people, done more research and I feel my view is valid. This last week, my view has changed though. 

I believe in marriage, gay straight whatever it is, I see good in marriage. I see families with abusive parents, who are members of the church, then I turn around and see a same-sex couple raising the cutest family with nothing but love. I want a child to be raise in a loving home, with parents who are committed to each other and who love that child. I would rather a child be raised by a gay couple then be sent into foster care or left on the streets. I want people to be happy and be able to love, I think love is good. This is how I felt just a few days ago. I still feel similar, but have added to this view.

This has been an inner struggle of mine for quite a long time. I know that marriage is sacred and is only between a man and a women, but I also believe in freedom and love and I just want people to be happy. I talked to my sister recently about my struggle with everything and my views. She told me something that I believe to be true and it has helped me come to terms with that I am feeling. 

So, now my new opinion. I still believe in marriage. I still believe in love. I want people to be happy and I want children to be raised in a loving home. The reason that same-sex marriage can not happen is eternal. Those families can never be sealed. They can never ever be an eternal family, which to me is more devastating than anything. A cohabitation family can repent and change and be sealed in the temple. A same-sex couple can never have that, which means their children can never have that. 

I want everyone to have the opportunity to be as happy as I am in my marriage. I want people to be able to find love, raise families and get everything that I have. But, I also want families to be sealed and children to have that opportunity. So in that regard, marriage can, and always will be, only between a man and a women.