Jessica, I’m no expert on what is and is not legal to say, but you can definitely share positive experiences and examples. For example, talk positively about strong marriages, lifelong commitments, people you know who have been married a long time, etc. And you don’t have to promote homosexuality – it really should be a non issue in an elementary classroom.

The last point you made, about prayer for revival, has been on my heart as well, just recently before this news even broke out. As you pointed out, I noticed anew that historical revivals were always preceded by serious prayer (I just read about the great New York revival begun through prayer meetings by Jeremiah Lanphier and thousands of American businessmen in the 1850s). I see our call as preparing solid but caring answers for our beliefs and praying earnestly for a fresh revival–first in ourselves, then shared with others.

Kathleen, I believe Christians have been severely troubled by Roe v. Wade for years now and I would argue that abortion is a bigger issue than this. We definitely need to keep fighting on that front too but I think people aren’t discussing it as much right now because this just happened. Like you said – we’re used to it. But we absolutely should keep fighting for life.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I don’t agree with your answers but that’s what makes our country the beautiful melting pot that it is. This type of discussion is why the SCOTUS ruling is so important. It ensures equal rights to everyone irregardless of personal beliefs.

There are many instances where we as a society do not allow people to make their own choice. We do not allow people to take other people’s belongings, it is stealing and people are separated from society for making that choice. We also do not let people freely buy and sell certain drugs or engage in prostitution because we believe these choices are detrimental for society. I believe this change in law will affect us all morally, culturally, and also financially as our tax dollars will be paying for medical and other benefits for those that can now be considered a spouse under the new law.

I had a new thought yesterday. Why haven’t our hearts been troubled by the court ruling that legalized abortion in the same way? Is it because this change is happening now and abortion has been going on for so long that we have become desensitized to the impact of that ruling? I wanted to share that thought and so appreciate a place to process the changes we are going through. This has been hard!