{"id":2623958,"date":"2026-07-04T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/focus-on-child-welfare-accompanies-declining-support-for-same-sex-marriage\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:37:24","slug":"focus-on-child-welfare-accompanies-declining-support-for-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/focus-on-child-welfare-accompanies-declining-support-for-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Child Welfare Accompanies Declining Support for Same-Sex Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffocus-on-child-welfare-accompanies-declining-support-for-same-sex-marriage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the surprising decline in public support for same-sex marriage in the United States, despite its legalization over a decade ago. A recent Gallup poll indicates a drop in support from 2022 to 2023, falling from 41% to 35%, with overall support remaining at about 65%. support remains high among democrats (87%) but has considerably decreased among Republicans (from 55% to 37%) adn Independents. Experts suggest that the cultural narrative claiming that public opinion would continue to increasingly favor same-sex marriage is challenged by these results, as people are now experiencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-officials-approve-petition-to-recall-progressive-l-a-county-d-a-gascon-signature-gathering-begins\/\" title=\"Election Officials Approve Petition To Recall Progressive L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n, Signature-Gathering Begins\">real-world impacts<\/a> of such policies. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-health-organizations-global-governance-gambit-is-a-threat-to-democracy\/\" title=\"The World Health Organization&#039;s Approach Poses a Challenge to Democracy\">discussion highlights concerns<\/a> about the implications for children raised in same-sex households, noting that most americans believe children should be raised by both a mother and father.It emphasizes that redefining marriage is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader cultural shift influencing views<\/a> on gender identity and human nature. The article stresses the importance for churches and religious communities to actively teach their doctrinal understanding of marriage, referencing biblical texts and calling for a renewed theological focus.<\/p>\n<p>the piece reflects on the historical significance of the redefinition of marriage,comparing it to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and urges continued advocacy for customary marriage based on biblical principles, especially targeting younger generations like generation Z.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Same-sex marriage is not following expected cultural trends. Eleven years after the Supreme Court legalized it nationwide by judicial fiat, public support for the practice appears to be suffering an about-face. As Family Research Council President Tony Perkins observed last week on this trend, \u201cmajor social changes have historically become more accepted over time, not less.\u201d But not for same-sex marriage \u2014 not anymore.According to a Gallup poll <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/article\/republican-support-for-samesex-marriage-collapses-falling-almost-20-since-2022\">released<\/a> earlier this month, support for same-sex marriage has dropped six percentage points since 2022 and 2023, although it remains at an elevated 65%. Most Democrats (87%) still support same-sex marriage. But support has stumbled among Republicans, falling from 55% to 37% in just four years, and support is down among Independents, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really challenges \u2026 the assumption that the sexual moral revolution really only moves in one direction,\u201d responded Dr. David Closson, director of FRC\u2019s Center for Biblical Worldview. \u201cFor years, the cultural elite in this country told us that, once same-sex marriage was legalized, public opinion was only going to continue to move in the direction of affirmation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans are increasingly reconsidering what they were told because they have now lived with the results,\u201d Perkins premised. \u201cThe experiment is no longer theoretical. It has become personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the consequences of the lawless court precedent are now being perpetrated against children. Once same-sex couples won access to the label \u201cmarriage,\u201d many sought to further imitate a normal family structure by adding children to their households \u2014 children which their same-sex behavior could not produce. This either led to same-sex couples obtaining children through surrogates, or by adopting a child. In either case, the children were denied an opportunity to be raised in a home with both a mother and a father, and the data conclusively shows that that really matters.<\/p>\n<p>Closson referenced a <a href=\"https:\/\/greaterthancampaign.com\/poll\/\">recent survey<\/a> by the Greater Than Campaign of conservative and right-leaning moderate voters in the United States. \u201cNinety-six percent of those who were polled said that it was really important for children to be raised by their mother and their father. Eighty-two percent agreed with the idea that no child should be deliberately denied a mother or a father. And then it was 78% said that, when a child\u2019s needs conflict with the desires of an adult, well, the child should come first,\u201d Closson summarized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of Americans \u2026 are starting to see that ideas really do have consequences,\u201d Closson declared. \u201cA lot of Americans realize that Obergefell ultimately was never really just about redefining marriage, but it was a part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiros-guide-to-huckleberry-finn\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro\u2019s Guide To Huckleberry Finn\">larger cultural shift<\/a> that really is one that elevates the desires of adults over the rights and well-being of children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans are waking up to the fact that Obergefell, again, was never just about \u2018love is love,\u2019\u201d he reiterated. \u201cIt really was about redefining something as basic as marriage. And \u2026 when something as old and fundamental and that gets to the basis of ontology, like marriage is \u2014 when that\u2019s redefined, well, why not human nature itself? \u2026 When same-sex marriage was imposed upon us \u2026 what came along right after that? The whole gender identity debacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 6,000 years, civilization understood what marriage was. And just in the last nanosecond in human history, people have redefined, or at least sought to redefine, marriage,\u201d Closson clarified. This now presents the church with \u201cin my view, a massive discipleship challenge,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Now that same-sex marriage is more than a decade old, \u201cour youngest adult demographic, Gen Z, they only understand a world in which marriage is elastic. It can include same-sex couples,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurches simply cannot assume that young Christians actually understand a biblical doctrine of marriage simply because they grow up in the church,\u201d Closson warned. \u201cOur young adults are being catechized every day by entertainment, education, social media, and now by the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPastors, parents need to be proactive at really teaching about a theology of marriage,\u201d Closson exhorted. \u201cWe don\u2019t just oppose same-sex marriage, but we need to teach what marriage is: Genesis 1-2, Matthew 19, Ephesians 5. Let\u2019s explain to really all people in our churches that God created humanity as male and female design. Marriage is the one-flesh union. It\u2019s a covenant between man and woman, and \u2026 marriage points beyond itself to Christ in the church. That\u2019s the positive, beautiful, and theological vision of marriage we need to recapture and to do it quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Christians, this anniversary, it\u2019s sobering,\u201d Closson concluded. \u201cIt took 50 years to overturn Roe v. Wade.\u201d But he urged, \u201cthose of us who believe in the created order just need to continue to make the case that God\u2019s design for marriage, between one man and one woman for life, is what\u2019s best for society. It coheres with the reality. It\u2019s the way God has ordered it. 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