Comments about ‘LDS leader stresses importance of marriage, family’

I feel this is very important, and will be helpful. It is sad that so many things can destroy a family. If we try to secure marriages and make them fireproof, then they will be saved.

There is nothing more fundamental. I come from a different faith than yours but this truth transends religion. I would rather see a traditional family with 5 children than five unwed mothers with children. Children need a mother and a father. Mothers and fathers need a family to show them how to live unselfishly. The partner in all of this is God. What could be more basic?

A simple universal statement of truth like I just stated would mark me as an ultra conservative at best. What a world. We truly are seeing good defined as bad and bad defined as good. But hang in there and always try to live by God's plan instead of the World's plan. Peace.

He's saying nothing new. Why not print something news worthy?

I have been a single parent for 14 years and I know that if a single parent chooses to do so, he or she can be as effective as two parents. Why do I say this? Because what is important to the child is the level of commitment of a parent--no matter if there are one or two--and the excellence and depth of the support group that the child has. The children that suffer have one or two parents that are more involved in what the parent wants rather than what the child needs. Children also suffer if they do not have access to an extended and committed support group.

To nski: A reason why things are repeated is because it needs to be. How many times did our Saviour repeat messages that needed to be heard? How many times do we listen when things are repeated?

Al Gray hits the nail on the head. Since it takes BOTH a man AND a woman to create a child, this implies it takes both to raise the child for optimal parenting.

Single parents are to be respected, but single parenthood should never be celebrated as a desirable role model.

Blech, yuck. What else is new?

Although a two parent family is preferable if it is a positive family unit, it doesn't mean a one parent family is not or cannot be successful! Inserting religion does not make as big a difference as Elder Porter would have us believe. Some two parent families are hiding their dysfunction behind the walls of religion so to say it is the determining factor for a successful family is, in my opinion--false.

"He's saying nothing new. Why not print something news worthy?"

He and others like him will keep saying it until society gets it.

Get back to work!

It is always funny to me how we are "stressing" the importance of marriage and family, but we only allow it how we want to. There are hundreds of thousands of gay families who cannot get married even though it is so important.

Either support marraige for everyone, or not at all.

There is no argument here, the man was right on. All you Anti's and excuse finders just as well give it up on this one.

Marriage and family as defined by mormonism is ineffective and untruthful. I feel made for the church when it gets this desperate but let us all live together and get along.

Fathers aren't allowed in society anymore. The states get money from the fed for keeping them from their kids. Without authority, i.e., the father actually having authority over his kids society is going to be destroyed. This is currently a worldwide phonomena, the destruction of fatherhood. It is a multibillion dollar industry. The thing that gets me is that whenever i see articles on the destruction of the family people never seem to get to the truth of it: PATRICIDE.

To all the single parents: "We love the sinner, but hate the sin."

To all the believing Mormons...we love the Mormons but hate Mormonism.

Mormonism is what makes a mormon, you either love them both or you truly love neither. A person can not really seperate Mormon from Mormonism.

This is a classic nostalgia trap--period! I am perplexed that 'family' is so important under this paradigm...yet no concept of what would actually help and strengthen family and kinship units in our society is put forth.

I love my family and they are all devout LDS. I am not a believer and do not believe in Mormonism. Disliking Mormonism has nothing to do with how I love my family. You have no idea what you are talking about. I totally agree with ANONY 8:37

I totaly agree that it's more important than anything else, to lift the banner of the family as high as possible. We just HAVE TO fight for the right to rise families in Gods fear to show the world that it really works. Just look at our Missionairies, who are the real Ambassadors both for God and families.

God did create men AND women of a special purpose, and He planted DIFFERENT skills in our hearts and bodies for the same reason. That does not mean that every couple are perfect parents, but they might be it if they do follow the advices from our Lord, and we have ALL the advices in the scriptures.

I do know what I'm talking about because I'm grown up in a dysfunctional family and got deeply abused by my parents as a little boy, but I promise you that I am happy that I had BOTH a father and a mother who cared for me the best way THEY were able to do after their circumstances. Abuse is never ever excused in any kind, but that does not take away the nessecarity of TWO parents of DIFFERENT sexes.