Dr. Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary:

The Mystery of Marriage

"Stay pure until marriage, trust God in all things, honor marriage in every respect, let the marriage bed be undefiled, and live out God's passion as married couples. Show God's glory in marriage."

I want to speak about four functions of marriage. The first is partnership. This is directly revealed in 1 Corinthians 7:4: "For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." That is incredible. The partnership between man and wife is so radical that we actually forfeit autonomy, which is difficult for us to comprehend today. We prize our autonomy, but marriage says, "You don't have any autonomy." In marriage, there is no more "I," but only "we." Marriage is a partnership.

Rev. Ken Hutcherson, Antioch Baptist:

The Safety of Natural Order

"Same-Sex Marriage is an Injustice to Children."

When we think about how God created all things in his natural order and how he commanded us to be committed to that natural order, we realize that God expected that we would be committed to communicate that order, live by that order, and protect that order. How much have we moved from that common sense order today? Who would have ever thought that 30 years ago we would have to have gatherings in Seattle, Washington to stand for the issue that marriage was between a man and a women. Thirty years ago we would have never thought that we would be fighting to get a Constitutional Amendment to protect traditional marriage, to protect the family, and to protect our children.