My Thoughts

With the recent Supreme Court decision on legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation, I have thought a long time, figuring how to state my thoughts on the matter, but now I state my case:
I support free agency. I do not support same-sex marriage.
Let me explain:

Let's first look at same-sex marriage.
The Family: A Proclamation to the World states the following: "marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and...the family is central to the Creator's plan for...His children." This is exactly why I don't support same-sex marriage.
Adam and Eve were commanded by the Lord to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth" (Genesis 1:28). Or, as also stated in The Family: A Proclamation to the World: "God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife."
If the primary purpose of marriage is to "replenish the earth" by procreation, how can that be accomplished between two people of the same gender? Science has proven that that is just not possible; there's no going around that. Some say that marriage is "just for love"--and I agree that everyone should be happy in that part as well as all other parts of life--but what man says does not change what the Lord says.

Now let's look at agency.
If you're a Latter-day Saint, you probably grew up hearing that agency is "the ability to choose and to act for yourself" (True to the Faith, 12).
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines agency as follows: "the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power." The Collins English Dictionary defines agency as "action, power, or operation."
What leads to action? Choices--be it our own choices or the choices of others.
So how does freedom relate to this? Freedom, according to Google, sums it up best: "the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint."

How does this all work together? As Americans, we claim the right to the "free exercise of" speech, religion, etc. (Amendment 1, U.S. Constitution). Applying this to the Supreme Court decision: unless it goes against the Constitution, any law should not infringe upon the freedoms of any citizens. The Constitution says nothing about homosexual marriage; the closest it comes to stating such is this, that "[the] Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges...of Citizens in the several States" (Article IV, Section 2).

Again, I state my position:
I support free agency. I do not support same-sex marriage.
Sounds a bit contradictory, I know...
So, do I support this legislative ruling? Yes. Not because I condone same-sex marriage--again, I do not condone it--but because I am a firm believer in free agency and believe that no one's freedoms should be infringed upon. Each person's choices leads to consequences--good or bad--and I will make no personal judgment--I will allow them to choose their consequences.
As for me, I will follow the Lord, for His law trumps the law of any nation.