Drifting Away From The Center
By DONALD DeMARCO On February 13, 2023, South Dakota’s House State of Affairs Committee voted 7-5 to defeat a bill to “update” the definition of marriage by removing references to man and woman and replacing them with “between two persons.”Rep. Erin Healy, who voted for the update, was particularly aggrieved by the decision. She strongly criticized the Family Heritage Alliance group for stating, on the day of the vote, that the safest place for children is in families that have a married mom and dad. “What a dangerous and un-American belief,” she said.Marriage between a man and a woman has been the center of virtually every society in history and is defined that way in the Bible. (In response to…Continue Reading