You either support it or you don’t. You do.
Some things are simpler than they appear while others are more complex, but they all come down to core principles.
I’m not talking about the constitution here. I’m talking about the bible’s instruction to believers. And it supersedes and precedes the constitution.
Parents’ rights, as regarding their own children, used to be broad. One logical reason is that parents, by their very nature, tend to look out for the benefit of their child.
The progressive American culture has been on a crusade to limit those rights for a very long time. It’s gotten us to the complaints most of us have here regarding our rights to even use corporal punishment. You and I were both brainwashed to see it as a good thing. I’ve stepped away from american culture (dumped TV in 1997) and returned the best I can to a biblical world view. My position is based on what the bible teaches about how we should raise our children and how we should serve the Lord. I would not choose who my child should marry, but under different circumstances I most certainly would.
And I think, beginning with the fallout from the 60’s, we’ve demonstrated that parents can choose better mates for their kids than the hormone ravaged kids can. Just sayin’.
Bottom line: I believe you come from an American humanist culture perspective and I come from a biblical perspective.
Does your biblical perspective allow for the keeping of human slaves?
Yes or no.