A Standard, A Failing, A Mercy

So what our society is trying to figure out, is what is the Standard? Is the Standard a committed, sexual relationship between a male and female (marriage)? a sexual relationship between a male and female (premarital, post marital, or adulterous) ? a sexual, committed relationship between any two human beings (homosexual)?

A Standard is a communication between the generations that says, this works best. It keeps each generation from having to learn the hard way. It keeps each generation from spending 20 years of their lives and then saying, oh, maybe I should have done it differently. So in this case, the Standard should answer the question, which configuration gives the offspring the best chance at mental, physical, emotional, and psychological health?

When the Standard fails, there is a proliferation of premarital, post marital, adulterous and homosexual relationships. Within each of these increases, there is a communication that the Standard has failed. When this happens, the society can do one of two things: it can keep the Standard and give Mercy or it can change the Standard.

A society gets into trouble when it refuses to give Mercy. It also gets into trouble when it confuses a Standard with a Mercy and vice versa. This juncture represent a truth telling -society is now telling itself what is true and what is not true; which is the Standard and which is the Mercy. Hopefully it will know the difference.