defense of marriage?

"At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue. and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black."

George Clooney

I am a Christian, I am married, I am Heterosexual and it seems from all of the headlines recently that I am in such desperate need of existential protection that my friends in the LGBT world can't be allowed to marry in case it leads to the extinction of my heterosexual Christian marriage. 

 "But Jesus said, "Not everyone is mature enough to live a married life. It requires a certain aptitude and grace. Marriage isn't for everyone. Some, from birth seemingly, never give marriage a thought. Others never get asked - or accepted. And some decide not to get married for kingdom reasons. But if you're capable of growing into the largeness of marriage, do it."

Matthew 19: 11-12

"Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church - a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ's love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor - since they're already "one" in marriage."

Ephesians 5: 25

There is a lot of talk of respecting what the Christian Bible has to say about marriage. 

Yet the quotes above from Jesus and Paul have mostly been received with disbelief or dismay by Christians throughout the past 2,000 years. Jesus disciples actually wondered aloud who on earth would ever consider marriage if it was as serious and selfless as Jesus was claiming as the original Divine plan for marriage. 

Oddly, I have never heard advocates for DOMA or Prop 8 demand that we legislate for strict observance of Matthew 19, or Ephesians 5 by all married couples. 

I think the total disregard for what God actually says about heterosexual marriage by Christian heterosexuals is the real source for what is destroying traditional marriages. 

There will come a time when our children will wonder what we Christians were thinking when we made such strenuous efforts to withhold the rights of marriage and equality from our fellow citizens. 

And why we simultaneously went to such ludicrous efforts to ensure that no one actually demanded that we Christians obey our God's commands concerning Christian Marriage. 

Over 44% of Christian marriages end in divorce. That number climbs ever higher as each year passes. 

How dare we presume to preach to anyone else about the sanctity of marriage when we have debased it so carelessly and continuously? 

I pray DOMA is struck down, and I often wonder if perhaps it should be replaced with a law demanding that Christians obey their God's commands concerning marriage. 

I wonder how many Christians would campaign for Matthew 19 and Ephesians 5 to be made into a law?