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In January of 2008 Chris and I celebrated 10 years together! We started dating on January 26th, 1998. We moved into together March of '98 and have been together since. We were engaged November 1999. However, Officially, Chris asked me to marry him on New Year's Eve at midnight (2000). It's a long story why it's a little backwards. If you wanna know ask me.

We were married June 1, 2002. Yesterday, we celebrated 6 years of official marriage even though we really feel as though we have been married for 10 years. We did it the traditional way mostly for our family and friends, but we really were married in our souls way before then. In any event, our anniversary brought up the marriage question. Like, why do people get married anyway? & of course it brought up the discussion of gay marriage. We believe that marriage is between a man and women in order to procreate (make a family). After much discussion about it I finally, believe this. I have not really given marriage that much respect because people have been abusing the institution, well, forever. Now, after being married & having children. In our country along with everything else there is no respect for the institution. We are always wanting to break everything down to suit our own desires. This is one area where I am starting to feel very strong. It is the last bastion to be destroyed by perversion. Perversion will never, ever be able to create life and that is where the line is drawn in my book. I love my husband and children. I want to make a difference by just being a wife and a mother. I am tolerate, because I do not understand what others go through to get to their state of mind---abuse, neglect, adultery, etc...therefore I cannot judge others because I have not walked in their shoes, however, when it comes to rules of society I am reluctant to bend those rules. Marriage cannot be changed & I hope that more of us who believe this way & will show support for this belief instead of putting our heads in the sand for fear of being "labeled" a backwards, bigot or idiot, but instead protect something that is sacred and the very last pillar in our society.

That is how Chris and I spent our anniversary---we have agreed to be strong supporters of marriage between a man and a women.