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Steny Hoyer: Same-Sex Couples Are Endowed ‘By God’ With Right to Marry
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| April 24, 2015
| Staff
Posted on 04/24/2015 8:20:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Citing the Declaration of Independence, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) argued on the House floor yesterday that same-sex couples are endowed by their Creatorby God with a right to marry.
Our Declaration of Independence, as all of us quote so often, says: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all menof course, if Jefferson were writing today, it would be either all people or all humankindare created equal, that they are endowed bynot a Congress, not by a Constitution, not by a will of the majoritytheir Creatorby Godwith certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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That, of course, has not always been Americas performance, notwithstanding it has been its promise, said Hoyer. Next week, the highest Court in our land will be asked to consider whether these words apply to same-sex couples who love one another. Many courts have already said that it does.
Born equal, endowed by God with certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Is there a happier time in ones life than when one pledges themselves to another? said Hoyer, later in his speech. "We all gather, we all celebrate, we all wish them well. LGBT Americans now have the right to marry and have their families treated equally in 37 States and the District of Columbia. In the remaining States, however, LGBT residents are watching the Supreme Court with great anticipation.
We need to bring those words of the Declaration of Independence closer to their full realization, Mr. Speaker. Hopefully, the Court will do that, said Hoyer.
The entirety of Hoyers speech can be read in the April 23, 2015 edition of the Congressional Record, which can be found by clicking here.
TOPICS: Maryland; Issues; Parties; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: 114th; democrats; gaykkk; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; homosexualmarriage; libertarians; maryland; medicalmarijuana; samesexmarriage; ssm; stenyhoyer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
hey the poor schmuck grew up being called Steney...that can do things to a kid...
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posted on
04/24/2015 8:49:01 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sorry, Steny, God says they’re condemned to hell unless they repent and sin no more. Read up on it in the bible.
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posted on
04/24/2015 8:51:01 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: G Larry
Nail driven with the hammer of God’s Word , Friend!
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posted on
04/24/2015 8:51:59 PM PDT
by
One Name
(Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thanks maryland ( THE Freak state) voters...thanks a lot.
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posted on
04/24/2015 8:52:00 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Stempy has hijacked the Declaration of Independence to support the fiction of same-sex “marriage”.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
04/24/2015 8:59:29 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Always the “Court” enforcing the edicts of the left. Always. Always the “Court” imposing tyranny.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:02:58 PM PDT
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Same-Sex Couples Are Endowed By God With Right to Marry”
No they are not. Same sex couples are abhorred by God and
considered an Obamanation.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:05:25 PM PDT
by
Slambat
To: Nuc 1.1
Tens of millions of armed, angry citizens could nullify that in an afternoon.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:05:34 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
God will not be mocked, “Steny”, as you will undoubetdly discover
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:07:41 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is amazing what special interest money will buy.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:09:45 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
OK now, I USED to be a live-and-let-live kinda guy. Never gave much thought to the butt buggers way.
But when they start trying to lay some claim to Judeo/Christian sanction, I start thinking we must eliminate their public legitimacy.
It's time to step up to full-on ridicule , when not fully dismissive.
If that doesn't work, we have to step up to Trials and Hangings.
Same for those who get in the way.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:13:50 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:15:31 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let me know when he says the same of Incest and Polygamy.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:16:56 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Hillary, because it's time for a POTUS without a SCROTUS...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Steny Hoyer is AGAINST JESUS CHRIST, and knows NOTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE !
TO TOLERATE HOMOSEXUALS IS EVIL.
This is what we get when we FAIL to OBEY God.
For
it is written:
For whosoever shall commit ANY of these abominations,even the SOULS that commit themSHALL BE CUT OFF from among their people.
Those who support homosexuals are
against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have
NO sympathy for homosexuals!
Homosexuality is a
"Mark" of disobedience.
Someone once asked"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"
The answer is in the definition of "
REPROBATE".
rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]
- 1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.
- 2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.
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They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.
- 3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.
And the reason
"why" is
given in the Bible.
God has
a cure for homosexuals.
But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?
"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect
that God is just,
that his justice cannot sleep forever."
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:20:15 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Tanniker Smith
They only got the, Be FRUITful part
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:21:25 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Man is a species of life here on planet earth, consisting of both male and female components which makes the species of man complete. That is how man (the species) was created. If you have a problem with that, take it up with God. These insane liberals skew the meaning of words and also engage in deliberate obfuscation. Arguing with them or trying to correct their willful ignorance is a waste of time. They are to be dealt with harshly.
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:25:44 PM PDT
by
semaj
To: doc1019
I think its pretty well spelled out in Leviticus
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posted on
04/24/2015 9:28:02 PM PDT
by
Breto
(Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
oh so now the Declaration of Indepence matters to leftists.
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posted on
04/24/2015 10:33:25 PM PDT
by
RginTN
To: doc1019
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posted on
04/24/2015 10:54:24 PM PDT
by
tallyhoe
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