Posted on 09/04/2015 9:53:45 AM PDT by wagglebee
Far from it.
Read on the Social Contract, read the Federalists.
No social theory is necessary to make it plain that a woman elected to uphold the law, and sent to jail for upholding the law, is a national hero, and her jailers — usurpers of power.
-— always thought that “Natural Law” superseded any particular religious belief or teachings. -—
It may or may not. AFAIK, it means the fundamental moral law or precepts that are known by all people. It also includes the notion of the existence of God, or at least aspects of His nature that can be derived through reason, such as the fact that God is Designer, Creator, Lawgiver, and Prime Mover.
There are some moral and theological truths that are more excellent than those truths that can be derived through reason alone, such as the nature of the Trinity, and that we should love others as Christ loved us.
OTOH, besides issuing an eternal, natural law, God has acted in time pastorally, issuing provisional, temporal law. Examples would include those you provided, such as the ancient dietary laws, etc.
This division between eternal and pastoral or provisional law has caused much confusion among Christians, but especially among non-Christians.
Sorry, but under our American system, the courts define what the law is, not you, not me, not her. They have ruled that the failure by a State or local government to allow gays to marry denies them advantages given to others under the law.
I hate the ruling, but understand that obedience to it is the price I pay for living in a country where I agree with about 85% of the other laws.
The BLM thugs using Free Speech to call for the death of cops are no heroes, and neither is this woman.
I respect her beliefs and bravery, and in reality she is following the American system. Elected officials must follow the orders of the courts, or go to jail. It’s her choice.
She is upholding the law of Kentucky, as she swore to do.
You obliquely mentioned the Civil War. Then the North imposed a massively new legal system on the Confederacy. Something similar is happening now with respect to many states. To those who side with the federal usurpers of the state law, I have a question: what hostile act on the part of the states such as Kentucky has lead to this usurpation?
Let’s not try to re-fight the Civil War.
There are rules. When a judge tells you to do something, you do it, or face the consequences.
She said she would not issue marriage licenses to gays. He said if you don’t I’ll put you in jail.
She didn’t
He did.
End of story.
Why doesn’t this idiot hold it on Monday when everybody has the day off?
She was elected to uphold the law. Not to be a judge’s servant. She upheld the law. He jailed her. That disqualifies him as a judge, not her as a public servant.
If you don’t understand that in cases of conflict between state and federal law, federal law as defined by SCOTUS prevails, how did you ever graduate from 9th grade Civics?
Any further education for you on this point will require a retainer. My fee is $850 per hour and paralegals are billed at $125 per hour.
For further discussion, please forward $8500 as a retainer.
I understand that the federal law prevails. So, the solution is not to treat the public servant as a criminal, but to allow the new sense of the law to propagate down to the states. For example, a new clerk might be elected in that county in due course. That new clerk might run on Uphold-the-Kentucky-Law ticket and he/she might run on the federal government’s Destroy-America ticket. That quisling guy who calls himself a judge might be impeached in the meanwhile, or retire to Florida or have a heart attack, much overdue. Also the bunch of usurpers now in Washington DC might be broomed away.
In the interim, any attempt to gestapo away that courageous woman are, pretty much, sedition. She is upholding the law she was elected to uphold. Or, otherwise, if you want a gay dictatorship in the land, have the balls and start a civil war. You might win. As we’ve been told, gay men are great soldiers.
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