Posted on 11/20/2015 11:55:09 AM PST by wagglebee
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, November 19, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Pockets of resistance to the Supreme Court's judicial activism in constitutionalizing homosexual "marriage" are cropping up across the United States.
Not isolated pockets, either. Large, organized pockets.
The latest groups to officially resist Obergefell v Hodges include Alabama pediatricians and an entire church denomination, petitioning the state Supreme Court to disobey federal law in order to "protect" churches, families, and children.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) submitted a "Friend of the Court" brief November 6. "It is in the best interest of children and this State to preserve the fundamental and immutable nature of marriage between one man and one woman," the brief reads.
The association – which unites child and adolescent physicians and health care professionals across the nation – is specifically dedicated to the health and well-being of children.
The ACP brief calls the Obergefell decision "preposterous" and accuses the U.S. Supreme Court of having "no apparent thought to the inevitable problems children of those [same-sex] relationships will face."
The doctors say that accepting gay "marriage" "will deliberately and intentionally deny children the father or the mother so essential to their well-being."
"Tomorrow's children should not be subject to a novel social experiment that only insures higher changes of failure, confusion and harm."
"Marriage between one man and one woman has long been recognized as the bedrock of society … acknowledged by the state because of its singular ability to procreate, maintain a family structure where children can thrive, and insure the continuity of civilization," the physicians association reasoned.
The doctors go so far as to advise the Alabama Supreme Court that the U.S. Constitution "is never trumped by an opinion that ignores the text, structure, and delegated jurisdictions of that document."
The ACP brief appeals to a "higher law and moral code," which, they say, is acknowledged and enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. "The Declaration of Independence, part of the organic law of our nation, acknowledges the facts that our rights come from God and that the 'laws of Nature of Nature's God' laid the groundwork."
Another organization publicly calling for resistance is the Charismatic Episcopal Church for Life (CECL), which filed a "Friend of the Court" brief November 11. "Unless the Obergefell opinion is issued in pursuance of' the United States Constitution, then it is not binding on this Court."
The denomination of churches then demonstrates that gay "marriage" is not found in the U.S. Constitution – a charge Chief Justice John Roberts himself made in his dissent.
The CECL brief calls the Obergefell decision "repugnant to the plain meaning of the United States Constitution" and accused the highest court of the land of "overstepping its bounds."
Fr. Terry Gensemer of CECL told LifeSiteNews, "This Amicus asserts that the States have a unique and compelling interest in protecting the traditional understanding of marriage, just as it has in protecting the traditional understanding of the life of an unborn child."
"This Amicus is concerned with the rise of judicial overreach going beyond the mere act of declaring a state law unconstitutional, and delving into the realm of mandating state action on certain matters," Fr. Gensemer continued. "Such authority was never intended to be given to the judicial branch, and does not conform to the United States Constitution."
The churches also pointed out Wisconsin's state Supreme Court's defiance of SCOTUS's Dred Scott decision, which "said that blacks were not entitled to full protection as citizens."
Both briefs ask the Alabama Supreme Court to affirm its permanent injunction and disregard Obergefell.
"There is a growing number of voices calling for resistance to the lawless marriage opinion," Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, wrote online. "When Supreme Court Justices put their personal opinions in writing without one shred of Constitutional support, the people have a right to question their authority."
Staver says the Alabama Justices "should act in accordance with the law, not the opinion of five unelected lawyers."
The fight against homosexual encroachment is not new to Alabama. Before Obergefell, a federal judge ruled that the state must "marry" gays, and the Alabama Supreme Court responded with a permanent injunction against the order.
Following Obergefell, the state Supreme Court invited groups and individuals to file "Friend of the Court" opinions as to whether and how the ruling should apply in Alabama.
Supporters of natural marriage point out that SCOTUS Justices Ruth Ginsburg and Elena Kagan were ethically required to recuse themselves for conflict of interest, in that they both had already performed same-sex "weddings" and had publicly advocated for gay "marriage." Additionally, the SCOTUS itself ruled just two years ago that states alone have the constitutional right to define marriage.
Other officials have publicly opposed Obergefell, including Johnson, Greene, and McMinn Counties in Tennessee, and dozens of legal scholars from Boston College, Kansas State, Notre Dame, the University of Texas, Villanova, Vanderbilt, Hillsdale, the University of Nebraska, Regent University and other schools, even calling the SCOTUS decision "illegitimate."
He is absolutely correct.
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judicial activism = Tyranny
I’ve told this story. Went to a seminar a few weeks ago and speaker said how great it was that a law was passed allowing gay marriage.
I stood up and told him it wasn’t passed as a law. It was an overreach by the SC finding something in the constitution that wasn’t there.
He wasn’t happy.
We FReepers are sharp!!! Some of us are a little crazy, but sharp :)
Good for you.
I’m looking for the ‘Like’ button... mashing it in abstentia.
well done and that is exactly what I say t anyone who tries and defends , or promotes homosexual sham marriage.
People would be surprised if they stood for marriage to find out how the majority agree with marriage is between one man and one woman.
If patriots elect Trump president, then they need to support Trumps vision for the USA giving him a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will work within its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers, but also amending the Constitution for new, specific federal government powers if necessary, to allow Trump to accomplish his mission.
An added bonus to such a Congress is that it will probably be willing to exercise its constitutional authority to fire activist, Constitution-ignoring justices.
thanks :) I know 3/4 of the audience did not know this. I think his credibility took a hit after that.
As it should be. Love hearing ‘experts’ spouting un-truths without challenge. It’s about darn time we all challenge the prevailing authority on the merits of their own arguments.
what gets me #####ed off is that he just assumed everyone would be thrilled about that, even if it were true.
I know, it’s NYC but that’s a bad assumption.
and I KNOW from his comments that he is a REAL racist and uses the word f....t more than most.
Mentioned Mandela, Parks, etc. The overcompensation was incredible.
Liberals are so easy to see through. How do so many not?
I'll give you a couple of reasons;
many feel that they simply "don't know enough" about a topic because the lefty that is spouting off seems to have is argument in order.
others just don't want to deal with "those" kind of people and would rather ignore them.
definitely two reasons. what a shame.
You’re right! This decision is tyranny. Anyone with a lick of sense knows marriage law is a power clearly reserved to the States. Not only that, but Kagan and Sotomeyer (even Ginsberg I think) presided over homosexual marriages and could not possibly have fairly considered the legal questions. They acted as supreme legislators—not justices. As such, all of them deserve impeachment. If we can’t impeach them, then at least we should speak vehemently against such judicial barbarism and resist it!
it’s incredible how they are allowed to vote.
If Scalia or Alito went to get pizza and support that pizzeria for its stance on gay marriage, all hell would break loose.
Two Italians :) We’ve never had a president or governor that was very conservative, so this is all i have :)
I wouldn’t vote for Cuomo or DeBlasio with a gun to my head. Although my fiance is an ex lesbian too so we have that in common. /s
Unless there’s some fourth generation Italian governor in the south that i’ve never heard of.
bkmk
All the Cardinal Virtues are “hinged”. To be Wise doesn’t matter, if you have no Courage or Temperance.
I too, will speak up-—for as Bonhoeffer stated, To be silent, in the face of evil, is evil. To not speak, is to speak. To not act, is to act.
Christians (rational people) are required to speak truth to power. It is ALWAYS uncomfortable-—and when you make people uncomfortable-—it is a GOOD thing......just do it in a *nice* way.
You should see the old ladies faces when I promote Life (yes—there are some ACTUAL “grandmothers” with granddaughters who are 10 or so who BELIEVE it is GOOD and a NATURAL RIGHT to kill their own genetic offspring. I will ask them-—do you actually tell the child that it is “good” to kill your own genetic offspring?
They are also the ones who think two males sodomizing each other is “Love” and “beautiful” and that is is LOVELY to adopt little children into that diabolical, artificial warped environment which warps the understanding of male and female in babies and toddlers so they will never be able to understand Truth/Reality or God.
The wicked ways of man have descended into the pit of hell again-—and being glorified like it was in Nero’s days——sanity is gone-—Doing the most vile evil acts are now glorified to little children and on TV 24/7-—it is very satanic worldview being embedded. We are returning to irrational paganism/satan worship.
Way to go! Stand up to the homosexual bullies.
Excellent post.
That Russian who said “America has gone mad and is trying to take others with them”
was right.
I HATE saying that.
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