Posted on 09/12/2017 3:12:37 PM PDT by Ennis85
Gay rights activist Edith Windsor, whose same-sex marriage fight led to a landmark US ruling, has died aged 88. Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by her wife Judith Kasen-Windsor. Ms Windsor's Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, granting same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first time.
She had sued the US government after being ordered to pay $363,053 (£224,940) in federal estate tax after her previous wife died. The couple had been partners for 44 years and had married in Canada in 2007. Ms Windsor argued that the provision of the law which defined marriage as between a man and a woman prevented her from getting a tax deduction due to married couples - and was unconstitutional. In a landmark 2013 ruling the US Supreme agreed - and that decision became the basis for a wave of further court rulings increasing the rights of same-sex couples.
In 2015 another crucial Supreme Court ruling gave same-sex couples the right to marry. Ms Windsor died in New York. A cause of death was not given, but Ms Windsor had struggled with heart issues for years, the Associated Press news agency reported.
"The world lost a tiny but tough-as-nails fighter for freedom, justice and equality," Judith Kasen-Windsor was quoted as saying. Former US presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also paid tribute to Ms Windsor. Mr Obama said in a statement: "America's long journey towards equality has been guided by countless small acts of persistence and fuelled by the stubborn willingness of quiet heroes to speak out for what's right. "Few were as small in stature as Edie Windsor - and few made as big a difference to America."
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>>Buried face down?<<
OK, you wins the interwebz for that one!!
I usually have to explain similar comments to my wife, but she replied with 'Eeewwww, gross' almost immediately.
Agreed. But understand that hers is a particularly heinous set of circumstances. Her individual issues are one thing. But by taking the high profile position on this issue of morality that she has, she has led others to serious sin.
She is a banner carrier for scandal. Bad situation to be in.
But once dead, it is entirely appropriate for the people of God to assess the life lived.
Even the apostles condemned Judas after his death.
Luke 16
23 "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."
24 "And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."
In this teaching from YESHUA, the person in torment is a man but women are not exempt from justice.
As bad as this Bible verse sounds, it is not Hell. Hell comes after the White Throne Judgement.
Burn in Hell, you fetid old dyke.
I didn’t get it, until I read this.
Excellent post.
Actually, 2 Peter 3:9 says that all repent.
But I agree with your point otherwise.
Such a shame God didn’t smite her down at 18, but then Satan rules the world, so I guess it is to be expected. We deserve what we get when we lose our morals and allow evil like this lady to prosper.
Amen.
The tollhouses assist in that process. It can take a long time.
“She was a human being”
Says who?
She could have a wife about like my dog could have a wife.
It is too late to pray for her. Once you die your fate is sealed - heaven or hell.
I am betting it’s pretty hot where you are right now, Edith.
I am a lady. I seriously doubt that this female was a lady.
You are right: once you die, your fate is sealed, heaven or hell.
The damned are beyond help. They spend their time in hell eternally hatefully choosing hell.
Concerning the forgiven sinners-— whose blessed eternal destiny is also unchangeable -— some may be undergoing a process of purification, which St. Paul referred to as being “saved, and yet as though through fire.” Not exactly a place, but a state or process: some call it purgatory.
They are forgiven, they are heaven-bound, but they need to be freed from all the attachments, the residues and stains of their (forgiven) sins: perfected, like gold.
We can, and do, help them by our prayers.
No joke -—indeed a very bad situation to be in. A horrifying, hellish situation. All we can hope is that at the last minute she had the grace to cry out sincere repentance and grasp the saving Hand.
A fragment of poetry — I think this is how it goes:
Between the stirrup and the ground,
Mercy was sought, and Mercy found.
Unfortunately the evidence indicates that this sodomite is now burning in Hell for the sin of being an unrepentant homosexual. What is even worse is that she encouraged others to be fags, leading them to Hell with her.
Wake up homos! Why do you think God created AIDS?
>>So, how does that work,
XX + XX = FAIL
XY + XY = FAIL
XX + XY = Human
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