Posted on 10/06/2014 7:09:27 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the hotly contested issue of gay marriage, a surprise move that will allow gay men and women to marry in five states where same-sex weddings were previously banned.
By rejecting appeals in cases involving Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana, the court left intact lower-court rulings that struck down bans in those states.
Other states under the jurisdiction of appeals courts that struck down the bans will also be affected, meaning the number of states with gay marriage is likely to quickly jump from 19 to 30.
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Sheesh I couldn’t think of a more appropriate passage for news as this.
It’s incredible how quickly this world is crumbling. The Word of God is quickly becoming the only source of consolation and stability left here. In-credible I never thought I’d live to see the day. < shaking head and sighing >
Also, Federalism.
Also, what cowards, really. Instead of just taking hold of it, and discussing and hearing arguments from both sides; they just decide, not to decide. They leave the appeals courts to decide. This isn't helpful.
Although, not "deciding" actually decided quite a bit. The individual states have no say in this matter, nor do the citizens who wanted these bans. So, the activists and their supporters in the corrupted media get to decide what is marriage in every state of the Union, basically redefining marriage for everyone. Nice.
Precisely. And, that has been the purpose of this whole fight all along.
SCOTUS has sent the signal to the Courts of Appeal - rule in favor of homosexuals, or else we’ll take the case and reverse you. Typical judicial MO - let the Circuit Courts do the dirty work.
The courts were corrupt on social issues long before Obama took office.
But under thus administration, the corruption is on steroids.
I think you may be right, and if the next Presidential election doesn't result in a real, true conservative {Cruz} then I'm glad that I'm in my 70s, and won't live to see the total moral destruction on my beloved Country.
The USA as a land mass, will continue to exist, but as a Constitutional Free Country, never more. It will make me want to ........
“The same legal arguments ... will be used to justify polygamy and group marriage, and possibly incestuous marriages.”
My position is that this issue is driven primarily from 2 positions - (1) money / financial benefits; (2) using the government to force acceptance of homo behavior as normal so as to destroy the shackles of morality.
Using the left’s “logic”, you are right - polygamy would be a natural next expansion of marriage. However, I think the left would change its “logic” and use deception to say that “marriage” has always been defined as “between TWO (and only two) PEOPLE”, and then claim history and stare decisis to uphold polygamy as illegal. Most people including the enlightened left - are not conditioned to accept or handle polygamy in their own lives, so it would be a long time, if ever, that this would become the norm. Society should destruct before this ever becomes the new norm for marriage.
The question of incestuous “marriage” might appear before polygamy. After all, why should it not be legal for an elder parent, incapable of sexual performance/reproduction, not marry one of his/her children in order to pass some financial benefits (pension) to support a “child” ?
As “intelligent” as the judiciary believes they are, the euphoria of the moment, the judicial fiat of imposing a re-definition of marriage has no basis in law. From a societal perspective, we are here because of a predictable social evolution from the loss of common morality over the past 50 years, a loss in the belief in God, and the loss of the natural understanding as to history, meaning and purpose of marriage - to protect the most fundamental unit of civilization - wife, husband, children.
Pray for yourself, your family, and your country.
Fixed that for you.
The reason that churches incur the guilt as well is because they don't treat marriage like it's sacred — how many gladly remarry the divorced? (And that's not even considering the failure to confront literal/legalistic adultery in their midst.)
(Matt 19:3-9)
The proud religious law-keepers came to Jesus. They tried to trap Him by saying, “Does the Law say a man can divorce his wife for any reason?” He said to them, “Have you not read that He Who made them in the first place made them man and woman? It says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will live with his wife. The two will become one.’ So they are no longer two but one. Let no man divide what God has put together.”
The proud religious law-keepers said to Jesus, “Then why did the Law of Moses allow a man to divorce his wife if he put it down in writing and gave it to her?” Jesus said to them, “Because of your hard hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. It was not like that from the beginning. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sex sins, and marries another, is guilty of sex sins in marriage. Whoever marries her that is divorced is guilty of sex sins in marriage.”
I have mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, I want to see this handled by the individual states without the interference of judges, so in a sense I agree that the SCOTUS judges should have done what they did. One the other hand, since judges have already interfered with the states and the votes of the people, it would be a good thing for SCOTUS to clarify exactly who should be making these decisions. That is a different thing than actually ruling on the issue of gay marriage itself.
I have pretty much come to the conclusion that gay marriage cannot be stopped. What is troubling to me now and I also believe where this fight needs to be waged is with the First Amendment. How do we as a people keep those rights secure when faced with being forced not only to accept gay marriage, but to sponsor it?
Hell, this might not be such a BAD thing....How about we use the same logic to repeal the licensing of lawyers (the bar), or physicians, etc. Or, gasp, the 2nd Amendment
I mean, the logic is SOUND, right?!
On the other hand, we have more children than the other side. Right now we’ve capitulated and send our children to be indoctrinated by them. That’s their only hope, to be parasites off of the fertility of conservatives.
If we stop participating in their system, it won’t take long to to recapture the majority. Hispanic, black, and immigrant groups are also on our side on social issues.
I’m starting to wonder just how much the Supreme Court has been corrupted Roberts gave the first clue.
Every day it look like we are living under the Kings rule or is it a slow creep to communism?.
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