Posted on 12/03/2014 6:52:14 AM PST by WXRGina
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Just in time for Thanksgiving, two more lawless federal judges, young ones who are Obama appointees, struck down state marriage protection laws in Mississippi and Arkansas. These are the latest examples of outrageous rulings by federal judges who have no jurisdiction in this area. The Constitution outlines the areas of very limited authority of the federal government and judiciary, and marriage is not an area in which they possess the rightful power to rule over the states. Therefore, this is a states' rights issue. Twisting the 14th Amendment to apply to degenerate sexual behavior and the perversion of the meaning of marriage is a travesty that must not be allowed to stand.
As we have watched these rogue federal judges impose a grotesque parody of "marriage" on the states, I have known it is up to the states to refuse to comply with these illegal rulings. Instead, state leaders, to a man, acquiesce to the futile appeals process. Ultimately, this issue will be decided by the Supreme Court, where again, it has no authority. And, what happens when the clearly-compromised Chief Justice John Roberts falls in line with his blackmailers, or whoever it was who pressed him to declare the plainly unconstitutional "Obamacare" law to be "constitutional"? What happens when the Supreme Court rules in favor of tyrannical insanity, to declare, against all truth and reason, that homosexuals have the "right" to "marry," and the states, in self-hobbling deference to the ruling, have no recourse to stop it?
If we allow ourselves to be bound under the illegitimate power of these lawless federal courts, we will lose our natural, God-given freedoms. One of the common talking points of the Marxist homosexual Left is to claim that same-sex "marriage" affects no one. This is a lie straight from the pit of Hell. It affects everyone. If this abominable perversion of marriage is forced on this nation, it will become illegal to refuse in any way to accommodate it. It's already happening with Christian business owners being legally assaulted by homosexualists. This is one major way in which the Godless Marxists behind this movement are working to accomplish the outlawing of Christianity and freedom of speech, expression and association of the American people.
Watching one rogue federal judge after another (with only a tiny few exceptions) force same-sex "marriage" on the states, I have repeatedly thought that the states must rise up and say, "NO!" Short of this, we will not be able to stop this lunacy. Since I live in Mississippi, this latest ruling truly hit home, and when I saw that the Obama judicial invasion had infected Mississippi, and his man on the bench in Jackson illegally shot down our marriage protection amendment, I shouted that our state must refuse to comply. It's the only way. Just as I thought this, I saw Bryan Fischer's latest column in which he says the same thing. In, "Time for a Governor to Stand Up to Judicial Tyranny," Mr. Fischer writes:
There is one and only one short range solution to a runaway judiciary on the issue of sodomy-based marriage: a governor with the testosterone to stand up and just say no.
Governors take an oath of office to uphold the federal constitution and the constitution of their own state. Any governor in any state with a marriage amendment as a part of his constitution has the right, nay, the duty, to refuse to comply with any judicial order to recognize same-sex marriage.
The Constitution is utterly silent on the topic of homosexuality and marriage, which means, according to the Constitution the Founders gave us, this is an issue reserved exclusively to the states.
Any ruling from any federal court that imposes domestic policy on a state is by its very nature unconstitutional, and no governor has any obligation to obey it. In fact, quite the opposite. He must refuse to comply with it, for to comply would mean he must violate his own sacred oath of office.
This is where we stand. We will not be able to stop this by capitulating to the federal courts that have no rightful authority in this area as it stands. Appealing these rulings will not succeed. We must refuse to comply, period. I realize this is a very tall order, and that there are fewer and fewer people every day who have the courage to boldly proclaim the fact that homosexuality is an immoral, unhealthy, unnatural behavior, and that there can never be such a thing as a marriage union between two people of the same sex, irrespective of how many evil laws are illegally passed by crooked judges. No longer will the powers-that-be listen to truth and sound reason, nor will they regard the whole of human history which consistently declares the only thing that marriage could ever be: the union of a man and a woman.
The people and the leaders of the states must be the ones who refuse to acknowledge these lawless federal court rulings. There is no other way to stop them. As Bryan Fischer writes:
The truth is the federal judiciary is impotent apart from the good will of the American people. Once the American people realize that the Supreme Court is a co-equal branch of government, not the superior branch of government, they can get back to governing themselves rather than deferring to black-robed oligarchs to make all the important decisions for them.
For a governor to stand up and refuse to cower to a federal court would not be civil disobedience at all. It would be constitutional obedience – obedience to the Constitution and its provisions in the ninth and 10th amendments, obedience to his own state constitution, and obedience to the oath he took before Almighty God.
Governors do not take an oath of allegiance to the Supreme Court. They take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution. It's time they started acting like it.
I cannot overstate the terrible importance of this issue. The radical homosexual movement is on steroids under this uncharged criminal in the White House, who is deeply on the side of this dark campaign. There are numerous battle fronts these pushers of degeneracy are waging. From our public schools to the business and corporate world to the media and entertainment industries, there is no area uninfected by the schemes of the Marxist homosexualists. The destruction of marriage and the silencing of any opposition, Christian or otherwise, to the insaniac "transgender" agenda, or any other aspect of this war of perversity, will be accomplished if the American people and the leaders of the states do not loudly and strongly resist this evil offensive.
While I wholeheartedly agree with Ms. Miller, it seems like the 2% have thoroughly routed the 98% and the federal judiciary is settling the matter in every state. I hate to say this, but the cause is lost. We are running the biggest social experiment in the history of all mankind. Unfortunately, none of us will be around in 100 years to see how it turns out. Or perhaps I should say “fortunately.”
Yes, I would say, “fortunately.” Although no one likes the thought of dying, this world is going to get unimaginably dark before the Lord’s return, and we likely wouldn’t want to be here to see Sodom West fully realized.
No one who advocates against family stability should be qualified to vote or hold public office. This is what laws are for: creating and maintaining civil stability, not undermining it.
Prior to the early 1800s....there was no license mechanism in the US, no real way to recognize marriage by a state, and the only mechanism in existence throughout the 13 original states was a religious ceremony where you’d be noted in some Bible as “united” or “married”. I don’t see a problem in going back to this, and just admitting it’s not the state’s job to manage stuff like this. If someone wants a civil union certificate...pay $10 at the county clerks office and your property stuff is all fixed up. Otherwise, I think we are wasting a lot of frustrations on something that simply wasn’t the government’s business or obligation. We knew that in 1789.
Well said as usual.
How to turn almost four hundred years of American history on it’s head. For close to two hundred years the seamy side of homosexuality has been illegal until it wasn’t and now this in what as a comparison would be the blink of an eye.
...and next one can only guess.
I shudder to think of what’s coming.
Thanks, Wita.
I helped prosecute the crime of homosexuality just a few short years ago. It was a crime because our nation sought to conform its laws to God’s laws in striving for God’s blessings. And blessed we were, for the first couple of centuries, becoming a rich and prosperous nation. Those blessings were the direct result of our individual and collective obedience.
But lately we’ve gone spiritually insane, striving to disobey God at every turn. So those blessings are gone, and God is pouring out His wrath on us. Our formerly rich and prosperous nation is now $18 trillion in debt. That wrath is the direct result of our individual and collective disobedience.
So anybody who tells you that homosexuals don’t hurt anybody but themselves is a liar. Just as individual disobedience results in God’s wrath, so does collective disobedience result in God’s wrath. But people aren’t spiritually sane enough anymore to understand such simplicity.
Why yes, we ARE living in a tyranny. Everyone knows that.
Homosexuals have a huge influence in the Democrat Party. Now, they will demand money in return for their support of the Democrats.
Why yes, we ARE living in a tyranny. Everyone knows that.
If not one state has done this over the federal imposed legality of killing of unborn people in 40+ years, I doubt one is going to do it over federally imposed ‘gay marriage’ now. It would be pretty shocking if it were to happen, at least to me.
FReegards
Excellent article, Gina.
We had better experience some of those kind of “shocks” soon, or the country will be irretrievably gone.
The thing about ‘gay marriage’ is that the people and entities that will be punished by the state for disagreeing will be visible and able to complain. So maybe there will be more of a ruckus created and a political will for a governor to do something. The victims of abortion don’t even get a chalk outline, and even if it wasn’t 99.999999% fatal they couldn’t complain about it for years after they survived.
But really I just can’t picture a governor willing to do something like this for ‘gay marriage’ while not one ever bothered with doing it for abortion.
Freegards
Thank you, E.V.
Yes, abortion is horrific, and no, the Court had no authority to “legalize” the murder of pre-born babies. Yes, it’s a slim shot that the states will stand against the courts on the matter of same-sex marriage, but our very freedoms are at stake here. Murder is horrific, and it may well be that we are going to pay the price for our national sin by losing our freedoms to the homosexualist movement.
The people of Mississippi voted for their marriage amendment by 86% in 2004. It is the highest % for any state by 5%. It probably lost 5-10% on the issue in the 10 years since the vote was held. If there is no political will in Mississippi for doing something like this I doubt there would be anywhere else.
FReegards
As I already said, I know the chances are slim. The column is a warning.
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