Posted on 02/13/2014 11:08:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A federal judge in Norfolk struck down as unconstitutional Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage Thursday night, saying the country has “arrived upon another moment in history when We the People becomes more inclusive, and our freedom more perfect.”
U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen issued a sweeping 41-page opinion that mentioned at length Virginia’s past in denying interracial marriage and quoted Abraham Lincoln. She struck the constitutional amendment Virginia voters approved in 2006 that both bans same-sex marriage and forbids recognition of such unions performed elsewhere.
She stayed her decision pending appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, meaning same-sex marriages will be not be immediately available in the commonwealth.
Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D), who had switched the state’s legal position on the issue and joined two gay couples in asking that the ban be struck down, has said the state will continue to enforce the prohibitions until the legal process is completed.
Wright Allen showed no hesitation in overturning the state constitutional amendment, saying none of the reasons proponents offer for denying same-sex marriages make legitimate governmental interests...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen
How many does that make? Obama appointee, of course.
Lots of states, lots of judges who all must be Obama appointments.
The screws of Police State America 2014 grow tighter every day.
Our sovereign right to make our own laws has been stolen. It is time to reclaim it.
the fedgov can say anything they like, they can only effect their agencies and agents. they have no legal ability to force churches to violate their beliefs and perform marriages between fags.
just like a business, they cannot force you to work.. to perform a service you do not want to do... otherwise it’d be slavery.
and yes, I’m aware of the CO bakery. they should take it straight to the SCOTUS... but they were a small shop and didn’t have the means. so they closed instead... which works in the favor of those pushing this bs
and these same types expect the same outcome for churches.... to fine them or break them by enlongated legal / media battles.
Well, the actual core is just to glorify God.
Then comes the consideration of HOW.
Recognition of Muslim marriages of up to four wives is coming. Obama will be pleased and the Ummah will expand further in the US.
Lord help me, but could Women’s Suffrage have been the beginning of MUCH of the insanity that passes for constitutional judgment these days?
Decisions that uphold same sex marriage abandon the most fundamental law, natural law, instilled in all of us by our Creator. We inherently know what is natural and what is unnatural. When we as a society abandon natural law as our guide, anything goes in the realm of personal relationships. Next will be polygamy, then pedophilia, then bestiality, and any other unnatural perversion the wicked human mind can conjure up.
Sadly you are right. Sadly this nation is getting wider bodies all the time. That includes Vets.I wonder how many could even fight?
President Lincoln was pro gay marriage? Who knew....
That’s a man, baby!
While being far from anarchists, both the church and this country were founded in principled dissent. And in which the devout and wise subjects had better judgment than their leaders. These court decisions should summarily ignored. Let them enforce it against our opposition and its costs.
GOD is the beginning and the end... we had better do as you say or it will be the end of us all (as a republic).
>> Lose a job or your hours due to ObamaCare? It will be called freedom from ‘job lock’. Slavery is freedom.
It truly truly is Orwellian.
Virginia is going to the dogs. Can’t wait to get out of this state at the first opportunity.
See post above. That is what needs to be done.
It is like the homosexual activists are pushing their way into every state in the union, and Lot as the church is outside trying to reasoning with them. Where is a picture with this, but with a clock at 11pm headed to judgment?
People have bought the gay freedom thing hook line and sinker. The media campaign has been totally successful. In 2011 Obama was against gay marriage and now he’s leading the parade.
Political correctness has silenced us all. You can’t even respond to this without people denouncing you as a bigot. I would get fired if I disagreed with gay lifestyle in front of my coworkers.
Sister Wives is already here.
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
The two Bushes also appointed a good amount of these regressive judges.
“The media campaign has been totally successful.”
Yep. I have to admit, however begrudgingly, that gay activists reframing the argument as a constitutional civil rights/equal protections issue was brilliant. In one fell swoop, legitimate issues such as the staggering STD rates among gay men, the mental health issues associated with the ‘trans’ types, and so on were all swept away for some benighted notion that this was the civil rights challenge for this generation. This seems especially true with younger people, where the pro-gay support even among supposed conservatives can be disturbingly high. Add to that pro-gay images in nearly ever medium (even a stuffy old comic book like Archie has a gay character now), and it’s pretty much everywhere in pop culture.
The worst part, as you point out, is that the deck has been stacked so that no reasonable dissent can be made. Any questioning of the science or reasoning behind any aspect of the gay agenda immediately leads to screeches of homophobe.
Have concerns about a six year old boy being surgically altered into an approximation of a girl, because of some very unsettled science about brain chemistry? Homophobe.
Have concerns about the soundness behind the proposal of lifting the blood donation ban on gay men (who account for 70% of new HIV and syphilis infections, despite being a tiny percentage of the general population)? Homophobe.
Believe in the traditional view of male-female relationships, and have deeply held religious views in that area? Homophobe, and one who doesn’t understand what your faith “really” says, to boot.
It’s maddening. Accept it and shut up is no way for a supposedly free country to function.
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