[sauropod]

Bflr

[Lera]

Kentucky law says marriage is between one man and one woman . She isn’t breaking the law .
Congress has made no law legalizing gay marriage and the Supreme Court can not write laws .

AND

Real Christians obey God rather than men

Act_5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Act_9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Pro_29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Psa_19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Psa_25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Psa_33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Psa_34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Psa_34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psa_111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Pro_8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Pro_9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Pro_10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Pro_14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Pro_14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Pro_15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Pro_15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Pro_16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Pro_19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Pro_23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Isa_11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Isa_33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

[teeman8r]

Good read.

Same sex mirage. Says it all. .

I wish i said that.

IWIST

[tbpiper]

there is a difference between contempt of court and seeing that the courts have become contemptible

Amen to that.

[Irenic]

Perfect.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“If just ten governors treated Obergefell the same way Kim Davis is treating it, that entire unrighteous and despotic imposition would collapse and fall to the ground. And if they did so, they would not be sinning against the United States. Rather, they would be preventing the United States from sinning.”

This is the heart of the matter.

[Aleya2Fairlie]

I fully agree with your premise. But the perfect storm that the Supreme Court decisions on marriage in America has unleashed on our society is going to move so quickly we might not have time for those kinds of measures to be effective for Christians. I submit that we shouldn’t get so wrapped up in changing government that we neglect to realize how short our time might really be to set our own hearts and minds on what is required for our souls salvation.

Satan, in his cunning, has saved his best(worst?) tools for the end. I can no longer find a church in which to worship within reasonable driving distance of my home that will say they will stand against same sex marriage. Our public education system is already preparing to educate our children in the “normalcy” of homosexuality and transgenderism. While in the clearly marked restroom of one of the major department store chains the other day, I was amazed to see a person who was unmistakably a member of the opposite sex saunter in, look around and go into a stall. I immediately realized that that is something I might as well get used to, since it is now unlawful to prevent. It’s not for myself that I fear because of this but for youngsters. What a haven for pedophiles,perverts or just plain voyeurs. No one can legally prevent them now, even from shower facilities and locker rooms in gyms or sports facilities. This also applies to public schools.
Already, we have seen Christian businesses bankrupted just because they refused to participate in preparations for a gay wedding and photographers who were lawfully denied their right to refuse to take pictures. This isn’t a slow moving trend; it’s going to be a tsunami directed at Christianity and Christians. The Mark of the Beast and sworn agreement with Satan’s vile practices are going to be required for everything that pertains to sustaining a decent life or perhaps life itself. It’s going to overtake us so suddenly in our personal lives that some may be caught off guard or believe they can equivocate like many churches have done. There will have to be a personal decision made by each of us and it will definitely not be without a great amount of sacrifice for Christians and their families. But, as it has been said here, it’s a Heaven or Hell decision.

I believe that the times we find ourselves in are “as in the days of Noah”. We may not have time to change the system but only to stand on our own for our faith. Some won’t be able to stand the consequences for themselves or their families. They will choose to gain the world and lose their souls. I, myself am praying for the strength I need to stand whatever comes my way.

[JimRed]

Government should get out of the marriage business once and for all. It’s not like they’ll go broke from the loss of licensing fees...

[mumblypeg]

“Kim Davis is not just keeping herself from sinning, she is preventing Rowan County from sinning. That is part of her job.”

The money quote.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

First, whenever we get to that elusive and ever-receding “hill to die on,” we will discover, upon our arrival there, that it only looked like a hill to die on from a distance. Up close, when the possible dying is also up close, it kind of looks like every other hill. All of a sudden it looks like a hill to stay alive on, covered over with topsoil that looks suspiciously like common ground.

So it turns out that surrendering hills is not the best way to train for defending the most important ones. Retreat is habit-forming.

Exactly.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

The end game here is not armed revolution. The end game is simply a refusal to cooperate with their revolution. Make them fire or impeach faithful officials. Once removed, such faithful officials should run for office again with a promise to continue to defy all forms of unrighteous despotism. As one friend of mine put it, “Lather. Rinse. Repeat.”

This guy is very good.

[marron]

Yes. Thank you.

A dictator can only dictate as long as there are minions prepared to violate their consciences for a paycheck and benefits.

No totalitarian system can ever take root when your bureaucrats and petty officials and cops and soldiers are prepared to resist any immoral order. Totalitarian systems are always “legal”. Legal can’t be your only guideline.

[marron]

Re-reading this, this is an excellent piece. There are several lines worth stealing. Very well done.

[Impy]

Judge Bunning should resign in shame. Better yet, someone should lock his *ss up until he learns his lesson.

Libs that opposed his confirmation because he's Jim Bunning's son are now ready to build statues of him, disgusting,

[daniel1212]

Don’t tell believers to stay engaged so that they can make a difference, and then, when they start making a difference, tell them that this is not a hill to die on. Make the bad guys reveal themselves. Make them crack down on evangelical county clerks, while continuing to wink at sanctuary cities and local defiance of federal pot laws. Why do they apply their “It’s the law! Bow down!” standard so inconsistently? Well, mostly it is because evangelicals are sweet and naive enough to let them get away with it.

Powerful and eloquent piece! Thank God.

Basically, what too many "conservatives" are arguing is that whenever the job description of someone radically changes, whether it be defining marriage as now including the union of two or more of the same gender, or btwn humans and animals, or a issuing licenses to cut hair is expanded to include the whole head, or simply to affirm support of company policy of LGBT support, then all who have moral objections must be justly forced into immediate unemployment, with no recourse to be excused from being a party to such.

With the latter example becoming more and more likely, akin to what occurred here , then we can see that this is increasingly headed to being the equivalent of,

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:17)

Scoffers will dismiss such, but it was not too long ago that the idea of a city clerk being held without bail for refusing to validate homosexual marriage would have also been met with unbelief.

[Sun]

Very few are brave enough to do what Kim Davis is doing. Most would just take the easy way out.