Posted on 12/13/2016 2:31:56 PM PST by sipow
The Cherokee Nation's Attorney General issued an opinion that, effective immediately, will permit the tribe to recognize same-sex marriages, overturning a previous ban that was implemented in 2004.
"Just like anything else in life, times change, interpretations of the law change," Hembree said. "The law that was overturned based on the opinion that I just issued, based on the plain reading of the Cherokee Nation Constitution ... and in my opinion guaranteeing equal rights for all -- it was not lost on me that I was personally changing my opinion and personally changing my legal position."
Hembree added that he's "proud" of his decision and will "defend it" if it goes to court. His ruling comes more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision, legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Fewer Cherokees in the future.
Well, so much for the Noble American Indian and ancient tribal ways.
If they hold marriage in so little regard, we can hold “holy places” similarly.
Dig on, pipeline!
Yes, Mr. Hembree, times do change. But people don’t. And natural law doesn’t.
You will rue the day this decision was made.
As it was in the Days of Lot:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17%3A22-38&version=KJV
Luke 17:22-37 King James Version (KJV)
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot’s wife.
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Squaw on Squaw creates a lot of squawking.
Redefines the meaning of powwow. Man, as if the native tribes hadn’t already gotten harmed by the US Govt, and done so much harm to themselves, they reach for another helping.
Nothing like having queer arrows in their quivers now.
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Bingo. Times change, and your ancient Tribal “Holy Places” are no longer holy.
Somehow, I think that this is the result of taking Federal dollars. That is, the tribe was “counseled” to make this decision in exchange for some long green from Uncle Sugar.
and one of these days all your casinos are belong to us, and pay taxes
Cherokee recognize powwow with fruit-persons.
Except they were poor with limited means — it was not Adam and Steve He was talking about.
:/
Bringing a new meaning to Native American pride.
>>Bingo.<<
As it were... ;)
I don’t remember that verse being in the song...
Well, peace pipe and rain stick will have new meanings for them now...
Little Bear finally finds his mate.
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