His advice is Biblically sound if not politically appealing. Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. Many Christians throughout the ages have struggled to deal with earthly authorities who go beyond what is acceptable to them. That still didn’t relieve them of the obligation to obey to the extent possible under the circumstances.
How do you reconcile that with civil disobedience and the civil rights movement? How can you reconcile that with the American Revolution itself?
That “render unto Caesar” is grossly misunderstood. It is nothing more than a Pharisee that was trying to trick Jesus into saying something seditious to get him arrested.
And Christ flipped the script on him and left him with egg on his face.
He asked, should I pay tribute to Caesar and showed him a coin?
Jesus asked who’s face was on the coin. The answer was Caesar. Jesus basically said, then it must belong to Caesar, give him what it his, and give God what is God’s.
It takes a lot of twisting and torturing to make that into a verse where Jesus is telling us to cooperate with the rules of a despot. Or, that we are to cooperate with government as a duty to God. Just as good of an argument can be made that giving God what belongs to God means Judge Moore should stay right there and resist with all his might.
You should win the prize for the worst post on this thread. There is nothing wrong with fighting tyranny.
But that's just the point. It's not Caesar's. Not under our Constitution.
Is Judge Moore violating the Law or a ruling by a rogue court???
You can render into Ceasar that which is Ceasars, but the marriage institution is God’s.