The
government of the United States of America is supposed to be a government “of
the people, by the people, and for the people.”
It appears that it is now a government by the judges because judges at
several levels of our court system are overturning laws made by the voice of
the people defining marriage as a union between man and woman.
On Thursday,
October 2, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States passed on re-entering
the debate in our nation about same-sex marriage. On Monday, October 6, 2014, the Justices of
the Supreme Court chose not to hear any of the cases about same-sex marriage
brought by Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana, and Wisconsin. All the cases were overturned in lower
courts, and the Justices’ decision not to hear any of them means that gay
marriage will be legalized in eleven additional states.
The Supreme Court decision – or
lack of decision – brought varied responses from many people and
organizations. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints responded to the announcement with this statement: “The succession of federal court
decisions in recent months, culminating in today’s announcement by the Supreme
Court, will have no effect on the doctrinal position or practices of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is that only marriage between a man
and a woman is acceptable to God. In
prizing freedom of conscience and Constitutional guarantees of the free
exercise of religion, we will continue to teach that standard and uphold it in
our religious practices.
“Nevertheless, respectful
coexistence is possible with those with differing values. As far as the civil law is concerned, the
courts have spoken. Church leaders will
continue to encourage people to be persons of good will toward all, rejecting
persecution of any kind based on race, ethnicity, religious belief or
non-belief, and differences in sexual orientation."
Mark Levin, an attorney and
talk show host, opened his show discussing the issue of gay marriage. He pointed out that the Supreme Court made
gay marriage legal in a way that was “as sleazy as it gets” and called it
“judicial tyranny.”
Katrina Trinko of The Heritage Foundation wrote, “The Supreme Court’s decision today to
not hear any of the cases on same-sex marriage means, as my colleague Ryan T.Anderson writes, that
`lower court rulings that struck down state marriage laws now will go into
effect, forcing the redefinition of marriage in [Indiana, Wisconsin, Virginia,
Oklahoma and Utah] and potentially in other states in the 4th, 7th,
and 10th Circuits.’
“That shouldn’t be acceptable –
regardless of your position on same-sex marriage.
“Voters in 31 states voted to
define marriage as being between a man and a woman….
“And now the will of the people
is being struck down by judge after judge.
“If you think same-sex marriage
should be legal, put it on the ballot.
Ask the people of your state to decide in a vote.
“Pundits have been pointing out
that polls show Americans’ views on same-sex marriage have changed in recent
years….
“But those polls are
irrelevant. If people want to change a
law they now consider to be wrong, they should do it at the ballot box, not at
the courthouse. Unless, of course, the
law is in clear violation of the text of the Constitution. But no one seriously thinks that when we
ratified the 14th Amendment, we were voting to redefine marriage.
“Americans deserve the right to choose the laws governing marriage. Everyone who values the will of the people,
no matter what they think on the issue of same-sex marriage, should be decrying
how it’s judges, not Americans, getting to decide this important issue.”
Same-sex marriage was previously
legalized in Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington,
D.C. With the Supreme Court’s refusal to
hear any of the five cases, they legalized same-sex marriage in Utah, Wyoming,
Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and
South Carolina. At this time, it is
still illegal in the remaining states.
How did our nation arrive at
this point? How did we become so morally
sick that we allowed 4% of the population to force same-sex marriage on the
rest of the nation? We allowed this
tyranny to come upon us when we forgot the God of this land, even Jesus Christ.
God ordained marriage between a
man and a woman and condemned same-sex relations. This has been His law for more than 6,000. Sodom
and Gomorrah were destroyed with fire and brimstone because of the wickedness
of the residents thereof. Other nations - such as Jaredites, Nephites, ancient
Greece, and the Roman Empire - have been destroyed when they “ripened in iniquity.” We cannot expect to be treated differently if
we choose to continue in sin. If and when
our nation reaches the depth of iniquity of those ancient cities and nations as
well as the conditions prior to the Flood, we will also be destroyed. Either we are guilty of supporting the
same-sex marriage campaign or we voted for mindless liberal politicians who did
not protect us from this tyranny. One
way or another, we share the blame - unless we stood strong for traditional
marriage and voted for conservative leaders.
Our only hope for survival is to
repent of our evil ways and turn to the Lord, even Jesus Christ. I suggest that we all take inventory of your
lives and recognize where we need to change our ways. I certainly will work harder to put my life
in order in order to be prepared for the coming destruction of society as we
know it. It may come rapidly or it may
take several years, but it is coming.
The Supreme Court, with their refusal to act, pushed our nation far down
the slippery slope to destruction. I
fear for our nation as a whole even while knowing that anyone who turns to the
Lord will be saved. Our safety lies only
in righteousness. I hope and pray that
the majority of our citizens choose righteousness!
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