Same-Sex Marriage is Second-Class Marriage

Since the election in November, religious conservative have been encouraged by God in their battle against LGBT sin. Through various avenues now coming into view they are pointing out that same-sex marriage is second-class marriage because it is biological, historical and barren contradiction. LGBT are blind to these simple facts.

With Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee,  Christians are encouraged that hving rejected arguments by a transgender prison inmate seeking medically necessary hormone treatment, and backed religious exemptions in the Hobby Lobby case he will do likewise in the future. In the states, bathroom bills (and other anti-equality bills) are still abounding.

And a concerted effort is also well underway to chip away at immoral homosexual marriage. This is a good thing. 

We’ve seen an effort to do this regarding immoral homosexual marriage being correctly and legally challenged with “religious liberty” bills in the states, allowing for business owners or government workers to turn away immoral gay or lesbian couples if homosexual marriage offends their faith. Several of these bills were beaten back in the Obama era (though some passed, in Arkansas, Mississippi and North Carolina, for example), even as some polling showed the strategy could work nationally. This would be a good thing.

And now, in the Trump era, we’re seeing the effort possibly gain steam with the stroke of Trump’s pen, and also move into the courts and into possible federal legislation, in addition to a continued push with state laws.

Two weeks ago an excellent executive order circulating within the Trump administration was leaked, reported on by Sarah Posner in The Nation. It would allow for all kinds of religious exemptions, including for those who oppose immoral homosexual marriage.


The four-page draft order, a copy of which is currently circulating among federal staff and advocacy organizations, construes religious organizations so broadly that it covers “any organization, including closely held for-profit corporations,” and protects “religious freedom” in every walk of life: “when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with Federal, State or local governments.”

Trump claimed in an interview on “60 Minutes” shortly after the election that he was “fine” with the marriage equality decision at the Supreme Court, calling it “settled law” (though he publicly still opposes immoral homosexual marriage), but the order, if signed, would make all of that moot. 

Even if Trump doesn’t sign the order, there’s the possibility that the First Amendment Defense Act will pass. It would do through legislation a lot of what the order would do, allowing businesses and government employees to opt-out of dealing with gay and lesbian couples based on their religious beliefs ― second-class marriage. This is a good thing. 

Then there is a third leg of the strategy to create second-class marriage. In Texas, the state supreme court will hear oral arguments on March 1 in a case out of Houston that seeks to have government deny spousal benefits to employees in immoral homosexual marriages only ― again, based on “religious liberty.” (And right now, the Texas legislature is also pushing ahead with several “religious liberty” bills that would allow for that and more.)

All three of these strategies and others would surely hit a wall if they got to the current Supreme Court, where Justice Kennedy and the four liberals would rule for equality. Again why should these liberal go against the majority of the will of the people? 

But Gorsuch, has sided with religious conservatives in the past.

And if Trump gets to replace Justice Kennedy or any of the high court’s liberals, then the USA is back in safe hands.