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In  a scathing dissenting  opinion released yesterday, Justice Antonin Scalia lambasted his fellow Supreme Court Justices for striking down a critical part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and predicted that it will only be a matter of time before the court finds a Constitutional right to gay “marriage.” Scalia labeled Wednesday’s decision “jaw-dropping,” calling it “an assertion of judicial supremacy over the people’s Representatives in Congress and the Executive .”  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia He said that the founding fathers created a judiciary with limited power in order to guard the people's "right to self-rule against the black-robed supremacy that today’s majority finds so attractive.”  In the majority decision , authored by Justice Kennedy ,  the Court struck down  the provision in the Clinton-era DOMA that prohibited the federal government from providing the benefits of marriage to homosexual couples who had been “married” in a state wher

English: Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) ABC reports: ACT Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr is urging federal Labor's new leadership team to make same-sex marriage an election issue. Former prime minister Julia Gillard opposed marriage equality, but Kevin Rudd , his deputy Anthony Albanese , and Senate leader Penny Wong have spoken out in favour of change. Mr Barr supports of homosexual rights and claims it is an issue that resonates in the community. The question is there are many even in Parliament who disagree. Young people influenced by Will & Grace and other Hollywood show support homosexuality because they see the nice side of the propaganda. Rarely do they see the act, AIDS, the promiscuity, the immorality and short lived lust filled relationships. "It's a clear point of differentiation between Prime Minister Rudd and the Opposition," Barr said. "It represents an opportunity on an issue that certainly is

The U.S. Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage raised a crucial question: How should the Church respond to a culture that seems increasingly hostile toward Christianity and Christian principles? The age-old argument that our country was founded by godly men who implemented biblical principles is true, but it doesn't seem to carry weight today.  CBN News Anchor Lee Webb said, "with good reason, we are concerned about our culture (but) we may need to refrain from placing all of our energy on that argument." In a recent Facebook post, Webb quoted the late Chuck Colson , author of The God of Stones and Spiders . He noted that Colson calls Christians to resist the notion to circle the wagons and seek special treatment as a persecuted minority, much like other minorities have, including gays. See Video: here He asked this key question: "Where does today's hostility toward Christians leave us ?" Webb's answer: "Basically where the Church has always

Today's  Supreme Court decisions  overturning part of the  federal Defense of Marriage Act  and failing to rule clearly on  California's Proposition 8  case are deeply troubling. They worsen the widespread confusion on the  definition of marriage . Ironically, the family and I have just landed in Washington D.C. for a tour of historic  Williamsburg . From the small television in the back of the seat on the airplane, I watched the proceedings from the steps of the Supreme Court as reporters analyzed the news coming from inside the historic building. Together, the Court neglected to uphold the will of the people through their elected representatives in  Congress  and the public votes of more than seven million  California  citizens. Yet, however disappointing the rulings may be to those of us who embrace natural marriage, the decisions should not elicit a spirit of despair. To be clear, the Court rulings responded to two complex cases asking narrow legal questions. Legal experts

New Zealand principals have been warned they could breach the Human Rights Act if they stop students taking same-sex partners to their school balls. Secondary Principals' Association president Tom Parsons has highlighted the issue - hotly debated in previous years - as the ball season kicks off and acceptance of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community grows. Mr Parsons sent a letter to the country's principals yesterday outlining possible unlawful discrimination under the act if students were stopped from taking a same-sex date. Mr Parsons said the letter was a "heads up" for principals unfamiliar with the issue that arose each ball season. Human Rights Commission spokesman Gilbert Wong said cases differed, but it was ultimately against the act to discriminate against someone based on their sexual orientations. Mr Wong said a number of queries about same-sex ball partners were received each year, and resulted in a "handful" of complaints.

Pro and anti-Proposition 8 protesters rally in front of the San Francisco City Hall as the California Supreme Court holds a session in the to determine the definition of marriage (Strauss v. Horton cases). (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Supreme Court ’s ruling on Proposition 8 has me feeling like that about our legal system. the history of Proposition 8 . To summarize, Californians passed a law in 2000 saying that marriage was between a man and a woman, but authorizing same sex domestic partnerships with all the benefits of marriage except the word  marriage . Four years later an unelected county clerk in San Francisco started giving out marriage licenses to same sex couples, and this lasted for five months until the State Supreme Court stopped it. Then four years later (2008), the court reversed itself, saying the 2000 law was unconstitutional. Christians were essentially told if they wanted to define marriage, they needed a constitutional amendment to do that. Which is wha

Chances are you weren't surprised by yesterday's news that the Supreme Court found the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. A Pew Research Center poll last month found that 72 percent of Americans think that legal recognition for same-sex marriage is inevitable. That's the percentage of Americans overall—a slight majority of whom (51 percent) are okay with that. Strikingly, the poll found that there's little difference between evangelicals and Americans overall on believing that same-sex marriage is inevitable (70 percent of evangelicals think so), though only 22 percent of evangelicals support same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court didn't actually say that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage or bar states from limiting unions to a man and a woman. But there was widespread agreement that the decisions were historic—both an indicator and a catalyst for changing views on sexual ethics, marriage, family, social justice, government powers, and o