Obama twists 14th Amendment to force Homosexual sin on everybody
Does it seem to you as though religious freedom is under fire more than ever these days? If so, it's not your imagination.
Last week, the federal government filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, which will begin hearings later this month en route to deciding whether to strike down all barriers to same-sex marriage in every state.
The administration weighed in with an opinion about Prop. 8, the constitutional amendment California voters passed in 2008 defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the state. Despite the fact that the federal government is neither a plaintiff nor a defendant in the case, the U.S. Department of Justice asked the court to strike it down as unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The 14th Amendment, ratified during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War, assures every citizen of equal protection under the law. The Obama administration is twisting this to say that neither the voters in California, nor any in the nearly three dozen states that have passed statutes or constitutional amendments, have the right to define marriage as solely the union of one man and one woman.
As bad as that is, the Department of Justice didn't stop there: It also claimed that nine states which currently extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples through civil unions or domestic partnership arrangements are just as guilty of discrimination as those that ban same-sex marriage. In other words, nothing short of fully recognized same-sex marriage in every state will satisfy this administration.
Oral arguments in the Prop. 8 case begin March 26, and a decision is expected from the Court by the end of June. This is a pivotal juncture for our nation. Please join me in praying for the lawyers who will be defending marriage, for the justices who will be making this historic decision, and that God's design for marriage will be upheld.
Last week, the federal government filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, which will begin hearings later this month en route to deciding whether to strike down all barriers to same-sex marriage in every state.
The administration weighed in with an opinion about Prop. 8, the constitutional amendment California voters passed in 2008 defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the state. Despite the fact that the federal government is neither a plaintiff nor a defendant in the case, the U.S. Department of Justice asked the court to strike it down as unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The 14th Amendment, ratified during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War, assures every citizen of equal protection under the law. The Obama administration is twisting this to say that neither the voters in California, nor any in the nearly three dozen states that have passed statutes or constitutional amendments, have the right to define marriage as solely the union of one man and one woman.
As bad as that is, the Department of Justice didn't stop there: It also claimed that nine states which currently extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples through civil unions or domestic partnership arrangements are just as guilty of discrimination as those that ban same-sex marriage. In other words, nothing short of fully recognized same-sex marriage in every state will satisfy this administration.
Oral arguments in the Prop. 8 case begin March 26, and a decision is expected from the Court by the end of June. This is a pivotal juncture for our nation. Please join me in praying for the lawyers who will be defending marriage, for the justices who will be making this historic decision, and that God's design for marriage will be upheld.
