'We Will Not Obey': Christian Leaders Threaten Civil Disobedience If Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage
We will not obey.
Thats the blunt warning a group of prominent religious leaders is sending to the Supreme Court of the United States as they consider same-sex marriage.
We respectfully warn the Supreme Court not to cross that line, read a document titled, Pledge in Solidarity to Defend Marriage . We stand united together in defense of marriage. Make no mistake about our resolve.
While there are many things we can endure, redefining marriage is so fundamental to the natural order and the common good that this is the line we must draw and one we cannot and will not cross, the pledge states.
The signees are a whos who of religious leaders including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, National Religious Broadcasters president Jerry Johnson, Pastor John Hagee, and Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritans Purse.
The pledge was co-drafted by Deacon Keith Fournier, a Catholic deacon, and Mat Staver, the founder of Liberty Counsel. Also involved in the document were Rick Scarborough, the president of Vision America Action and James Dobson, the founder of Family Talk Radio.
Were sending a warning to the Supreme Court and frankly any court that crosses the line on the issue of marriage, Staver told me.
He said that once same-sex marriage is elevated to the level of protected status it will transform the face of society and will result in the beginning of the end of Western Civilization.
You are essentially saying that boys and girls dont need moms and dads that moms and dads are irrelevant, Staver said. Gender becomes pointless when government adopts same-sex marriage. It creates a genderless relationship out of a very gender-specific relationship. It says that it doesnt matter and that two moms or two dads are absolutely equivalent to a mom and a dad.
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Dobson said the legalization of same-sex marriage could fracture the nation.
The institution of marriage is fundamental and it must be defended, he told me. Its the foundation for the entire culture. Its been in existence for 5,000 years. If you weaken it or if you undermine it the entire superstructure can come down. We see it as that important.
And that means the possibility of Christians people of faith engaging in acts of civil disobedience.
Yes, Im talking about civil disobedience, Staver said. Im talking about resistance and Im talking about peaceful resistance against unjust laws and unjust rulings.
Thats quite a shocking statement. So I asked Mr. Staver to clarify his remarks.
Im calling for people to not recognize the legitimacy of that ruling because its not grounded in the Rule of Law, he told me. They need to resist that ruling in every way possible. In a peaceful way they need to resist it as much as Martin Luther King, Jr. resisted unjust laws in his time.
Scarborough said the pledge was meant to be forthright and clear.
Were facing a real Constitutional crisis if the Supreme Court rules adversely from our perspective on same-sex marriage, he told me. For me theres no option. Im going to choose to serve the Lord. And I think that thousands of other pastors will take that position and hundreds of thousands if not millions of Christians. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/04/28/will-not-obey-christian-leaders-threaten-civil-disobedience-if-supreme-court/
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What is so sad about this BS is that there is absolutely NOTHING in the U. S. Constitution that "GUARANTEES" ANY kind of marriage, male, female, beastie, whatever. Those are personal issues to be decided between individuals, and not by the courts nor the states nor the feds. It is NOT a CIVIL RIGHT - it is a personal choice.
Who do these people think they are???????