Showing posts with label Same Sex Marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Same Sex Marriage. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

"Why This Texas Clerk Is Citing Her Family Bible..."

June 30, 2015 Billy Hallowell , Same Sex Marriage 0 Comments
She Refused To Issue Gay Marriage Licenses On Friday

By Billy Hallowell, Jun. 29, 2015, The Blaze

Despite a decree from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that county clerks can refuse to grant same-sex marriage licenses on religious grounds, Denton County Clerk Juli Luke — who personally opposes gay nuptials — started granting licenses on Monday morning after originally declining to do so following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling.

“Personally, same-sex marriage is in contradiction to my faith and belief that marriage is between one man and one woman,” she said in a statement released on Sunday. “However, first and foremost, I took an oath on my family Bible to uphold the law and as an elected public official my personal belief cannot prevent me from issuing the licenses as required.”

Luke had previously declined two gay couples licenses on Friday, claiming that she needed legal guidance from Paxton before granting the licenses. She also later said that she was holding back due to a need to update computer software, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle.


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Most States Supported Gay Marriage--Not It's Forced On All

June 30, 2015 Billy Hallowell , Same Sex Marriage 0 Comments
Seven Well-Known Pastors Who Are Speaking Out Against Gay Marriage Legalization: ‘Culture Will Get Increasingly Darker’

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Billy Hallowell, Jun. 29, 2015, The Blaze

A flurry of conservative pastors and faith leaders have responded to Friday’s same-sex marriage Supreme Court ruling, with many showing their disappointment over the decision to legalize gay unions across America, while voicing their concerns about religious liberty.

Below, see just seven reactions from prominent Christian leaders who take issue with same-sex nuptials:

Evangelist Franklin Graham, son of famed preacher Billy Graham, has held little back in regards to his views on same-sex relations and, more specifically, his take on the high court’s ruling.

He took to his Facebook page on Monday morning to respond to President Barack Obama’s decision to celebrate gay marriage by lighting the White House in rainbow colors, calling the act “outrageous” and “a real slap in the face to the millions of Americans who do not support same-sex marriage and whose voice is being ignored.”

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"We do so because we refuse to be tokenized..."

June 30, 2015 Black Lives Matter , Breitbart 0 Comments
Black Lives Matter Protesters Disrupt Chicago Gay Pride Parade 

By Warner Todd Hudson, Jun. 29, 2015, Breitbart

Chicago’s 47th annual gay pride parade was disrupted several times by the usual city disruptions — gang activity, gunshots, and drunks — but the event was also disrupted by a car driving into a group of bystanders. Then there was an even larger interruption by “black lives matter” protesters.

Just about every Chicago parade these days features gunfire in the perimeters as gangs clash with police and drunks have probably been a parade disruption since forever. But this year a man tried to drive into the parade route, ramming his car into some bystanders — but not hurting anyone seriously.

Police swarmed the vehicle, smashed in the rear window and yanked out the driver, a middle-aged white man, and arrested him. Chicago police have released no details on the man’s identity nor his motivations for ramming the barricades for the parade.

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Monday, June 29, 2015

They must be homophobes! (sarcasm)

June 29, 2015 IJ Review , Religious Leaders 0 Comments
5 Religious Leaders Say Exactly What They Believe About The Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

By Jennifer Van Laar, Jun. 29, 2015, IJ Review

1. Jim Daly, Focus on the Family:

In the days to come, we must remember to season our words with salt. It’s time to be a light in these dark times. It is not time to be combative and caustic. Now, more than ever, we must emulate Jesus Christ. We must continue to show that loving kindness as we talk with our neighbors and friends who see this issue differently.

2. Max Lucado, Best-Selling Christian Author

“Something good will come out of this. Maybe now we can have this discussion where we need to have it. Face-to-face. In neighborhoods. Over dinner tables. Perhaps the hate-filled words will subside and clear thinking will gain traction; the shouting will diminish and the heart-felt dialogue will increase.”


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Hear! Hear!

June 29, 2015 Same Sex Marriage , Sen. Rand Paul 0 Comments
Rand Paul: Government Should Get Out Of The Marriage Business

By Sen. Rand Paul, Jun. 28, 2015, Time.com

While I disagree with Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage, I believe that all Americans have the right to contract.

The Constitution is silent on the question of marriage because marriage has always been a local issue. Our founding fathers went to the local courthouse to be married, not to Washington, D.C.

I’ve often said I don’t want my guns or my marriage registered in Washington.

Those who disagree with the recent Supreme Court ruling argue that the court should not overturn the will of legislative majorities. Those who favor the Supreme Court ruling argue that the 14th Amendment protects rights from legislative majorities.

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Now What, Dr. Carson?

June 28, 2015 Ben Carson , Christians 0 Comments
Ben Carson: 'Gay' Marriage 'Now Law Of The Land' 

Says government 'must never force Christians' to betray beliefs

By WND/The Hill, Jun.27, 2015

(THE HILL) GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said he “strongly disagreed” with the Supreme Court’s decision Friday to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide but acknowledged it is “now the law of the land.”

“I call on Congress to make sure deeply held religious views are respected and protected,” Carson said in a statement issued following the court’s historic ruling. “The government must never force Christians to violate their religious beliefs.”

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Hey, She "Evolved"

June 27, 2015 Hillary Clinton , Same Sex Marriage 0 Comments
Hillary Flashback: 'No,' New York Should Not Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

By Daniel Halper, Jun. 26, 2015, The Weekly Standard

As a senator from New York, Hillary Clinton was staunchly opposed to recognizing same-sex marriage. She expressed that sentiment clearly in this 2002 interview with TV host Chris Matthews (starting at 2:05 mark):

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Well, answer the question!

June 27, 2015 Justice John Roberts , Polygamy 0 Comments
Chief Justice Roberts: Why Not Polygamy Too?

By Pete Kasperowics, Jun. 26, 2015, Washington Examiner

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts argued in his dissent in Friday's same-sex marriage case that by saying gay marriages are constitutional, the Court may be heading down the road toward legalizing polygamy.

Roberts was one of four dissenters in the case, and argued that the Court's majority opinion goes too far in prescribing law in an area that had been left to the states. He also said it raises significant questions, including whether states have a right to define marriage as being between two people.

"Although the majority randomly inserts the adjective 'two' in various places, it offers no reason at all why the two-person element of the core definition of marriage may be preserved while the man-woman element may not," Roberts wrote. "Indeed, from the standpoint of history and tradition, a leap from opposite-sex marriage to same-sex marriage is much greater than one from a two-person union to plural unions, which have deep roots in some cultures around the world."

"If the majority is willing to take the big leap, it is hard to see how it can say no to the shorter one," he wrote.

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