Supreme Court Redefines Marriage; Gives Big "F U" to Western Civ & People of Faith

...but is that any reason to freak out, lock the door and refuse to deal with this major cultural shift?

The lives of every American, young and old, especially young, will be affected. The box has been opened and even a constitutional amendment might not be able to put all the contents back in.

My initial reaction, when I finally found a moment to write it down?

 

 

In case you missed it...

On Friday 5 unelected justices of the Supreme Court did something vulgar and disgusting to the constitution of the United States of America, several amendments thereof, centuries of western civilization, the Christian and other faiths whose beliefs do no endorse homosexuality, much less gay marriage.

I am so angry at these ignorant, progressive, liberal, radical idiots and so ashamed of and embarrassed for, my nation and my ancestors who helped build it, that the only words I can come up with to describe what the Supremes did are ones I refuse to soil this post by expressing.

No doubt many of my fellow Houstonians had similar thoughts and were preparing to march out into their front yards, or to the nearest street corner, or bike trail, or even downtown to the Pride festivities this weekend, and drop their drawers, bend over, spread their legs athwart the march of history and yell...

KISS MY GOD-FEARING CHRISTIAN ASS, YA PERVERTS!!!!

...at the top of their offended lungs as they fear they've entered some sort of weird timewarp where they are doomed to live a nightmare until God at last brings His judgement down on us all.

Not me...for one thing I don't need half the residents of the Montrose District at my door, in a line stretching all the way to the Heights, asking me "how many times and how hard?" :-D

Neither am I gonna go rioting in the streets, looking to fuck with (as in beat up, not pass out condoms and ask "your place or mine?") half the Gay population of Houston because of this decision.

My mother didn't raise no dipshit, or bigot. :-D

The opinions, from the decision, for and against it, as expressed by the court.

“Our culture has accepted two huge lies.
The first is that if you disagree with someone’s
 Lifestyle, you must fear or hate them.
The second is that to love someone means you
agree with everything they believe or do.
Both are nonsense.

You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.”

Rick Warren

"The union between two men is one thing, the union between a man and a woman is another. This is not tyranny; it’s just common sense." - Matt Walsh

 

"Gay marriage has never been a moral issue but all about politics, for the Democrats and radical progressives." - Mark Levin

 

SCOTUS "decided that an individual’s behavioral choice was grounds to create a new “right” in the U.S. Constitution." - Allen West

 

I have long expressed support for the idea of "civil union" for homosexuals who see a need for the protections such a partnership provides, but radical activists, with a hatred for those of faith, were never satisfied with that...and now they have got their way.

 

For most Gays, though, I would like to believe that, unlike the radicals (especially the ones who revel in painting themselves, exposing themselves and acting like complete freaks in public at "Gay Pride" events with minors in attendance), this was a fight for the cultural acceptance of one partner, loving, relationships between people who, aside from what they practice beneath the sheets, are doing their best to live normal, peaceful, productive, lives in their communities.

 

In the 80's and 90's I called 2 very different varieties of Homosexual friends; one white, young, a heavy smoker, very openly sissified, and an activist when being either could be a problem (He shopped at the bookstore where I worked, had a love for horror books and films. I would see him at the movies and laughed at how he minced out of the theater in-between the gory parts. I was never afraid to accept the occasional ride from him), and one black, middle-aged, dignified, closeted and the respected head of the city library (He also shopped for his gay mags at the bookstore where I worked and I kept his choices from view as I rang them up for him. He once suggested I apply for a job at the library...How might my life have changed if I had done so, I don't know.).

 

In those days sex with multiple partners was probably more widespread in the Gay Community and the white guy, I know for sure, died of AIDS, the black guy possibly did as well, years later.

 

How would they have reacted to events of the last 15 years? The white guy would have still been an activist and pranced in celebration through downtown on Friday, with or without a partner; the black guy, retired no doubt, if he had lived, might have found a partner, and felt comfortable enough to finally come out and live with him and, who knows, they might have gotten married this weekend.

 

I am of the personal opinion that one is not "born Gay", but am willing to be proved wrong. (Is what's going on within the body and minds of Transexuals a genetic thing in need of medical correction? As I have told the pair of Trans friends I know (one male/female, the other female/male)...I don't pretend to know the answer to that one. Aside from their sexual issues they are both accomplished individuals. As were and are many Gays I have known and do know.). 

 

I resent the fact that, like the word "pussy", the meaning of the word "gay" has been changed from its original meaning to satisfy the needs of an agenda.

 

My faith says certain sexual practices are not exactly a bright idea. Common sense also tells me that certain sexual practices between heterosexuals are not so bright either.

 

If you don't know what those practices are don't expect me to explain them to you. :-D

 

I can hear the hoots and hollers of "don't knock it until you try it", from both camps, already. :-D

 

It's not my place to yell "sinner!" There is only one who is perfect and it ain't me.

What people do in the privacy of their bedroom is no concern of mine but there ARE those, within the Gay Community, and on the political Left, who feel that nothing less than forcing people of faith to bend to their will and accept their behavior will do and those folks and their hatreds give a bad name to the rest.

 

In the wake of the Confederate Flag freak out Wal-Mart, Amazon, and others immediately, shamefully, appeased the radicals by removing Confederate themed merchandise. Their lack of knowledge, about the flag, is to their discredit.

 

I shared these thoughts on a friends Facebook:

"My biggest concerns are ...when are the Che Guevera merchandise going to be removed from shelves and online sites (the guy was a commie and a murdering terrorist, after all)?

And if we removed everything from shelves that people found offensive a lot of stores would go out of business for lack of merchandise to sell and a lot of people, myself included, would be out of work (I am a Wal-Mart cashier).

4th of July is coming so why not stop selling US flags and related items because some folks find them offensive? We already deal with the antics of the Freedom from Religion crowd. There are people who want to go further than they do in banning Christianity.

Don't even get me started on "book banning". Hiding the Confederate flag won't make the history disappear....destroying images, documents and records, will and as the saying goes...those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it."

Along these lines....when will Wal-Mart, Amazon and all the other cowards take all the religious themed materials, from bibles to t-shirts and more, off sale?

Will publishers and product manufacturers stop producing certain things, making it hard for even religious stores to stock their shelves?

Will individuals and churches be forced against their beliefs to fall in line?

How will this affect our education system and children when they are caught between being taught one thing in the classroom and another by their parents and church?

Christianity and other faiths, after all, hold beliefs that are in direct opposition to what is now the supreme law of the land (See Romans or Corinthians or Leviticus — the parts where homosexual sex is condemned as abominable and mortally sinful.).

Overreaction? I hope not, but the radical activists on the Left, among progressives and within the LGBT Community will not want to stop with Friday's victory.

UPDATE  - 9am 6/30/15:  Are Orthodox Christians Going to Have to Learn to Live as Exiles in Our Own Country? A powerful, MUST read for people of faith... “Discerning the meaning of the present moment requires sobriety, precisely because its radicalism requires of conservatives a realistic sense of how weak our position is in post-Christian America,” Rod Dreher of the American Conservative writes in Time magazine.

These radicals are cowards; they would not dream of ever protesting what is happening to their compatriots in the Middle East by going there or just marching in front of a local Mosque.

There are so-called Christians who think God would approve of the vile ways they react to Gays and to the new decision; where they get that idea is beyond me.

There are politicians and media folks who, just a few short years ago, went on record as against Gay marriage, for faith reasons, but saw the political benefit of "evolving" on the issue since (Both Clintons and President Obama, to just name 3).

 I don't hate Gays; I am disgusted with the radicals among 5% of the country doing all they can to change the definition of a word that will allow those intolerant of those who don't agree with their lifestyle power to force them to do things.

There are people I know and admire for their writing and creativity, some of whom are fellow pet bloggers, who are LGBT; I've had co-workers at Wal-Mart who were Gay.

Some have gotten, or plan to get, married; So be it.

I commend them for their commitment to their relationship and future lives together, though I disagree with calling it marriage.

I wish them good health and a strong, long-lasting, relationship.

Those that do not know me will judge me as an evil and hateful bigot for not supporting Gay marriage, not to mention a racist for sticking a Confederate Battle Flag pin on my new Stetson (My maternal ancestry is quite varied, what little I know of it, and I'm not going to disown any ancestors who fought for the South, regardless of their reasons, which I don't know.).

So be it...nothing I can say will ever convince them otherwise. They can explain their reasoning to their Creator when the time comes.

Here are links to articles I have found worth reading in the aftermath of the decision:

1. Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide - The Blaze

2. 12 Must-Read Quotes From Scalia’s Blistering Same-Sex Marriage Dissent -The Blaze

3. Supreme Court Ruling – Gay Marriage A Constitutional Right - Legal Insurrection

4. America Reacts to Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling (for and against reactions found online) - Legal Insurrection

5. Gay Marriage Still Doesn’t Exist, No Matter What the Supreme Court Says - Matt Walsh

5 1/2 - 6/30/15: Matt powerfully responds to all the love, brotherhood and caring his essay caused the #LoveWins Liberals, Progressives and LGBT's to sent his way: Yes, Gay Marriage Hurts Me Personally

6. Next Round After Gay Marriage Ruling: ‘Decades and Decades’ of Religious Freedom Litigation - The Blaze

7.Let’s Drop the Charade: The Supreme Court Is a Political Branch, Not a Judicial One - National Review

8. YEEhaw! This side-effect of the gay marriage ruling will make liberals EXPLODE (How Gay marriage ruling could affect conceal and carry gun laws) - Allen West

9. It's Time to Legalize Polygamy: Why Group Marriage is the Next Horizon of Social Liberalism- Politico

10. That was FAST: Yesterday it was gay marriage; Now look who wants “equal rights” --- Yup, pedophiles.

11 - 13. TX Gov. Abbott Signs "Pastor Protection Act" Into Law (June 11) and now Texas AG Says County Clerks Will Not Have to Marry Gay Couples if it Violates Their Religious Beliefs

UPDATE just before Midnight - "the document that Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott just released could be read as shutting down gay marriage in his state, quite regardless of the Court’s ruling. Abbott just told Texas agencies that they are to comply with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, Article I of the Texas Constitution, and the Texas Religious Freedom Act." - The Governor of Texas Just Made a Hardcore Statement on Gay Marriage by Warner Todd Huston of Right Wing News

 

14. Native Americans Say “No” to Gay Marriage - The Federalist Papers Project

15. “Is there such a thing as morality anymore? Sodomy for centuries was declared to be against the laws of nature and nature’s God. And now if you say that in public, and I guess I am, am I violating somebody’s civil rights? Have we elevated morality to immorality? Do we call good, bad? What are we Christians to do?”- Alabama’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore

Sixty-two percent of white evangelical Protestants and 54 percent of non-white Protestants oppose same-sex marriage, according to the Public Religion Research Institute.

But support for gay marriage is growing even within some evangelical communities, driven in part by younger generations who have gay friends and don’t see opposing same-sex relationships as central to their faith.

Conservative Churches Confront New Reality After Gay Marriage Ruling

16. "while the Bible doesn’t change, interpretations of it can.  Today evangelicals have access to stronger theological arguments for same-sex relationships than ever before. A representative example is New Testament scholar James Brownson’s book Bible, Gender, Sexuality, which is making a deep impact among theologians and biblical scholars" - Matthew Vines

Even Christian Evangelicals are warming to gay marriage - Reuters

17 and 18. The Supreme Court Has Ruled and No Court Can Change What Marriage Is. - Focus on the Family

and finally...

19. A 30-Second Guide to How the Gay Marriage Ruling Affects You - Cracked

UPDATE added just after midnight 6/29/15:

20 and 21. If I Have Gay Children: Four Promises From A Christian Pastor/Parent (Sept. 2014) and The True Story of Today in America (The SCOTUS and Marriage Equality)   (June 26th, 2015) - Pastor John Pavlovitz

 UPDATE - 9AM Monday: How about we start the week with a giggle snort? :-D

22. Internet Has Fun After CNN ‘Exclusive’ on Islamic State Flag at Gay Pride March Turns Out to Be Drawings of Sex Toys -The Blaze

 
UPDATE: 1030pm Monday - A Mormon friend shares her thoughts on the Gay Marriage decision.

A decade ago, this coming August, I took advantage of the opportunity to take the approximately 45 min. tour of the, then, new Temple opened up, in Newport Beach, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose believers are better known as Mormons.

I shared my experience in a lengthy post. on my original blog, that got quite the collection of interesting comments.

Mormonism is a Christian sect whose practices and beliefs are controversial to many, yet their genealogical website and resources are highly respected, including me.

A long time, close, friend of mine, in the pet blogging world, Sue Strong (Mog, who left a comment to THIS post before she wrote the 2nd piece), is a Mormon and she has written a pair of posts, in recent days, with her thoughts and links to what Mormons believe about marriage and the LDS response to Friday.

23. No Social Transformation Without Representation

24. Shift You Will

Other articles with responses to the decision:

25. Seven Well-Known Pastors Who Are Speaking Out Against Gay Marriage Legalization: ‘Culture Will Get Increasingly Darker’

26. Lawyer Reveals What He Fears Will Happen if People of Faith Don’t ‘Stand Up’ Following Gay Marriage Ruling

UPDATE: 6/30/15

27. Black Pastors Threaten to Do the Unthinkable Over Gay Marriage… And They Aren’t Backing Down - Conservative Tribune

28. "As the Dred Scotting of religious liberty tries to steamroll all things religious before it, looking to Abraham Lincoln for guidance is a good place to begin." - American Spectator

29. "We’ve been so concerned about this country. And our citizenship in this country. TIME Magazine said we’re exiles in our own land. That’s TIME Magazine over the weekend. We’re exiles in our own land. We’ve lost our citizenship, gang. Why? Because we’ve been quiet. - Glenn Beck

Beck says that "For too long, Americans have failed to take a stand on the issues that matter" and his opening monologue, today, makes a powerful statement.

 

30. Mississippi Considering Getting Out of Marriage Business Altogether Following Supreme Court Ruling - Christian News Network

 

31. "Natural law — God's law — will always trump common law," said Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a Christian leader in her own right, "God will have the final word in this matter."

 

We are told that America has "evolved" on issues like abortion and homosexuality. But while thinking may change, beliefs may change, laws may change, and the polls have surely changed, does moral truth change?
Are the Ten Commandments and Christian tradition and Natural Law as defined by Aquinas just fine for their time, but not for ours?
If what Justice Kennedy wrote Friday represents moral truth, what can be said in defense of a Christianity that has taught for 2,000 years that homosexual acts are socially destructive and morally decadent behavior?

 

Quo Vadis, America? - Patrick J. Buchanan

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Mog]

I see a new post coming. I have more links. We're not talking banned books here. Obama has used the IRS against Conservative and Tea Party groups. He will use it to remove tax-exempt status from churches that do not comply. They know who we are if we claimed a deduction. The Justice Department will go after churches just like they went after bakers and wedding photographers. They fined a pizza shop for just suggesting they wouldn't cater a gay wedding not actually refuse. Common Core is a massive data collection scheme and will be used against parents that teach correct principles. Children will be taught to spy on and rat out their parents and I am betting CPS will threaten to take them away. Obama has already suggested supporters change our beliefs. Hillary will demand it and forcibly put us in reeducation camps to change our religious beliefs. Oh and the SPLC already has spies in churches. It will get worse, far worse.