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July 01 2013
Marriage Decisions of Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Undermine Rule of Law
DOMA - Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority 5-4 Court, invoked "equal protection" but did not bother to apply equal protection analysis. Equal Protection first requires the Court to identity the claimed interest. Here, it is same-sex marriage. The Court must then determine if that claimed interest is an enumerated right in the Constitution. There is obviously no enumerated right to same-sex marriage.
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June 28 2013
SCOTUS, Marriage, and "Raw Judicial Power"
Although SCOTUS did not come out and say "We now can have homosexual marriage" it did open the door greatly to that, especially in its DOMA ruling. It argued that DOMA is unconstitutional, while stating that Prop 8 effectively has no legal standing. I link to two articles below which go into these decisions in some details, but I like the way Robert A. J. Gagnon has summarised things, so I defer to him:
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June 27 2013
"Waiting for the Other Shoe" - The Supreme Court Rules on Same-Sex Marriage
In 2008, a majority of voters in California passed a constitutional amendment that defined marriage in that state as the union of a man and a woman, effectively overturning a California Supreme Court ruling that had legalized same-sex marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in that case today means that the decision of the Federal District Court stands, presumably meaning that same-sex marriage will be legal again in California.
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June 27 2013
The Tide is Turning
But perhaps not in the direction you think.
The impetus for the same sex marriage movement has been the continuation of a line of logic that began long ago and was accelerated by a complex nexus of cultural developments in the 1960s.
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June 27 2013
WASHINGTON:US Conference of Catholic denounce Supreme Court marriage decision
"Today is a tragic day for marriage and our nation. The Supreme Court has dealt a profound injustice to the American people by striking down in part the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Court got it wrong. The federal government ought to respect the truth that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, even where states fail to do so. The preservation of liberty and justice requires that all laws, federal and state, respect the truth, including the truth about marriage.
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June 26 2013
Memo to Lady Gaga: "born this way" doesn't mean "act this way"
The underlying message is that we as a society should just accept any and all manifestations of sexual orientation and sexual behavior because people are merely acting upon their God-given biological inclinations. The end result for those saturated in this cultural marinade is that they are afraid to refuse the designation of marriage to same-sex couples who are only doing what comes "naturally" to them.
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June 24 2013
NYTimes works mightly to support the struggling Dr. Schori
Yet Schori is sticking to her guns, a description that would undoubtedly offend her. Regardless, she is holding fast to her faith, which apparently rests on being pro-abortion, supporting "gay marriage", and upholding other trendy causes that have ancient roots in the 1960s. This despite the quickening death of the Episcopal brand, as the Times hints at:
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June 23 2013
Exodus International Closes Its Doors Following Troubling Leadership - 2 Stories
This doesn't come as a surprise to those who have been closely watching Chambers' slow abandonment of orthodoxy and his concomitant embrace of the "gay Christian" movement, which promotes the heresy that Christians may affirm a homosexual identity and remain in homosexual relationships. A year ago in an interview with The Atlantic , Chambers articulated a tidbit of his exegetically questionable theology:
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June 21 2013
Supreme Court's Authority Faces Stunning Challenge from Christian Coalition
DOMA, which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, states that for federal purposes, only marriage between one man and one woman is recognized. Homosexual activists challenged the law, and President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder announced that they simply would refuse to defend it, even though it is the law of the land and they are charged with enforcing it.
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June 19 2013
PERTH, Scotland: Statement from the gathering of Church of Scotland Evangelicals
We urge others to join with us and to remain in the Church of Scotland, as we seek to restore and rebuild our Church.
Our vision for this network of evangelicals within the Kirk will be developed over the next few months.
On behalf of the Church of Scotland Evangelical Network
Rev Professor Andrew McGowan
Rev Jim Stewart 01738 624167
Keynote speeches are also available online:
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