The Crusades and the Inquisition ... Notice how every time someone wants to draw a moral equivalence between Christianity and Islam they have to go back CENTURIES! As for people justifying Jim Crow in the name of Christ, that's the first time I have heard that one; and, frankly, I would dispute it. And as for people justifying slavery in the name of Christ, two things:

"And that displacement can lead, in due course, to the coercion and persecution of those who refuse to acknowledge the state's redefinition of marriage, which is beyond the state's competence," they say.

The declaration adds that some people "are already being censured and others have lost their jobs because of their public commitment to marriage as the union of a man and a woman."

The declaration adds that some people "are already being censured and others have lost their jobs because of their public commitment to marriage as the union of a man and a woman."

Social conservatives have rallied around a number of cases that they say herald a gloomy future, including the recent dismissal of the fire chief in Atlanta, who had given employees a copy of his book in which he detailed his beliefs, based on his Christian faith, that homosexuality was "vile."

SSM supporters say "We are thrilled the court will finally decide this issue," said James Esseks, director of the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and HIV Project. "The country is ready for a national solution that treats lesbian and gay couples fairly."