Posted on 06/26/2015 8:33:10 AM PDT by lbryce
In a landmark opinion, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, establishing a new civil right and handing gay rights advocates a victory that until very recently would have seemed unthinkable.
The 5-4 ruling had Justice Anthony Kennedy writing for the majority with the four liberal justices. Each of the four conservative justices wrote their own dissent.
The far-reaching decision settles one of the major civil rights fights of this era -- one that has rapidly evolved in the minds of the American public and its leaders, including President Barack Obama. He struggled with the issue and ultimately embraced same-sex marriage in the months before his 2012 re-election.
"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family," Kennedy wrote. "In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were."
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Churches may have to disband; believers may have to meet in houses of ten or twelve persons each, the way it was centuries ago. And they can’t advertise their meetings.
Reagan “settled” for a Ford Republican.
I agree with you.
No,it’s time to STAND and fight.
I guess they will redefine ‘holy matrimony’ now.
This was a very bad week for Freedom.
The common American today does not have the moral courage or the Faith in the Lord God that the common American had in 1776. We have nothing in common with them. To even whisper a comparison of our sorry current asses with the Patriots of old is an insult. We can’t hold candle to those brave and visionary men.
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