It is the law of the land. During the Civil Rights movement, disobeying the law was commonplace. It was considered courageous and principled. Of course, if you violate the law, you must suffer the consequences. It happened with the civil rights demonstrators who were arrested and attacked. It is happening now with Kim Davis.
Is there sufficient opposition to same-sex marriage that the laws can be overturned like segregation laws were during the Civil Rights era? That remains to be seen.
It is NOT the law of the land or else you’re unwittingly supporting tyranny. A free nation is ruled by law - a nation like America, that has a Constitution that is higher than the government it creates.
When the government is able to do anything it wants to do and calls it “the law of the land”, you’ve got tyranny, which we have now. The Constitution is the ONLY basis for the LIMITED authority DELEGATED TO the feds by the states and the people via the Constitution. The Constitution is the ONLY legal bulwark of freedom against federal tyranny. Unconstitutional federal laws, Court decisions, and acts are by definition acts of tyranny and MUST be resisted and nullified at all levels.
Definition of the Law of the Land in America:
“This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made IN PURSUANCE thereof...shall be the supreme law of the land” (U.S. Constitution, Art VI, CL 2). If a federal law is not made IN PURSUANCE, or under the authority of, the Constitution, it is not valid law and is certainly NOT the law of the land.
The Constitution gives the feds NO authority whatsoever to meddle in marriage issues. Marriage is strictly an issue for the states and the people. Same-sex marriage federal Court decisions, laws, and mandates are unconstitutional and, therefore, are null, and void and are to be rejected by the individual states.