America reacts: Everyone has opinion on landmark ruling

Here’s a collection of comments generated by the Supreme Court decision creating same-sex “marriage” in America:

Redefine gravity

Mathew Staver, of Liberty Counsel, said, “The court can no more redefine marriage than it can redefine gravity. That five unelected justices in black robes call same-sex unions ‘marriage’ does not change the fundamental nature of true, authentic and natural marriage.”

Collision course

Andrew Lafferty, of Traditional Values Coalition, said, “This ruling sets up a rather dangerous collision course between the First Amendment religious freedom and the rights of conscience vs. the newly-established ‘right to dignity’ embedded in Obergefell v. Hodges.”

It is appropriate

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said, “It is appropriate that in our system of justice, we vigorously defend our Constitution in every instance and protect the civil liberties of those here at home as well.”

Inventing a right

Frank Cannon, of American Principles in Action, said, “By inventing a constitutional right to gay marriage, the court has now put our fundamental right to religious liberty in jeopardy.”

Court cannot erase

Janice Shaw Crouse, executive director of the World Congress of Families IX, said, “The Supreme Court cannot by dictate erase every child’s need – every child’s right – to a mother and a father.”

6,000 years of history

Texas Pastors’ Council, said, “The Supreme Court has … unlawfully, in violation of 6,000 years of history and the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God, recreated the definition of marriage to be any two beings who ‘love’ each other.”

Just marriage

Sara El-Amine, of Organizing for Action, “It’s just called marriage now.”

Tragic day

Linda Harvey, of Mission America, said, “This is a tragic day for America. By this unjust and unconstitutional decision, the rule of law in America apparently no longer applies.”

Couldn’t be prouder

VP Joe Biden, “Men marrying men and women marrying women are guaranteed the same civil rights and equal protection under our Constitution afforded to Jill and me, and to anyone else. We couldn’t be prouder.”

Major blow

Robert Tyler, of Advocates for Faith and Freedom, said, “The structural integrity of our democratic system has received a major blow by the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Stripped of freedom

Joseph Backholm, Family Policy Institute of Washington executive director, said, “The freedom to democratically address the most pressing social issues of the day is the heart of liberty. Today, the court stripped the people of that freedom. Government should not impose their beliefs on the people.”

Battlefield shifts

Richard Land, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary, said, “Now the battlefield shifts to religious freedom. Will the progressive, totalitarian and intolerant left weaponize the government and attempt to force or compel people to affirm same-sex behavior and relationships?”

Cast aside millennia

Jim Campbell, ADF Center for Marriage and Family, said, “The court took that freedom from the people and overrode the considered judgment of tens of millions of Americans who recently reaffirmed marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The court cast aside the understanding of marriage’s nature and purpose that diverse cultures and faiths across the globe have embraced for millennia.”

So powerful

Penny Nancy, of Concerned Women for America, “It is a sad day in America when nine unelected justices think themselves so powerful that they dare overturn the votes of millions of Americans who went to the voting booth to preserve marriage as it has been understood throughout history, the union between one man and one woman. For that reason, this case is about much more than marriage and will go down in history alongside other appalling Supreme Court rulings, like Dred Scott and Roe.”

I will not acquiesce

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, said, “I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.”

Grave mistake

Gov. Scott Walker, “I believe this Supreme Court decision is a grave mistake.”

Imperfect record

Former Sen. Rick Santorum: “The court is one of three co-equal branches of government and, just as they have in cases from Dred Scott to Plessy, the court has an imperfect track record. The stakes are too high and the issue too important to simply cede the will of the people to five unaccountable justices.”

Established by God

Gov. Bobby Jindal, said, “Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that.”

The states

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, said, “I believe the Supreme Court should have allowed the states to make this decision.”

Justices do not fear God

Randy Thomasson, of SaveCalifornia.com, said, “The Supreme Court got this wrong because a narrow majority of justices do not fear God and have rebelled against their promises to ‘support and defend’ the clearly written words of the U.S. Constitution, which does not contain the word ‘marriage’ but explicitly honors states’ rights.”

Persecuted

Kelly Shackelford, of Liberty Institute, said, “We will not allow people of faith to be silenced or censured because of their religious beliefs, and we appreciate that the court unanimously recognized the importance of protecting religious liberty in this area. Liberty Institute remains undeterred in our mission to defend and restore every American’s right to religious liberty.”

Court is wrong

Ray Comfort, producer of the new award-winning move about homosexuality, said, “Only one man and one woman can be united in the institution of marriage. Since the beginning of time, that’s the only union that ‘God has joined together.’ A handful of justices may legalize the union between people of the same sex – and perhaps eventually multiple people – but redefining this as ‘marriage’ would be like me declaring that my VW Beetle is a Lamborghini. The two are nothing like each other. To believe otherwise is to deceive myself.”

Grave aberration

Steve Crampton, of Thomas More Society, said, “Today’s Supreme Court decision purporting to redefine the institution of marriage will be regarded by many Americans as a grave aberration that obliterates the borderline between the rule of law and policy-making. Natural marriage – the union of one man and one woman – is the foundation for a stable, fruitful civil society. Without it, societies are prone to crumble. The Constitution does not authorize the Court to redefine marriage, nor to rob the people of their right of self-governance – to debate and determine for themselves what laws will govern. This is not justice. It is sheer judicial activism and politics run amok.”

Kelly and Kelly

Jimi Obergefell, case plaintiff, “Ethan and Andrew can marry in Cincinnati instead of being forced to travel to another state. A girl named Ruby can have an accurate birth certificate listing her parents Kelly and Kelly. Pam and Nicole never again have to fear for Grayden and Orion’s lives in a medical emergency because, in their panic, they forgot legal documents that prove both mothers have the right to approve care. Cooper can grow into a man knowing Joe and Rob are his parents in all ways emotional and legal. … I can finally relax knowing that Ohio can never erase our marriage from John’s death certificate, and my husband can now truly rest in peace.”

Handful of judges

John Stemberger, of Florida Family Policy Council, said, “This sad day in history will forever reflect the that highest court of our land ignored the rule of law and the will of 51 million people in over 38 states in an illegitimate act of raw judicial power and arrogance.”

Unmitigated disaster

Brad Dacus, of Pacific Justice Institute, said, “Today’s decision is an unmitigated disaster for democracy and constitutional interpretation. Justice Kennedy did not even attempt to explain what level of scrutiny he was relying upon to invalidate state laws that reflect the millennia-old marriage tradition.”

Contrary

Tim Head, the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s executive director, said, “The decision by this Supreme Court to redefine marriage contrary to global and historical understandings of the word no more settles the national debate on marriage than the Court’s Roe v. Wade decision over 40 years ago settled the national debate on abortion.”

Death of marriage

Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, said, “Today we witnessed the death of marriage as created by God. Homosexual weddings, if attended or forced to provide service to, are in reality forced affirmation – not approval – the real purpose of this lawsuit.”

 

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