Around the globe and especially in America we are losing respect for G-d’s laws. I applaud the Mormon Church and the state of Utah for defending the real thing, “Traditional Marriage” between a man and a woman. The more that the evil one can break down the American system and destroy our Constitution, the faster we fall into his trap thus causing the decay of all that America stands for. In slow motion, evil becomes good and good becomes evil. Proverbs is a book loaded with words of wisdom and guidelines for mankind to follow. The following verse warns about being misled and knowingly ignoring what G-d intended to be a warning: Proverbs 16:25 (KJV) 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
By: Contributor B Harmon
Not a Civil Rights Issue but a Moral Issue
Gays are not only ignoring G-d’s law, they feel that the privileges of a traditional marriage between a man and a woman should also be theirs. They want welfare, food stamps and all the benefits of a REAL marriage but they refuse to acknowledge in their hearts and to the world that homosexuality (in the eyes of G-d) is a sin. You could even go so far as to say it is a form of rebellion against G-d’s natural plan for humanity. In the beginning he said to multiply and replenish the earth – how do you do that? St. Paul in the Epistle to the Romans taught that G-d’s natural laws are inscribed in the heart of every human being. Homosexual activists argue that same-sex “marriage” is a civil rights issue similar to the struggle for racial equality in the 1960s but really, this is a moral issue.
Romans 2:14-16
Amplified Bible (AMP)
14 When Gentiles who have not the [divine] Law do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, since they do not have the Law.
15 They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral] [a]decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving [b]thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse [them]
16 On that day when, as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to [c]the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts)
Again, thank you Utah for trying to uphold G-d’s divine plan and realizing that until we Christians speak out – it’s not going to get better.
And now for the article:
Utah Asks Supreme Court to Block Gay Marriage
Utah took its fight against gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the high court to suspend same-sex unions that became legal when a judge struck down the state’s voter-approved ban.
The heavily Mormon state wants the marriages to stop while it appeals a judge’s decision, which said banning gay couples from marrying violates their right to equal treatment under the law.
In papers filed Tuesday with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the state asked her to overturn court decisions that let the marriages go forward. Sotomayor handles emergency requests from Utah and other Rocky Mountain states. She can act by herself or get the rest of the court involved.
Nearly two-thirds of Utah’s 2.8 million residents are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the official name of the Mormon church, and Mormons dominate the state’s legal and political circles.
U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby’s decision on Dec. 20 came as a shock to many in the state, which approved the ban on same-sex marriage in 2004.
Since the judge’s decision, more than 900 gay couples in Utah have obtained marriage licenses. Shelby and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have already refused to halt weddings while the state appeals.
Peggy Tomsic, the attorney for the same-sex couples who brought the case, calls gay marriage the civil-rights movement of this generation.
Shelby’s decision came late on a Friday afternoon and sent people rushing to a county clerk’s office in Salt Lake City — about 3 miles from the headquarters of the Mormon church — for marriage licenses.
The following Monday, 353 more gay and lesbian couples grabbed licenses, some camping out overnight to get in line early the next morning.
After the 10th Circuit refused to halt the ruling, the few county clerks who had refused to issue licenses changed course. Officials say things have slowed down after a run on marriage licenses that started hours after Shelby’s decision.
Since then, Gov. Gary Herbert has directed state agencies to comply with Shelby’s order, meaning gay couples are eligible for food stamps and welfare, among other benefits. The state Tax Commission said it was looking at changing tax returns to allow same-sex couples to file jointly, although it didn’t immediately give assurances that will happen.
“Until the final word has been spoken by this Court or the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Utah’s marriage laws, Utah should not be required to enforce Judge Shelby’s view of a new and fundamentally different definition of marriage,” the state said in motion papers already filed at the appellate court.
The Mormon church was one of the leading forces behind California’s short-lived ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8.
The church says it stands by its support for “traditional marriage” and hopes a higher court validates its belief that marriage is only between a man and woman.
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