“Some of the nation’s most conservative states are propelling the same-sex marriage juggernaut back toward the Supreme Court.” Since the Supreme Court struck down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that banned federal benefits to married same-sex couples, no state or federal judge has defended traditional marriage.
Judges in New Mexico, Utah, Oklahoma, Ohio, Virginia, Texas and Kentucky, which are some of the most conservative states in the United States, have struck down laws preventing gay marriage. Meanwhile, attorneys general in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Nevada and Oregon have quit defending ban to same sex marriage in their states. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder led by taking this same position on a federal level.
And the trend shows no signs of abating. Cases pending in Arkansas, Idaho, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia could easily be decided along the same lines. Presently a total of 17 states permit gay marriage.
Supreme Court Justice Anton Scalia predicted that lower courts would use the supreme court ruling to justify striking down state bans on same-sex marriage and this is exactly what they have done.
“In one sense, the dramatic change that we have seen with respect to civil rights for gay people is extraordinary,” said Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for a gay rights group. “On the other hand, the perfect string of decisions that we have seen in the wake of [the supreme court ruling] is really not that surprising.”
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter…” Genesis 19:4
The men of the city are gathering around the house.
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