{"id":14627,"date":"2015-04-30T02:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T02:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=14627"},"modified":"2015-04-30T13:55:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:55:09","slug":"we-will-not-obey-christian-leaders-threaten-civil-disobedience-if-supreme-court-legalizes-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=14627","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We will not obey\u2019: Christian leaders threaten civil disobedience if Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe upcoming Supreme Court decision on gay marriage is the most consequential in SCOTUS history. It is much more significant that ROE v. WADE having far greater impact on American society. Given the direct threat issued by the nation&#8217;s Christian leaders, this is clearly a cause that many are willing to fight for&#8230; even die for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/84910d17a61.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14645\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/84910d17a61.jpeg\" alt=\"84910d17a6\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/84910d17a61.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/84910d17a61-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That those who have marshaled along the LGBT agenda were even capable of having this case put on the SCOTUS docket is as inconceivable as it is disturbing. \u00a0The USA is a traditionally Christian nation; albeit, there are many other religions represented among its 300 million plus citizens. \u00a0Regardless of religious affiliation, the vast majority of the citizenry in no way approve of gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>To the more conservative and pious, gay marriage is considered a gross violation of scriptural law and natural law. \u00a0They will not change their position on this \u00a0issue because of a SCOTUS ruling determined by one judge. \u00a0New legislation will not compel them into agreement or compliance with immoral law. \u00a0In the end nothing can change their minds concerning the rectitude of gay marriage. \u00a0It is neither ordained by the <em>Highest Powe<\/em>r, nor countenanced by the scriptural authority.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the fact that marriage has been considered a sacred institution between a man and a woman for the past 5000 plus years, a small yet powerful political group has attempted to foist the unnatural practice of gay marriage on the country as well as on the world-at-large. \u00a0The extremely aggressive and offensive tactics by which they have imposed their will on the American people has been experienced by many. \u00a0So has the vitriol and hate speech that they throw at anyone who attempts to thwart the implementation of their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Surely they must know by now that their slash-and-burn strategy will no longer work. Yes, it&#8217;s been incredibly effective up until now; but that&#8217;s only because the vast majority of stakeholders has been completely caught off guard by their shocking audacity and appalling disrespect. \u00a0The degree of\u00a0sheer effrontery and arrogance with which they have advanced the LGBT agenda nationwide will no longer be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is war. \u00a0There comes a time when basic values and moral principles must be protected. As the Christian ministers have rightly declared: this is the principle well worth fighting for. \u00a0Therefore, this is the season; the war has begun.<\/p>\n<p>The American people are well aware that this social conflict has been meticulously manufactured by the Obama Administration. \u00a0Many throughout the Executive Branch have worked tirelessly to transform this country into an <em>Obamanation<\/em>. \u00a0In so doing they have fostered an environment of unprecedented lawlessness and social anarchy. \u00a0The U.S. Government no longer enforces the rule of law; rather, it routinely violates federal law and undermines the Constitution. \u00a0It threatens states and counties alike which will not bend to its will, even when the great majority of people reject their unlawful conduct and illicit policies.<\/p>\n<p>The aggressive promotion of gay marriage is yet another example of the Democratic Party&#8217;s determination to destroy this country from within. \u00a0When the nuclear family is dismantled, communities are inevitably devastated. \u00a0Then cities, just like Detroit and Chicago have, will degenerate into chaos. \u00a0When the social fabric is torn irreparably in this way, the resulting societal degradation will eventually cripple the country.<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<h1>\u2018We will not obey\u2019: Christian leaders threaten civil disobedience if Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage<\/h1>\n<p>By Todd Starnes<br \/>\nFOX NEWS<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=4201703345001&amp;w=466&amp;h=263\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\">video.foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not obey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the blunt warning a group of prominent religious leaders is sending to the Supreme Court of the United States as they consider same-sex marriage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respectfully warn the Supreme Court not to cross that line,\u201d read a document titled,<a href=\"http:\/\/defendmarriage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Pledge in Solidarity to Defend Marriage<\/a>. \u201cWe stand united together in defense of marriage. Make no mistake about our resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there are many things we can endure, redefining marriage is so fundamental to the natural order and the common good that this is the line we must draw and one we cannot and will not cross,\u201d the pledge states.<\/p>\n<p>The signees are a who\u2019s who of religious leaders including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, National Religious Broadcasters president Jerry Johnson, Pastor John Hagee, and Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/defendmarriage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The pledge <\/a>was co-drafted by Deacon Keith Fournier, a Catholic deacon, and Mat Staver, the founder of Liberty Counsel. Also involved in the document were Rick Scarborough, the president of Vision America Action and James Dobson, the founder of Family Talk Radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sending a warning to the Supreme Court and frankly any court that crosses the line on the issue of marriage,\u201d Staver told me.<\/p>\n<p>He said that once same-sex marriage is elevated to the level of protected status \u2013 it will transform the face of society and will result in the \u201cbeginning of the end of Western Civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are essentially saying that boys and girls don\u2019t need moms and dads \u2013 that moms and dads are irrelevant,\u201d Staver said. \u201cGender becomes pointless when government adopts same-sex marriage. It creates a genderless relationship out of a very gender-specific relationship. It says that it doesn\u2019t matter and that two moms or two dads are absolutely equivalent to a mom and a dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/4202883524001\/kentucky-t-shirt-printer-wins-religious-freedom-battle\/?#sp=show-clips\"><b>WATCH: Todd Starnes talks about religious freedom victory in Ky.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dobson said the legalization of same-sex marriage could fracture the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe institution of marriage is fundamental and it must be defended,\u201d he told me. \u201cIt\u2019s the foundation for the entire culture. It\u2019s been in existence for 5,000 years. If you weaken it or if you undermine it \u2013 the entire superstructure can come down. We see it as that important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that means the possibility of Christians \u2013 people of faith \u2013 engaging in acts of civil disobedience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m talking about civil disobedience,\u201d Staver said. \u201cI\u2019m talking about resistance and I\u2019m talking about peaceful resistance against unjust laws and unjust rulings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s quite a shocking statement. So I asked Mr. Staver to clarify his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m calling for people to not recognize the legitimacy of that ruling because it\u2019s not grounded in the Rule of Law,\u201d he told me. \u201cThey need to resist that ruling in every way possible. In a peaceful way \u2013 they need to resist it as much as Martin Luther King, Jr. resisted unjust laws in his time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough said the pledge was meant to be forthright and clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re facing a real Constitutional crisis if the Supreme Court rules adversely from our perspective on same-sex marriage,\u201d he told me. For me there\u2019s no option. I\u2019m going to choose to serve the Lord. And I think that thousands of other pastors will take that position and hundreds of thousands \u2013 if not millions of Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough is urging pastors across the nation to sign the pledge.<\/p>\n<p>He referenced the \u201coutrageous penalties\u201d being assessed against people of faith simply because they don\u2019t want to participate in a same-sex union.<\/p>\n<p>An Oregon bakery is facing a $135,000 fine for refusing to make a cake for a lesbian wedding and a Washington State florist faces fines for refusing to participate in a gay wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristians are being declared the lawbreakers when we are simply living by what we have always believed, and by a set of laws that the culture historically has agreed to,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now the courts are changing the playing field and declaring that what the natural eye can see and natural law reveals is not truth. &#8230; \u00a0What will we do, and how will we respond?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dobson said there\u2019s no doubt that LGBT activists are targeting Christian business owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor about 50 years the homosexual community has had as its goal to change the culture, to change the ideology and if necessary \u2013 to force people who don\u2019t agree by use of the courts,\u201d Dobson told me. \u201cI think there\u2019s a collision here and we can all see it and where it\u2019s going to go is anybody\u2019s guess \u2013 but it is serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be clear \u2013 the men and women who courageously signed this pledge did so knowing the hell storm that is about to be unleashed on them \u2013 and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no choice,\u201d Staver told me. \u201cWe cannot compromise our clear biblical convictions, our religious convictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note: The upcoming Supreme Court decision on gay marriage is the most consequential in SCOTUS history. 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