In a decision as close as it gets, the US Supreme Court has finally ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Your thoughts?
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I guess the matters fall now to the individual states to see if each of their laws also fail the test.
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I think it is pretty silly that it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to define their own definitions they will use in providing benefits. I could see how providing the benefit is unconstitutional but I can't see how defining a term is unconstitutional.
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Actually the Court only ruled that a portion of DOMA was unconstitutional. The Defense of Marriage Act has two main sections. The section that was struck down defined marriage in federal laws as between a man and a woman. The other provision shields states from having to recognize gay marriages from other states. That portion remains in force, although I hope that it will also be declared unconstitutional in the future.
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InSpiritInTruth
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Fail who's test, the Supreme Commands.
They already showed they don't care about the states or the voters decisions on such matters because they also tore down propisition 8 in California which the people voted into law.A government for the people hah! It's a government that is empowered by the Red Dragon himself, and the children of hell are put into positions of power to carry out his agenda.
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DOMA is now the defense of marriage actions between man and women, man and man, women and women. Federal Government can't control the definition of 'marriage' but the States still can determine who can marry.
Prop 8 ruling by Supreme Court simply upheld what the lower courts ruled.
When defining marriage States can not single out the homosexual. But the States can still determine whom can be married.
However, some 30 States still outlaw SSM's and that is still their privileged.
Prop 8 ruling by Supreme Court simply upheld what the lower courts ruled.
When defining marriage States can not single out the homosexual. But the States can still determine whom can be married.
However, some 30 States still outlaw SSM's and that is still their privileged.
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That's what I get for reading online news! D'oh!
Since the issue now seems to have turned to the definiton of marriage, what definition would you all like to see in place, either in your state or nationally, if any?
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InSpiritInTruth
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The same one that God put in place in the very beginning.
Matthew 19:4-5
King James Version (KJV)
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Woe unto those who cast the Truth to the ground, and try to make void the word of God.
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ptomwebster
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The USA is going to lose some of its protection. I expect we will see an increase of natural disasters.
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Not caused by anything other than the increase in global temperature.
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I don't have a problem with civil marriage being between two consenting adults regardless of their sex. However, I don't think that any religious institution--be it Christian or otherwise--should be required to perform a marriage that would be in violation of the tenents of that religion.
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InSpiritInTruth
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Yeah the greedy ones who caused the problems now say they gots a fix fur it.
The Lords gots a fix in store fur them.
Revelation 11:18
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
http://www.christianforums.com/passage/?search=Revelation+11:17-19&version=KJV
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I like to focus on the good.Yeah the greedy ones who caused the problems now say they gots a fix fur it.
The Lords gots a fix in store fur them.
Revelation 11:18
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Rev. 21:
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.
2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God:
4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.
6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Amen, amen, amen
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i agree, the melting of the poles and green house effect will cause more tragedy. But i don't see a connection to DOMA.
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why would a church be forced to preform SSM's? Are they some how obligated to the government?
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At this moment churches would not be forced to perform same sex marriages, nor is it clear if the rest of the states that currently ban SSM's would have their bans overturned in the near future, as an act of federal caprice, in light of today's decision by the SCOTUS. However on a local talk radio show I was listening to on the way home tonight, there was one caller, who hoped the federal government would force the acceleration of all states to perform SSM's, and the caller also opined that any religious groups that would refuse to officiate a gay wedding, should be charged with hate crimes. Make of it what you will.
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