Albert Mohler
Like mile-markers in time, certain calendar dates stand in memory as not only historic, but transformative. Dates like December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 represent far more than mere days on a calendar. Now, May 17, 2004 must be added to that list.
Why? Because today--by the unilateral decision of activist judges--the state of Massachusetts has been forced to legally recognize same-sex marriages. This is a day that will live in moral infamy. Civilization itself has been attacked by forces that would redefine marriage, normalize homosexuality and transform our understanding of family, gender, parenthood and human relationships.
The attacks on Pearl Harbor, New York, and Washington awakened the nation to peril and called citizens to action. Americans must awaken once again--to the fact that an out-of-control judiciary has forced its will upon us and has redefined the fundamental unit of human civilization.
We must pass the Federal Marriage Amendment--and fast. Far more than marriage hangs in the balance.
What a sad turn of events. May God forgive us.