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Landmark ruling would force U.S. to recognize 'gay marriage'

sermonindex Jul 9, 2010


In a landmark decision that could force the federal government to recognize "gay marriage," a U.S. district judge Thursday overturned part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, ruling that the government cannot constitutionally distinguish between traditional marriage and same-sex "marriage."

Judge Joseph L. Tauro's ruling in a pair of lawsuits invalidates Section 3 of the law, which says that for the purpose of federal law, marriage "means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife."

It is the first ruling of its kind, and if upheld, will place the United States alongside the 10 or so other countries worldwide that recognize homosexual "marriage." It would force the government to recognize "gay marriages" from Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Iowa and Massachusetts, and by extension grant federal benefits, such as tax breaks and federal employee spousal insurance, ...

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M
Miccah Jul 9, 2010

Come Lord Jesus. No matter what any man made court decides, the Lord is still sovereign. In the face of any man made law, His law stands firm.

sermonindex Jul 9, 2010

"gay marriage," a U.S. district judge Thursday overturned part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, ruling that the government cannot constitutionally distinguish between traditional marriage and same-sex "marriage."

It seems animals are more smarter than man, for they CAN "distinguish" what's male and what's female. They will fight off male(s) to win the female(s). I have to say that these judges are either paid under the table or homosexuals themselves.

Come Lord Jesus only in this that You come and move by Your Spirit within your church to save. Where sin is abounding, Christ is yearning ever so yearning for those that He died for. Laws may change, but sin is still sin.

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