By Emily Belz, World.com
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its fall term today with a big surprise: It denied all seven pending petitions on same-sex marriage cases. The rejection will allow gay marriages to proceed in Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Utah where judges struck down state laws that defined marriage as between one man and one woman.
The order also likely means the end of traditional marriage laws within the geography of the circuits where the Supreme Court allowed gay marriage rulings to stand. For example, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Virginia’s traditional marriage law and the Supreme Court today rejected an appeal of that decision. That means judges within the 4th Circuit have the authoritative precedent to strike down North Carolina’s law defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Six states, just to start, are likely to see their traditional marriage laws go down in court as a result of this order: North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Many court observers believed the court would take up one of the same-sex marriage petitions and decide the issue nationwide this term. By denying all the cases, the court has punted the question of the constitutionality of traditional marriage laws. But in effect, the denials will allow lower courts to legalize gay marriage piecemeal.
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Pray for the Supreme Court which will accomplish more than we can imagine.
The Layman is now posting articles from “World”?
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Now we will see if those who insisted that legalization of same-sex “marriage” will have no adverse effects on society were right. There will be modification of school curricula for children of all ages; legal action against those whose religious beliefs continue to lead them to oppose the redefinition of marriage; initiatives to further expand the definition of marriage to include polygamous relationships; and more. Perhaps none of this will adversely affect society. Or perhaps none of these things will even happen. Perhaps.
The only noise you hear from louisville on this is all the corks popping……
i believe God will undoubtedly step in and let us know exactly what He thinks about this. i’ll put them on my prayer list, from all indications the time of opportunity to repent is going to be very brief. as in the days of Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah, the powers that be think this can go on indefinitely. what they’ve done is bring down the wrath of God upon this entire country, along with abortion and everything else that’s been going on here for decades. we’re all going to suffer for this, unfortunately. i spent yesterday afternoon finishing my preparations, bottled water, food in the house, etc., i don’t think it’ll take long for God to respond, prophetic sources are saying it could be a early as this month.
Actually, the corks are popping in Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Utah. That is where all the weddings are taking place!