The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association advised clerks not to issue licenses for 25 days, during which time the Supreme Court could be petitioned for a rehearing. Same-sex marriages are also on hold in the state of Mississippi where Democrat attorney general Jim Hood said the Supreme Court’s decision would not go into effect in his state until the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts a stay on its ruling from last year in which it struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Jun 2015, 11:39 AM PST0
The Texas Attorney General has responded to the “newly invented federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage” created by the “activist” U.S. Supreme Court by telling Texas officials “Texas must speak with one voice against this lawlessness.” He issued an opinion and said Texans must “act on multiple levels to further protect religious liberties for all Texans” and must “immediately do anything we can to help our County Clerks and public officials who now are forced with defending their religious beliefs against the Court’s ruling.”
by Lana Shadwick28 Jun 2015, 9:22 PM PST0
The Washington Post observes that because “real money” is involved in legal marriage, the ruling could cause religious schools that ban homosexual relationships and cohabitation to suffer “in a big way” with the loss of tax-exempt status and accreditation.
by Dr. Susan Berry28 Jun 2015, 2:02 PM PST0
Californians have seen it before. From the overturn of voter approved Proposition 8 and Proposition 22 to this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to institute homosexual marriage in all 50 states, judges overruled the will of the people.
by Michelle Moons28 Jun 2015, 7:49 AM PST0
Huckabee compared America today – now oppressed with the legalization of same-sex marriage at the hands of five Justices – to the nation’s Founders who challenged the tyranny of the British monarch.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Jun 2015, 4:15 PM PST0
The College itself has maintained that a significant body of research has demonstrated that “same-sex marriage deliberately deprives the child of a mother or a father, and is therefore harmful.”
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Jun 2015, 2:54 PM PST0
While most of the other GOP 2016 contenders have urged resistance to the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling on same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio said Americans “must abide by the law.”
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Jun 2015, 2:24 PM PST0
Pro-family groups throughout the nation are condemning the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Jun 2015, 11:12 AM PST0
Most Republicans were critical of the decision and expressed deep concerns that religious liberty granted by the First Amendment would not be subservient to the Court’s ruling.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Jun 2015, 8:58 AM PST0
“Obamacare itself destroys true insurance and places additional crushing burdens on those who provide actual care,” said Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of AAPS, in a press release. “This can’t be fixed by forcing taxpayers to pay a chunk of some people’s unaffordable premiums. What the Court has done is to further undermine the rule of law.”
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Jun 2015, 3:31 PM PST0
Planned Parenthood has benefited tremendously from Obamacare, a fact acknowledged by both its president Cecile Richards and chair Alexis McGill Johnson in the organization’s 2013-2014 annual report. In fiscal year 2013-2014, Planned Parenthood was provided with more than $528 million – or 41 percent of its total revenue – in taxpayer funds in the form of government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements.
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Jun 2015, 8:22 AM PST0
A Travis County judge’s dissolution of a homosexual couple’s marriage has created questions about where the Texas Supreme Court stands on gay divorce.
by Lana Shadwick25 Jun 2015, 7:25 AM PST0
In an interview with Breitbart News, Rev. Bill Owens said that, should the Supreme Court decide in favor of same-sex marriage, he envisions another civil rights movement of Christians of various churches and massive civil disobedience.
by Dr. Susan Berry24 Jun 2015, 11:35 AM PST0
“From all of [the candidates], I am looking for a Lincolnesque response – that the decision, like Dred Scott, is wrong and unacceptable,” the insider said. Insiders also want to hear candidates affirm the basic nature of marriage and “God’s design for marriage as one man and one woman.”
by Dr. Susan Berry22 Jun 2015, 2:49 PM PST0
The U.S. Supreme Court took different paths in two rulings delivered Thursday on cases concerning the First Amendment’s right to freedom of speech.
by Dr. Susan Berry18 Jun 2015, 1:55 PM PST0
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Texas was within its rights to reject an application for a vehicle specialty license plate depicting the Confederate Battle Flag. The 5-4 decision by the nation’s highest court was announced Thursday morning.
by Bob Price18 Jun 2015, 9:57 AM PST0
