Articles for tag: Marriage Equality

Will Marriage Be Declared Unconstitutional?

By T.R. Robertson The idea seems unthinkable. But same-sex couples aren”t the only ones saying marriage laws have discriminated against them. How will the church react if the government redefines marriage altogether? The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Those are the words of Justice

What About Marriage?

By Jim Street For the past 42 years, I have spoken these words in every wedding I have conducted: The sacred relationship of marriage was instituted by God. . . . The union of husband and wife in heart, body, and mind is intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity; and, when it is God”s will, for the procreation of children and their nurture in the knowledge and love of the Lord. Those words, or similar ones, derive from The Book of Common Prayer and have been in

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