Christian Leaders Warn of Civil Disobedience Over Gay Marraige

There is a VERY good chance that the Supreme Court will rule in favor of making gay marriage the LAW OF THE LAND....and it could happen soon.

Some big-named Christian leaders have warned that there will be civil disobedience if the Laws of Man cross over and attempt to trump the Laws of God.

"We will not obey.”

That’s the blunt warning a group of prominent religious leaders is sending to the Supreme Court of the United States as they consider same-sex marriage.

“We respectfully warn the Supreme Court not to cross that line,” read a document titled, Pledge in Solidarity to Defend Marriage. “We stand united together in defense of marriage. Make no mistake about our resolve.” 

“While there are many things we can endure, redefining marriage is so fundamental to the natural order and the common good that this is the line we must draw and one we cannot and will not cross,” the pledge states.

The signees are a who’s who of religious leaders including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, National Religious Broadcasters president Jerry Johnson, Pastor John Hagee, and Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse.

The pledge was co-drafted by Deacon Keith Fournier, a Catholic deacon, and Mat Staver, the founder of Liberty Counsel. Also involved in the document were Rick Scarborough, the president of Vision America Action and James Dobson, the founder of Family Talk Radio. 

“We’re sending a warning to the Supreme Court and frankly any court that crosses the line on the issue of marriage,” Staver told me.

He said that once same-sex marriage is elevated to the level of protected status – it will transform the face of society and will result in the “beginning of the end of Western Civilization.”

Dobson said the legalization of same-sex marriage could fracture the nation.

“The institution of marriage is fundamental and it must be defended,” he told me. “It’s the foundation for the entire culture. It’s been in existence for 5,000 years. If you weaken it or if you undermine it – the entire superstructure can come down. We see it as that important.”

And that means the possibility of Christians – people of faith – engaging in acts of civil disobedience.

“Yes, I’m talking about civil disobedience,” Staver said. “I’m talking about resistance and I’m talking about peaceful resistance against unjust laws and unjust rulings.”

That’s quite a shocking statement. So I asked Mr. Staver to clarify his remarks.

“I’m calling for people to not recognize the legitimacy of that ruling because it’s not grounded in the Rule of Law,” he told me. “They need to resist that ruling in every way possible. In a peaceful way – they need to resist it as much as Martin Luther King, Jr. resisted unjust laws in his time.”

Scarborough said the pledge was meant to be forthright and clear.

“We’re facing a real Constitutional crisis if the Supreme Court rules adversely from our perspective on same-sex marriage,” he told me. For me there’s no option. I’m going to choose to serve the Lord. And I think that thousands of other pastors will take that position and hundreds of thousands – if not millions of Christians.”

Here;  http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/04/28/will-not-obey-christian-leaders-threaten-civil-disobedience-if-supreme-court/?intcmp=latestnews

How about you and your church?  What are you going to do when the nation elevates gay marriage and polygamy as being equal to traditional, God-ordained, one man and one woman marriage?

"Well Dennis, my church decided we would marry lesbians but we would charge them to use our church....because they are non-members."

"Well Dennis, there is just so much that Jesus told us TO DO that we are going to focus on that and not worry about something that Jesus never even mentioned!"

"My job is to just love on people...all people...and let Jesus sort the rest out!"

"I know Paul said some distasteful things about men having sex with other men....but we just watched the Bruce Jenner interview on ABC and he is actually a lesbian trapped in a man's body!  So what are you going to do with people like him?  Tell him he can't be happy and he has to stay a lesbian trapped in a man's body?"

"I would never risk losing my business or my job standing against any kind of marriage!  If people want it...then who am I to stand in their way?"

Friends, 6 years ago when Obama took office gay marriage was illegal in all 50 states and dozens had amendments to their state constitutions saying that one man and one woman is how it will always be....and now they are all going to be overturned.

We followers of Christ have gone from leading the charge to maintain morality....to objects of wrath and scorn...all in a few short years.

It came like a flood....

Hat tip to Mick L.