America has always been a nation of change and evolution. There is, arguably, no other country on Earth that will go so far as to protect and defend your liberties as America does. This was seen in the SCOTUS ruling over the blanket decision to allow same-sex couples all of the rights and benefits at the state and federal level that straight couples have. We’ve become the 21st nation on Earth to pass this, and the most populous as well. While the White House lit up in rainbow colors and supporters crowded the Supreme Court steps, there were many who stood against this decision.
Beginning in 2010, President Obama voiced his desires to have this pushed through legislation, but that process was skipped all together. The case, Obergefell v. Hodges, was passed by a 5-4 margin, allowing LGBTQ couples legal benefits to one of humanity’s oldest institutions. With such a landmark case in the equal rights movement for the homosexual/transgender/whatever you want to call it community, foundations will be shook to the core. America was built upon the ideals of freedom: speech, press, religious beliefs, etc. We were also established as a nation with separation of church and state. For you dummies out there, that means religion will not drive what is said and done in our government. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t influence what our elected leadership does, it just means a church doesn’t call the shots. Therefore, to define marriage as a spiritual contract between man, woman, and God is to go against our foundations. You’re good there, LGBTQ people.
Congratulations to the homosexual community, you can be as miserable as the rest of us. Some call this movement brave and in opposition to tyranny, and I want to address that. I’m sure all of you have seen the picture of comparison between this movement and the flag raising on Iwo Jima. I don’t know who (sure hope it’s a hoax) thought the bravery involved with this court decision is equal to that of the men and women who died raising that flag, but it is certainly not. There is a night and day difference between your battles, and the one that saw the deaths of 7,000 and the wounding of 19,000 more. On that same note, the men who portrayed Christ on the cross, you’re wrong. Christianity is the moral guidance for millions of people, and you’re only hurting your own cause by putting that show on. If acceptance was what you’ve been gunning for, that’s not going to help.
I disagree with this case; not for what it stood for, but for how it was carried out. There, I said it. If you get butt-hurt all too easy, you should probably stop reading. Mike Huckabee called the Obergefell v. Hodges case “an out-of-control act of unconstitutional judicial tyranny.” For once, I can agree with the crazy politicians. While it is unconstitutional to bar a couple from the legal benefits of marriage solely based on their gender, it’s incredibly wrong for the Federal Government to give the proverbial middle finger to the states that were upholding their legal right to prohibit homosexual marriage. Prior to this case ruling, only 14 states in the Union still prohibited it. Equal rights of marriage was on its way to blanketing America the way it should have been done. This country was founded as the United States, meaning we’re a conglomeration of states bound by our desires for common goals. Each state is also guaranteed the right to not enforce a federal law, if it is deemed unconstitutional by the state’s courts. We’ve seen this done in history before, namely between 1861 and 1865. A war broke out for this very same reason, the autonomy of states in the face of an overbearing Federal government. As I said before, if a gay couple wants to get married, by all means, go ahead. I could really care less who wants to get married and who doesn’t. People need to realize that someone else’s sex life is their business, not anyone else’s. We’re a free nation, and you can go do whatever the hell pleases you. That’s why I work for my country. But, to completely skip over a state’s right to push this issue through the democratic process is wrong. The case’s ruling was just and I agreed with it. Its process was wrong, and it needs to be readdressed.
