(CNSNews.com) – Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Glenn Murdock told those gathered in Washington, D.C., in observance of the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, “Never, I submit, has there been a time as important as today to pray for our appellate court and especially our Supreme Court.”
He called the Supreme Court “a group of men and women who in the months and years to come are going to be asked to decide more than likely the fate of the Second Amendment, the extent of unilateral presidential authority, and the fate of that which has defined us more than anything else for 240 years as America - religious liberty.”
Murdock traced the high court’s history, observing that initially “Alexander Hamilton tried to assure the people of New York and elsewhere that the federal judiciary would be the least powerful branch of government.”
“In 1973, as the Democratic processes were working their way and working their business throughout the legislatures of this country, the United States Supreme Court intervened on the issue of life and abortion and said, we will decide,” Murdock said, referencing the court’s Roe v. Wade decision.
He also touched on the court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, adding, “Ten months ago, the United States Supreme Court undertook to redefine the institution of marriage upon which every civilization for 6,000 years has been based, prompting Chief Justice Roberts to remark ‘just who do we think we are?’”
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3 comments:
So true!
Not so true; In particular; "...redefine the institution of marriage upon which every civilization for 6,000 years has been based..." There are records of same-sex unions in Rome, Ancient Greece, ancient Mesopotamia, and in Native American culture.
Why does this man need to lie and hide behind a religion to promote his own agenda?
Why are X-tians trying so hard to inject religion into public and political life? One is reminded of Muslim countries that do the same thing to a greater degree. Is this what you want? A theocratic society like Iran or Saudi Arabia? I guess it makes sense considering Islam the last iteration of the the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam).
Traditional marriage? Like the ones found in the Bible? Where men had mutiple wives and concubines, or rapist and spouse, or male soldier and prisoner of war? Please, this tired meme of Biblical marriage is a farce. One needs only to actually read the book to find that the bible does not say marriage is only between a man and a woman only.
I also think most Christians are confused on religious liberty. YOU get to have religious liberty. If your religion says don't be gay, you can freely exercise your religious perspective and not be gay.
What most Christians want to do is then take it a step further and impose their religious view on the rest of society. This is not religious freedom.
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