The Supreme Court Finds a Right to Homosexual Marriage (2)
This article examines the implications of the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision for Christian believers and religious organizations, arguing that the ruling does not create a legal mandate that supersedes conscience or Biblical conviction. The author discusses the distinction between the Court finding versus creating rights, and addresses practical considerations for churches and believers navigating this cultural moment.
Previous article in this series: December 1, 2015, p. 140. In the last article, we examined the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which found that homosexuals are guaranteed a right to marry by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. We examined the way in which the Court reached this conclusion. In this and a future installment, we will look at the implications of that ruling for believers, as well as some measures that religious organizations such as...
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