The response from the Right in response to Obergefell v. Hodges has been pretty much predictable. Mike Huckabee (a.k.a. the Huckster), argued “…it’s only a matter of time and not long away before the court legalized polygamy." Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and determined to destroy every last vestige of his father’s name, warned us “the gay marriage ruling will lead to Christian persecution.” Rick Santorum warned that the next President must stop gay marriage for the survival of our country. Ted Cruz called it the darkest day in America’s history.
Their clarion call is simple. The Supreme Court is trying to redefine marriage—that blessed union defined by God and now bastardized by the Supreme Court and their gay supporters..
Christianity Today says very simply,
“We lost this one. We and many others made the case to our culture that traditional marriage is God’s good design, that this institution, embodied by a man and a woman joining together, leads to social flourishing. But our culture is not convinced. Much to our disappointment, it is now the law of the land to permit other forms of “marriage.””The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says on their Web site:
The Bible clearly teaches the enduring truth that marriage consists of one man and one woman. From Genesis to Revelation, the authority of Scripture witnesses to the nature of biblical marriage as uniquely bound to the complementarity of man and woman. This truth is not negotiable. The Lord Jesus himself said that marriage is from the beginning (Matt. 19:4-6), so no human institution has the authority to redefine marriage any more than a human institution has the authority to redefine the gospel, which marriage mysteriously reflects (Eph. 5:32).The National Association of Evangelicals reports:
God designed marriage for humanity. As first described in Genesis and later affirmed by Jesus, marriage is a God-ordained, covenant relationship between a man and a woman. This lifelong, sexually exclusive relationship brings children into the world and thus sustains the stewardship of the earth. Biblical marriage — marked by faithfulness, sacrificial love and joy — displays the relationship between God and his people.But here’s the irony… if you believe that, then you clearly haven’t read the Bible. And the question becomes, at what point will you stop showing off your biblical impotence? How can you be so ignorant of the very book you purportedly use to guide your life? If the Bible is the written word of God, then do God a favor and read the book.