{"id":1618591,"date":"2022-08-22T08:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618591"},"modified":"2022-08-22T08:01:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:01:45","slug":"republicans-are-playing-right-into-democrats-hand-on-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-are-playing-right-into-democrats-hand-on-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Are Playing Right Into Democrats\u2019 Hand On Gay Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-are-playing-right-into-democrats-hand-on-gay-marriage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618591&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans on Capitol Hill are fleeing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/20\/politics\/gop-senators-same-sex-marriage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terror<\/a> from the Democrats\u2019 attempts to enshrine gay marriage in federal law. The Orwellian titled \u201cRespect for Marriage Act\u201d disrespects marriage by denying that the family is an institution with its own authority and that marriage and family were neither created nor defined by the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s disrespect for marriage and family inherently undermines the family and contributes to cultural degradation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fundamental truths regarding marriage, family, and the role of the government are absent from the current discussion. At best, Congressional Republicans articulate that the bill is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metroweekly.com\/2022\/07\/marco-rubio-calls-gay-marriage-bill-a-stupid-waste-of-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waste<\/a> of time because the Supreme Court will never overturn the \u201cright\u201d to gay marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thus, they concede the issue of gay marriage and simply argue in favor of judicial law-making over statutory law.<\/p>\n<p>In explaining his no vote, Sen. Ted Cruz stated, \u201creasonable people can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/08\/08\/ted-cruz-softens-on-same-sex-marriage-says-reasonable-people-can-disagree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disagree<\/a>\u201d about the definition of marriage. Such a statement concedes the point to the left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If marriage is about different lifestyle preferences, then there is no reason to limit the definition of marriage. Restricting the definition to only a man and a woman is little more than bigotry under this framework. The real issue is the government\u2019s continued attempts to redefine marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Marriage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/political-process\/report\/the-true-origin-society-the-founders-the-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">family<\/a> were created and defined by God and are inherently religious institutions. At no level does the government have the authority to redefine marriage. Furthermore, the Founding Fathers had zero intention of giving the government the capacity to legislate on such a matter.<\/p>\n<p>The role of government is to protect individual liberty, the Founders forbade the government from becoming overly involved with the cultural composition of <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4102447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">society<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, since this time, the government has embraced the Hegelian view that the nature of humanity is mutable and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/reference\/archive\/hegel\/works\/hi\/history5.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perfectible<\/a> and that government is the best institution to bring about perfection.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Obergefell<\/em> decision, authorizing gay marriage, was based on imposing secular morality on society that attempts to undermine and rejects natural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2015\/06\/after-obergefell-a-first-things-symposium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law<\/a> limitations. It gives the government far more authority than the Founding Fathers even imagined possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Further, the Constitution gives states the general police power of government. Therefore, the limited role that government can have regarding marriage and family is wholly restricted to the states. The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in <em>Obergefell <\/em>violated the rule of law because the court ignored the actual meaning of the Constitution and exercised powers it did not have.<\/p>\n<p>The 14th\u00a0Amendment requires states to uphold the individual rights recognized by the Declaration of <a href=\"https:\/\/contemporarythinkers.org\/harry-jaffa\/book\/original-intent-framers-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independence<\/a>. The Supreme Court decision in <em>Obergefell<\/em> created a group identity right to gay marriage that contradicted the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The government claims to have the power to define marriage and family, thus making itself a false god and the center of society. It has inherently violated religious liberty by undermining the authority of the church and family institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marriage should be under the control of religious institutions. No one should be forced to participate or not participate in any of the marriages, be it a minister or cake artist. But Democrats intend to force people of faith to perform same-sex marriages even if their religions prohibit homosexuality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The state should stay out and not seek to settle the theological instead of acting as a secular, false <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3796366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">god<\/a> that imposes its will on society by force.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party has failed to adequately defend marriage. Instead, they focused on the empty \u201cslippery slope\u201d argument that made conservatives look homophobic by bringing up stereotypes about homosexuals. The true basis for upholding traditional marriage has nothing to do with homophobia or anyone\u2019s views of homosexuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican senators are now either embracing gay marriage or refusing to defend traditional marriage, by doing so, they are demonstrating that they are intellectually and morally bankrupt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Johnny B. Davis is an International and Constitutional Law Attorney, Liberty University Professor with the Helms School of Government, and an Army Reserve JAG. 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