THE..
STILL
THE.. STILL WE
STILL WE WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS
THAT
STILL WE WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS THAT THEIR PRESENCE.
I
THAT THEIR PRESENCE. I APPRECIATE THE AUDIENCE.
MY
I APPRECIATE THE AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS RICK SCARBOROUGH.
MYSELF
I APPRECIATE THE AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS RICK SCARBOROUGH. MYSELF A LOT
WITH SEVERAL OTHERS
WHO
MY NAME IS RICK SCARBOROUGH. MYSELF A LOT WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WHO ARE HERE,
ESPECIALLY MAX
WEBER
MYSELF A LOT WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WHO ARE HERE, ESPECIALLY MAX WEBER AND
DEACON KEITH FOURNIER
ARE
WEBER AND DEACON KEITH FOURNIER ARE THE ORIGINATORS OF THE
MARRIAGE
ARE THE ORIGINATORS OF THE MARRIAGE PLEDGE.
THEY
ARE THE ORIGINATORS OF THE MARRIAGE PLEDGE. THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THE PLEDGE.
THERE
MARRIAGE PLEDGE. THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THE PLEDGE. THERE ARE COPIES AVAILABLE
FOR
EVERYONE.
THEY
THERE ARE COPIES AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. THEY HAVE TO RETRIEVE THEM IF
YOU
EVERYONE. THEY HAVE TO RETRIEVE THEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
ONE.
THE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE. THE WEBSITE, WITHIN
MARRIAGE.ORG.
YOU
THE WEBSITE, WITHIN MARRIAGE.ORG. YOU CAN READ
THE PLEDGE COME TO
SEE
MARRIAGE.ORG. YOU CAN READ THE PLEDGE COME TO SEE THE KEY
SIGNERS.
AS
YOU CAN READ THE PLEDGE COME TO SEE THE KEY SIGNERS. AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING WE
HAVE
ABOUT
AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING WE HAVE ABOUT 6000 SIGNED THE PLEDGE.
WE'VE
ABOUT 6000 SIGNED THE PLEDGE. WE'VE BEEN ADDING SEVERAL
HUNDRED
WE'VE BEEN ADDING SEVERAL HUNDRED A DAY AND ALL ABOUT WILL
BE
HUNDRED A DAY AND ALL ABOUT WILL BE DISCUSSING THE COURSE THE
COURSE
HUNDRED A DAY AND ALL ABOUT WILL BE DISCUSSING THE COURSE THE COURSE OF
THE PRESENTATION
TODAY.
WE
COURSE OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY. WE HAD TWO ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF
THE
TODAY. WE HAD TWO ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHO COULD
NOT
WE HAD TWO ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE OF
THE ONE
CASE
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ONE CASE BEEN OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.
THEY
CASE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THEY BOTH SUBMITTED A PRINTED
COPY
THEY BOTH SUBMITTED A PRINTED COPY OF
COPY OF OUR
POSITION.
[INAUDIBLE] THE HIGH IMPACT
LEADERSHIP COALITION.
ANOTHER,
ANOTHER, RABBI SPERO --
[INAUDIBLE]
LET
LET ME
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN IN THE
MICROPHONE
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN IN THE MICROPHONE FOR THOSE THAT ARE
WATCHING.
WE
MICROPHONE FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING. WE ARE PASSING OUT TO HAND OUT
SPIRIT
WATCHING. WE ARE PASSING OUT TO HAND OUT SPIRIT WON BY JACKSON
IN EUROPE
TODAY
WE ARE PASSING OUT TO HAND OUT SPIRIT WON BY JACKSON IN EUROPE TODAY WHO
WANTED TO GIVE YOU HIS
PERSPECTIVE
SPIRIT WON BY JACKSON IN EUROPE TODAY WHO WANTED TO GIVE YOU HIS PERSPECTIVE ON
THIS.
HIS
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. HIS TREMENDOUS BLACK AMERICAN
LEADER,
HIS TREMENDOUS BLACK AMERICAN LEADER, PASTOR OF A LOCAL CHURCH
IN
LEADER, PASTOR OF A LOCAL CHURCH IN THE D.C.
AREA
LEADER, PASTOR OF A LOCAL CHURCH IN THE D.C. AREA AND A
CHAMPION FOR THE
CAUSE
AREA AND A CHAMPION FOR THE CAUSE OF PRICE AND ALSO A
HANDOUT
CAUSE OF PRICE AND ALSO A HANDOUT GOING AROUND BY
RABBI
SPERO,
HANDOUT GOING AROUND BY RABBI SPERO, A RABBI OUT OF NEW
YORK
CITY.
HE
SPERO, A RABBI OUT OF NEW YORK CITY. HE IS PRESIDENT
OF THE AMERICAN
CAUCUS
HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CAUCUS AND YOU WILL SEE HIS
REMARKS
CAUCUS AND YOU WILL SEE HIS REMARKS AS WELL.
AS
CAUCUS AND YOU WILL SEE HIS REMARKS AS WELL. AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, MY NAME
IS
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MY NAME IS RICK SCARBOROUGH.
OUR
IS RICK SCARBOROUGH. OUR FIRST PRESENTER WILL
BE DR.
JAMES
OUR FIRST PRESENTER WILL BE DR. JAMES DOBSON.
HE
JAMES DOBSON. HE MADE A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO
PRESENTATION
HE MADE A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO PRESENTATION AND WE WILL SHOW
THAT
PRESENTATION AND WE WILL SHOW THAT TO FRAME THE DEBATE TODAY
AND
THAT TO FRAME THE DEBATE TODAY AND I'LL BE THE FIRST
VISIBLE
VISITOR.
>>
VISITOR. >> I
>> I AM
>> I AM JAMES DOBSON AND I
APPRECIATE
>> I AM JAMES DOBSON AND I APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING THE
PRESS
APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
I
APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I AM
UNABLE TO BE THERE MYSELF
TODAY,
I AM UNABLE TO BE THERE MYSELF TODAY, BUT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
ASKED
I AM UNABLE TO BE THERE MYSELF TODAY, BUT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED ME TO
ADDRESS YOU BRIEFLY
BY
TODAY, BUT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED ME TO ADDRESS YOU BRIEFLY BY WAY OF THIS
VIDEO.
COLLECT
BY WAY OF THIS VIDEO. COLLECT REALLY, WE WANT TO
EXPRESS
COLLECT REALLY, WE WANT TO EXPRESS SOME PROFOUND CONCERNS
AND
COLLECT REALLY, WE WANT TO EXPRESS SOME PROFOUND CONCERNS AND BELIEFS
ABOUT THE DECISION
THE
AND BELIEFS ABOUT THE DECISION THE SUPREME COURT WILL SOON
RENDER
AND BELIEFS ABOUT THE DECISION THE SUPREME COURT WILL SOON RENDER REGARDING
THE DEFINITION
OR
RENDER REGARDING THE DEFINITION OR REDEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.
BEING
OR REDEFINITION OF MARRIAGE. BEING DETENTION OF THE
FAMILY IS
ONE
BEING DETENTION OF THE FAMILY IS ONE OF THE CREATORS MOST
MARVELOUS
ONE OF THE CREATORS MOST MARVELOUS AND IN DURING GUEST
HUMAN
MARVELOUS AND IN DURING GUEST HUMAN KIND.
IT
MARVELOUS AND IN DURING GUEST HUMAN KIND. IT HAS BEEN HONORED
IN LAW AND
CUSTOM
HUMAN KIND. IT HAS BEEN HONORED IN LAW AND CUSTOM FOR
MORE THAN 5000 YEARS
AND
CUSTOM FOR MORE THAN 5000 YEARS AND EVERY CIVILIZATION IN
HISTORY
AND EVERY CIVILIZATION IN HISTORY HAS BEEN BUILT
UPON IT.
IT
HISTORY HAS BEEN BUILT UPON IT. IT HAS BEEN THE BEDROCK OF
CULTURE
IT HAS BEEN THE BEDROCK OF CULTURE IN ASIA,
AFRICA, EUROPE,
NORTH
CULTURE IN ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA,
AUSTRALIA
NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND
AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA.
ADMITTEDLY,
AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA. ADMITTEDLY, THERE'VE BEEN
PERIODS
ADMITTEDLY, THERE'VE BEEN PERIODS IN HISTORY WHERE
HOMOSEXUALITY
ADMITTEDLY, THERE'VE BEEN PERIODS IN HISTORY WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY HAS FLOURISHED
INCLUDING
PERIODS IN HISTORY WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY HAS FLOURISHED INCLUDING THE BIBLICAL CITIES OF
AND
HOMOSEXUALITY HAS FLOURISHED INCLUDING THE BIBLICAL CITIES OF AND GOMORRAH
IMAGING REASON
DURING
INCLUDING THE BIBLICAL CITIES OF AND GOMORRAH IMAGING REASON DURING THE
ROMAN EMPIRE.
NONE
DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE. NONE OF THESE CIVILIZATIONS
SURVIVED.
ONLY
NONE OF THESE CIVILIZATIONS SURVIVED. ONLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
AS
WHAT
SURVIVED. ONLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AS WHAT HAS
BEEN CALLED
GAY
MARRIAGE
WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED GAY MARRIAGE AND GIVEN EQUAL STATUS
WITH
MARRIAGE AND GIVEN EQUAL STATUS WITH BIBLICAL MALE-FEMALE
UNIONS.
IN
WITH BIBLICAL MALE-FEMALE UNIONS. IN FACT, TODAY ONLY 18 COUNTRIES
IN
IN FACT, TODAY ONLY 18 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD RECOGNIZE THE
LEGITIMACY
IN THE WORLD RECOGNIZE THE LEGITIMACY OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
AMERICA
LEGITIMACY OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. AMERICA APPEARS TO BE ON THE
VERGE
AMERICA APPEARS TO BE ON THE VERGE NOW A DEAN
NUMBER
NINE
NINE TEAM.
GOD
NINE TEAM. GOD HELP US IF WE THROW THE
DIVINE
GOD HELP US IF WE THROW THE DIVINE PLAN FOR HUMANKIND ON THE
ASH
DIVINE PLAN FOR HUMANKIND ON THE ASH HEAP
ASH HEAP OF HISTORY.
TO
ASH HEAP OF HISTORY. TO PUT IT SUCCINCTLY, THE
INSTITUTION
TO PUT IT SUCCINCTLY, THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE
REPRESENT
TO PUT IT SUCCINCTLY, THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE REPRESENT THE
VERY FOUNDATION OF
HUMAN
REPRESENT THE VERY FOUNDATION OF HUMAN SOCIAL ORDER.
EVERY
HUMAN SOCIAL ORDER. EVERY ENOUGH VALUE SINCE I'M NOT
A
EVERY ENOUGH VALUE SINCE I'M NOT A PERIOD IN THE TWO
SHINS,
GOVERNMENTS, PROSPERITY,
RELIGIOUS
GOVERNMENTS, PROSPERITY, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE
WELFARE
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN ALL DEPEND
ON
WELFARE OF CHILDREN ALL DEPEND ON STABILITY.
WHEN
WELFARE OF CHILDREN ALL DEPEND ON STABILITY. WHEN IT IS
WEAKENED OR
UNDERMINED,
WHEN IT IS WEAKENED OR UNDERMINED, THE ENTIRE SUPERSET
OR
UNDERMINED, THE ENTIRE SUPERSET OR CAN BEGIN
TO WOBBLE AND THAT
IS
OR CAN BEGIN TO WOBBLE AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED
DURING
IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THE LAST 45 YEARS.
THE
DURING THE LAST 45 YEARS. THE AMERICAN
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DIDN'T
DEMAND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DIDN'T DEMAND THE SEACHANGE THAT IS
OCCURRING.
IN
DEMAND THE SEACHANGE THAT IS OCCURRING. IN FACT, THE
POPULATION IN 31
STATES
IN FACT, THE POPULATION IN 31 STATES VOTED ONE AT
A TIME ON
THE
STATES VOTED ONE AT A TIME ON THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND
EVERY
THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND EVERY ONE OF
THEM A FIRM THAT
BEING
EVERY ONE OF THEM A FIRM THAT BEING EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN ONE
MAN
BEING EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
THOSE
MAN AND ONE WOMAN. THOSE PROCLAMATIONS
THOSE PROCLAMATIONS WERE
ENSCONCED
THOSE PROCLAMATIONS WERE ENSCONCED IN THEIR STATE
CONSTITUTIONS.
NOW
CONSTITUTIONS. NOW HOWEVER, MANY OF
THOSE
POPULAR
NOW HOWEVER, MANY OF THOSE POPULAR ELECTIONS ARE BEING
OVERRIDDEN
POPULAR ELECTIONS ARE BEING OVERRIDDEN BY IMPERIALIST
FEDERAL
OVERRIDDEN BY IMPERIALIST FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ARE CHANGING
THE
OVERRIDDEN BY IMPERIALIST FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ARE CHANGING THE COURSE
OF HISTORY.
IN
THE COURSE OF HISTORY. IN MID-2013, ONLY 13 STATES HAVE
LEGALIZED
IN MID-2013, ONLY 13 STATES HAVE LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
NOW,
LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER THERE
ARE
37
NOW, TWO YEARS LATER THERE ARE 37 AND THE
SUPREME COURT SEEMS
POISED
37 AND THE SUPREME COURT SEEMS POISED TO MAKE
IT 50. WHATEVER
HAPPENED
POISED TO MAKE IT 50. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S
PRONOUNCEMENT
HAPPENED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PRONOUNCEMENT IN THE
GETTYSBURG
ADDRESS
PRONOUNCEMENT IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AT HOURS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT
ADDRESS AT HOURS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE
PEOPLE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE
PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. WE MAKE THE DECISIONS
FOR
OURSELVES.
IT
OURSELVES. IT IS RAPIDLY BEING
REPLACED NOW
BY
IT IS RAPIDLY BEING REPLACED NOW BY A GOVERNMENT OF THE COURTS,
BY
BY A GOVERNMENT OF THE COURTS, BY THE COURTS AND FOR
THE
COURTS.
LET
COURTS. LET ME GET TO THE BOTTOM
LINE.
IF
LET ME GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE. IF THE U.S.
SUPREME
IF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT REDEFINES MARRIAGE
TO
SUPREME COURT REDEFINES MARRIAGE TO AN GOOD SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,
WE
ALL
ALL KNOW,
ALL KNOW, UNI ALL KNOW THAT THIS
WILL
ALL KNOW, UNI ALL KNOW THAT THIS WILL NOT BE THE END OF
THE
MATTER.
AN
MATTER. AN AVALANCHE OF COURT CASES WILL
BE
AN AVALANCHE OF COURT CASES WILL BE FILED UNRELATED
ISSUES THAT
WE
BE FILED UNRELATED ISSUES THAT WE CAN EVEN
IMAGINE
TODAY.
WE
TODAY. WE BELIEVE OR SHOULD I
SAY I
BELIEVE
WE BELIEVE OR SHOULD I SAY I BELIEVE THAT
BELIEVE THAT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
WILL
BELIEVE THAT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WILL BE INSOLVENT FROM
EVERY
SIDE.
INDEED,
INDEED, THAT AUTHORITY HAPPENED.
PASTORS
INDEED, THAT AUTHORITY HAPPENED. PASTORS MAY HAVE TO OFFICIATE
SAME-SEX
PASTORS MAY HAVE TO OFFICIATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES AND THEY
COULD
PASTORS MAY HAVE TO OFFICIATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES AND THEY COULD HE
PROHIBITED FROM
PASSAGES
COULD HE PROHIBITED FROM PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
THOSE
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY
WILL
LIKELY
THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY WILL LIKELY BE
LIKELY BE THREATENED LEGALLY AND
AS
LIKELY BE THREATENED LEGALLY AND AS THE YEARS GO BY, SOME WILL
BE
SUBJECTED
AS THE YEARS GO BY, SOME WILL BE SUBJECTED TO PRISON
SENTENCES.
CHRISTIANS
SUBJECTED TO PRISON SENTENCES. CHRISTIANS WHO
CHRISTIANS WHO OPERATE AS MRS.
WILL
CHRISTIANS WHO OPERATE AS MRS. WILL BE REQUIRED TO DANCE TO THE
GOVERNMENT'S
WILL BE REQUIRED TO DANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S TUNE.
WE'VE
GOVERNMENT'S TUNE. WE'VE ALL SEEN EXAMPLES OF
PHOTOGRAPHERS
WE'VE ALL SEEN EXAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AND BAKERIES AND
PIZZA
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND BAKERIES AND PIZZA PARLORS BEING
REQUIRED TO
SERVE
PIZZA PARLORS BEING REQUIRED TO SERVE THAT WEDDINGS WHETHER THEY
WANT
SERVE THAT WEDDINGS WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT, WHETHER THEY
HAVE
SERVE THAT WEDDINGS WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT, WHETHER THEY HAVE CONVICTIONS
ARE NOT AND
THEY
HAVE CONVICTIONS ARE NOT AND THEY HAVE TO ON PENALTY OF
CLOSURE
THEY HAVE TO ON PENALTY OF CLOSURE OR BANKRUPTCY.
CHRISTIAN
THEY HAVE TO ON PENALTY OF CLOSURE OR BANKRUPTCY. CHRISTIAN COLLEGES
MAY BE UNABLE
TO
CLOSURE OR BANKRUPTCY. CHRISTIAN COLLEGES MAY BE UNABLE TO TEACH
SCRIPTURAL VIEWS THE
MARRIAGE
TO TEACH SCRIPTURAL VIEWS THE MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIPS.
ACCREDITING
MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIPS. ACCREDITING BODIES WILL TELL
THEM,
ACCREDITING BODIES WILL TELL THEM, IT IS THE LAW OF THE
LAND
OR
THEM, IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND OR SO SAY SOME
JUDGES.
I
OR SO SAY SOME JUDGES. I AM MOST CONCERNS ABOUT
THE
COURSE
I AM MOST CONCERNS ABOUT THE COURSE WILL REQUIRE A PARENT
AND
CHILDREN.
A
CHILDREN. A FEW WEEKS AGO,
PRESIDENT OBAMA
ASKED
A FEW WEEKS AGO, PRESIDENT OBAMA ASKED THE LEGISLATURES
TO
PROHIBIT
PROHIBIT PARENTS FROM SEEKING
PROFESSIONAL
PROHIBIT PARENTS FROM SEEKING PROFESSIONAL THERAPY FROM STATE
LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL THERAPY FROM STATE LICENSED COUNSELORS WHO HELP
THEIR
LICENSED COUNSELORS WHO HELP THEIR CHILDREN DEAL WITH
IDENTITY
LICENSED COUNSELORS WHO HELP THEIR CHILDREN DEAL WITH IDENTITY CRISES.
WHAT
THEIR CHILDREN DEAL WITH IDENTITY CRISES. WHAT BUSINESS DOES
THIS MAN HAVE
IN
WHAT BUSINESS DOES THIS MAN HAVE IN TELLING PARENTS HOW TO HELP
THEIR
IN TELLING PARENTS HOW TO HELP THEIR CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED
KIDS,
THEIR CONFUSED AND DISORIENTED KIDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY
HAVE
KIDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSED
SEXUALLY.
THIS
HAVE BEEN ABUSED SEXUALLY. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.
IN
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. IN SOME DATES, COUNSELORS HAVE
ALREADY
IN SOME DATES, COUNSELORS HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR
LIFE IS FOR
TRYING
ALREADY LOST THEIR LIFE IS FOR TRYING TO HELP TROUBLED CHILDREN
IN
TRYING TO HELP TROUBLED CHILDREN IN THIS WAY.
THESE
IN THIS WAY. THESE AND OTHER CONCERNS I COULD
LIST.
THESE AND OTHER CONCERNS I COULD LIST. MY TIME IS GONE
ARE WHY WE
HAVE
LIST. MY TIME IS GONE ARE WHY WE HAVE CALLED THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE.
THE
CONFERENCE. THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GRANT THE
JUDICIARY
CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GRANT THE JUDICIARY AUTHORITY TO INTERFERE
WITH
JUDICIARY AUTHORITY TO INTERFERE WITH RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES WITH
PARENTAL
WITH RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES WITH PARENTAL RIGHTS IN WITH THE
ADDITIONS
PARENTAL RIGHTS IN WITH THE ADDITIONS OF MARRIAGE AND THE
FAMILY.
HERE
ADDITIONS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY. HERE WE
STAND AND WE
WILL NOT GO
WHERE
HERE WE STAND AND WE WILL NOT GO WHERE THE U.S.
COURT
WHERE THE U.S. COURT SEEKS TO TAKE
A
CLASS.
>>
CLASS. >> WELL, THANK
YOU DR. JAMES DR.
JAMES
>> WELL, THANK YOU DR. JAMES DR. JAMES DOBSON.
TOO
>> WELL, THANK YOU DR. JAMES DR. JAMES DOBSON. TOO OBVIOUS AND MEMBERS
OF THE
PRESS
JAMES DOBSON. TOO OBVIOUS AND MEMBERS OF THE PRESS THAT ARE HERE IN
THE WE
ARE
TOO OBVIOUS AND MEMBERS OF THE PRESS THAT ARE HERE IN THE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR
YOU TAKING TIME
TO
ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU TAKING TIME TO COVER SOMETHING VITALLY
IMPORTANT
ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU TAKING TIME TO COVER SOMETHING VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE
TO COVER SOMETHING VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US. WE HAVE ALREADY
MADE YOU AWARE
OF
WE HAVE ALREADY MADE YOU AWARE OF THE WEBSITE, DEFEND
MARRIAGE.ORG
OF THE WEBSITE, DEFEND MARRIAGE.ORG AND A HANDOUT WITH
THE
MARRIAGE.ORG AND A HANDOUT WITH THE PLEDGE ON IT.
I
MARRIAGE.ORG AND A HANDOUT WITH THE PLEDGE ON IT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU
AWARE
THAT
THE PLEDGE ON IT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE HAVE NOW
HAD
SOMEWHERE
OVER --
[INAUDIBLE]
OVER -- [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE BROUGHT
WITH
ME,
[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE BROUGHT WITH ME, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF
ARGUMENT
ME, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT ARE EXAMPLE
THAT THERE
IS
ARGUMENT ARE EXAMPLE THAT THERE IS NO SMALL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE,
SINGLE
IS NO SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SINGLE SPACED OVER 100 PAGES
OF
SIGNATURES
SINGLE SPACED OVER 100 PAGES OF SIGNATURES THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO
DRAW
SIGNATURES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION
TO.
WE
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO. WE BELIEVE IN TIME THEY WILL
GROW
WE BELIEVE IN TIME THEY WILL GROW INTO THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS
WE BELIEVE IN TIME THEY WILL GROW INTO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF
NOT PERHAPS A
MILLION
GROW INTO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT PERHAPS A MILLION OR MORE
PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY
MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WILL TAKE THE
POSITION
MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WILL TAKE THE POSITION THAT
WE
HAVE TAKEN.
WE
POSITION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICA IS A
LAND
WE UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICA IS A LAND OF
LAND OF FREE FAULT.
IN
LAND OF FREE FAULT. IN MY REMARKS I WANT TO ADDRESS
THE
IN MY REMARKS I WANT TO ADDRESS THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE
WHOLE
THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE WHOLE DEBATE.
I
WHOLE DEBATE. I HAVE MADE COPIES.
FOR
WHOLE DEBATE. I HAVE MADE COPIES. FOR THOSE
WHO WOULD LIKE A COPY,
I
I HAVE MADE COPIES. FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE A COPY, I WILL JUST
PASS THIS AROUND.
I
I WILL JUST PASS THIS AROUND. I WANT TO READ MY
REMARKS.
EITHER
I WANT TO READ MY REMARKS. EITHER WAY, AT THE
END OF THE
FORMAL
EITHER WAY, AT THE END OF THE FORMAL PRESENTATION, WE WILL
OPEN
FORMAL PRESENTATION, WE WILL OPEN UP A TIME OF
I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING I AM NOT HERE TO OFFEND OR
HURT.
THE
NOT HERE TO OFFEND OR HURT. THE VAST MAJORITY IN THIS
COUNTRY
THE VAST MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY ARE LIKE THE VAST
MAJORITY
COUNTRY ARE LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REST OF US.
THEY
COUNTRY ARE LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REST OF US. THEY SIMPLY WANT
TO BE LEFT
ALONE
MAJORITY OF THE REST OF US. THEY SIMPLY WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE TO
LIVE THEIR LIFE
ACCOUNTABLE
THEY SIMPLY WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE TO LIVE THEIR LIFE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
CHOICES THEY
MADE.
WORST
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CHOICES THEY MADE. WORST THREE DECADES
THERE'S BEEN
AN
WORST THREE DECADES THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT TO NORMALIZE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE
AN EFFORT TO NORMALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN AMERICA.
DRIVEN
AN EFFORT TO NORMALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN AMERICA. DRIVEN BY PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN
AND
MARRIAGE IN AMERICA. DRIVEN BY PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AND PROMOTED BY
ACCESS TO THE
HOMOSEXUAL
AND PROMOTED BY ACCESS TO THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY, AIDED AND
ABETTED
AND PROMOTED BY ACCESS TO THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY, AIDED AND ABETTED BY
JUDGES WHO MAKE
RATHER
HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY, AIDED AND ABETTED BY JUDGES WHO MAKE RATHER THAN INTERPRET
THE LAW A
BUSINESS
ABETTED BY JUDGES WHO MAKE RATHER THAN INTERPRET THE LAW A BUSINESS THAT
HAS IN LARGE
MEASURE
RATHER THAN INTERPRET THE LAW A BUSINESS THAT HAS IN LARGE MEASURE BEEN
BULLIED BY OUR
FINANCIAL
MEASURE BEEN BULLIED BY OUR FINANCIAL LIVES,
FINANCIAL LIVES, LIBERAL
ACADEMIA,
FINANCIAL LIVES, LIBERAL ACADEMIA, LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE
PRESS
ACADEMIA, LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE
CLERGY
PRESS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY IN AMERICA WHO HAVE
EXCHANGED
CLERGY IN AMERICA WHO HAVE EXCHANGED BIBLICAL TRUTH FOR
HERESY
EXCHANGED BIBLICAL TRUTH FOR HERESY IN A QUEST FOR
CULTURAL
RELEVANCE.
NOW
HERESY IN A QUEST FOR CULTURAL RELEVANCE. NOW THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED
RELEVANCE. NOW THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS ABOUT TO
DELIBERATE
UNITED STATES IS ABOUT TO DELIBERATE A MATTER THAT HAS
BEEN
UNITED STATES IS ABOUT TO DELIBERATE A MATTER THAT HAS BEEN SETTLED IN
HEAVEN AND
EFFORT
BEEN SETTLED IN HEAVEN AND EFFORT IN GOD'S HOLY SCRIPTURE
IN
EFFORT IN GOD'S HOLY SCRIPTURE IN GOD'S
IN GOD'S CREATED ORDER.
IN
IN GOD'S CREATED ORDER. IN 26 STATES, FEDERAL JUDGES
HAVE
IN 26 STATES, FEDERAL JUDGES HAVE OVERTURNED THE VOTE OF
CITIZENS
HAVE OVERTURNED THE VOTE OF CITIZENS WHO SAID NO TO
SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE
CITIZENS WHO SAID NO TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LANDSLIDE
VICTORIES.
IN
MARRIAGE AND LANDSLIDE VICTORIES. IN A MORE
STATES LEGISLATORS
PASS
IN A MORE STATES LEGISLATORS PASS LAWS ALLOWING SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE
PASS LAWS ALLOWING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WOULD NOT ALLOW A
CITIZENS
MARRIAGE WOULD NOT ALLOW A CITIZENS TO VOTE.
IN
CITIZENS TO VOTE. IN THREE STATES HAVE THE
CITIZENS
CITIZENS TO VOTE. IN THREE STATES HAVE THE CITIZENS OF
THIS STATE VOTED FOR
SAME-SEX
IN THREE STATES HAVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE VOTED FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
WE
CITIZENS OF THIS STATE VOTED FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. WE WITNESSED AN
ATTACK ON GOD
AND
WE WITNESSED AN ATTACK ON GOD AND THE VERACITY OF HIS WORD
UNPARALLELED
AND THE VERACITY OF HIS WORD UNPARALLELED IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
JUDGES,
UNPARALLELED IN AMERICAN HISTORY. JUDGES, LEGISLATORS AND CITIZENS
WHO
HISTORY. JUDGES, LEGISLATORS AND CITIZENS WHO VOTE FOR
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
HAVE
JUDGES, LEGISLATORS AND CITIZENS WHO VOTE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HAVE SAID
GOD AND HIS WORD ARE
INCORRECT
WHO VOTE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HAVE SAID GOD AND HIS WORD ARE INCORRECT ON
MARRIAGE.
PERHAPS
INCORRECT ON MARRIAGE. PERHAPS UNKNOWINGLY THEY'VE
CHOSEN
INCORRECT ON MARRIAGE. PERHAPS UNKNOWINGLY THEY'VE CHOSEN TO
DENY GOD'S WORD AND
OBSERVABLE
CHOSEN TO DENY GOD'S WORD AND OBSERVABLE NATURE AND HAVE
CREATED
OBSERVABLE NATURE AND HAVE CREATED AN ILLUSION THAT MOST
AMERICANS
CREATED AN ILLUSION THAT MOST AMERICANS APPROVE ABOUT WHICH
GOD
AMERICANS APPROVE ABOUT WHICH GOD FORBID.
I
AMERICANS APPROVE ABOUT WHICH GOD FORBID. I AM NOT SURPRISED
SOME RECENT
POLLS
GOD FORBID. I AM NOT SURPRISED SOME RECENT POLLS HAVE SHOWN THE
MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS
POLLS HAVE SHOWN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOW SAY THEY APPROVE
OF
AMERICANS NOW SAY THEY APPROVE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
WE
OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. WE HAVE HEARD A STEADY DRUMBEAT
FOR
WE HAVE HEARD A STEADY DRUMBEAT FOR THE PAST DECADE OF THE
ONE-SIDED
WE HAVE HEARD A STEADY DRUMBEAT FOR THE PAST DECADE OF THE ONE-SIDED NATIONAL
DISCUSSION ON
THE
ONE-SIDED NATIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT.
BUT
ONE-SIDED NATIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT. BUT THERE IS ALSO A TIME
WHEN
THE
THE SUBJECT. BUT THERE IS ALSO A TIME WHEN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
IN
THIS
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY A SEPARATE
RESTROOMS
THIS COUNTRY A SEPARATE RESTROOMS IN SEPARATE CLASSROOMS
FOR
THIS COUNTRY A SEPARATE RESTROOMS IN SEPARATE CLASSROOMS FOR BLACK
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THE
FOR BLACK AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE MAJORITY OFTEN GETS IT
WRONG.
AND
THE MAJORITY OFTEN GETS IT WRONG. AND WHO WANTS TO BE LABELED
A
BIGOT
WRONG. AND WHO WANTS TO BE LABELED A BIGOT FOR DECLARING WHAT THEIR
HEART
AND WHO WANTS TO BE LABELED A BIGOT FOR DECLARING WHAT THEIR HEART TRULY BELIEVES ABOUT
AND
ALTERNATIVE
HEART TRULY BELIEVES ABOUT AND ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES.
MARRIAGE
ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES. MARRIAGE CAN NO LONGER INCLUDE
SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE CAN NO LONGER INCLUDE SAME-SEX COUPLES THAT IRAQ CAN
FOLLOW.
THE
SAME-SEX COUPLES THAT IRAQ CAN FOLLOW. THE COURT COULD NO
MORE
REDEFINES
FOLLOW. THE COURT COULD NO MORE REDEFINES HARWICH THEN
IT CAN
REDEFINE
REDEFINES HARWICH THEN IT CAN REDEFINE GRAVITY.
NEITHER
REDEFINES HARWICH THEN IT CAN REDEFINE GRAVITY. NEITHER IS
IN THE COURTS
LEGITIMATE
NEITHER IS IN THE COURTS LEGITIMATE JURISDICTION.
TODAY
LEGITIMATE JURISDICTION. TODAY I DECLARE BEFORE HEAVEN I
WILL
TODAY I DECLARE BEFORE HEAVEN I WILL NOT DENY GOD NOR
HIS WORD
TO
WILL NOT DENY GOD NOR HIS WORD TO CURRY AN IMMENSE FAVOR.
WITH
TO CURRY AN IMMENSE FAVOR. WITH GREAT CAUTION SHOULD ANYONE
IN
WITH GREAT CAUTION SHOULD ANYONE IN ALLEGED THE NOTION THAT ONE
CAN
IN ALLEGED THE NOTION THAT ONE CAN CHANGE WHAT GOD HAS SAID.
WE
CAN CHANGE WHAT GOD HAS SAID. WE MUST REMEMBER TO DENY
THE
CREATIVE
WE MUST REMEMBER TO DENY THE CREATIVE ORDER IS TO ATTACK ITS
VERY
CREATIVE ORDER IS TO ATTACK ITS VERY NATURE.
HIS
CREATIVE ORDER IS TO ATTACK ITS VERY NATURE. HIS WORD
IS UNEQUIVOCAL.
SO
VERY NATURE. HIS WORD IS UNEQUIVOCAL. SO GOD
CREATED HUMAN BEINGS IN
HIS
SO GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS IN HIS OWN IMAGE.
IN
SO GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS IN HIS OWN IMAGE. IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED
MAIL,
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED MAIL, A MAN, FEMALE,
A WOMAN.
HE
MAIL, A MAN, FEMALE, A WOMAN. HE CREATED THEM, THEREFORE
A MAN
SHALL
HE CREATED THEM, THEREFORE A MAN SHALL HAVE HIS FATHER A
MAN, A
MOTHER
SHALL HAVE HIS FATHER A MAN, A MOTHER OF WOMAN AND BECOME
UNITED
MOTHER OF WOMAN AND BECOME UNITED AND THEY SHALL BE
ONE
FLESH.
THOSE
UNITED AND THEY SHALL BE ONE FLESH. THOSE PASSAGES
FOUND IN
GENESIS
ONE:
THOSE PASSAGES FOUND IN GENESIS ONE: 27
ONE: 27 AND TWO: 24. MARRIAGE
WILL
ONE: 27 AND TWO: 24. MARRIAGE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN THE UNION OF
A
WILL ALWAYS REMAIN THE UNION OF A MAN AND A WOMAN FOR THREE
REASONS.
REASON
A MAN AND A WOMAN FOR THREE REASONS. REASON NUMBER ONE,
A UNION
BETWEEN
REASONS. REASON NUMBER ONE, A UNION BETWEEN A
MAN AND
A WOMAN.
HAVEN'T
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. HAVEN'T YOU READ, JESUS
REPLIED
AT
HAVEN'T YOU READ, JESUS REPLIED AT THE BEGINNING THE CREATOR
MADE
AT THE BEGINNING THE CREATOR MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE
AND
SAD
MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE AND SAD FOR THIS REASON A MAN WILL
LEAVE
SAD FOR THIS REASON A MAN WILL LEAVE HIS FATHER
AND MOTHER AND
SO
LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SO BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE AND THE
TWO
SO BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE AND THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH SAID
THEY
SO BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE AND THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH SAID THEY ARE
NO LONGER TWO,
BUT ONE.
THEREFORE,
THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE. THEREFORE, WHAT GOD HAS JOINED
TOGETHER
THEREFORE, WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN
SEPARATE.
NUMBER
NUMBER TWO, THE CREATED ORDER
VERIFIES
NUMBER TWO, THE CREATED ORDER VERIFIES WHAT GOD'S
WORD SAYS.
THE
VERIFIES WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS. THE MALE AND FEMALE
ARE DESIGNED
TO
THE MALE AND FEMALE ARE DESIGNED TO BE JOINED TOGETHER TO PARTNER
WITH
TO BE JOINED TOGETHER TO PARTNER WITH GOD IN THE CREATION OF
ANOTHER
WITH GOD IN THE CREATION OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
NUMBER
WITH GOD IN THE CREATION OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. NUMBER THREE, THE
UNION OF A MAN
AND
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. NUMBER THREE, THE UNION OF A MAN AND WOMAN REVEALS
A SPIRITUAL
LESSON.
THE
AND WOMAN REVEALS A SPIRITUAL LESSON. THE TESTAMENT IS
THE BRIDE AND
GROOM
THE TESTAMENT IS THE BRIDE AND GROOM PATIENTLY AWAITING THE
MARRIAGE
GROOM PATIENTLY AWAITING THE MARRIAGE SUPPER DURING WHICH HE
WILL
GROOM PATIENTLY AWAITING THE MARRIAGE SUPPER DURING WHICH HE WILL BE JOINED
FOR ETERNITY WITH
HIS
MARRIAGE SUPPER DURING WHICH HE WILL BE JOINED FOR ETERNITY WITH HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH.
MARRIAGE
WILL BE JOINED FOR ETERNITY WITH HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH. MARRIAGE IS A PICTURE OF
THAT
PROMISE.
IT
MARRIAGE IS A PICTURE OF THAT PROMISE. IT FEATURES 531 THROUGH 32 SAYS
THAT
IT FEATURES 531 THROUGH 32 SAYS THAT THIS WAY.
FOR
IT FEATURES 531 THROUGH 32 SAYS THAT THIS WAY. FOR THIS
REASON A MAN SHALL
LEAVE
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND
BE
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED
TO HIS WIFE AND THE
TWO
BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
THIS
TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. THIS MYSTERY IS
VERY GREAT BUT I
SPEAK
THIS MYSTERY IS VERY GREAT BUT I SPEAK CONCERNING THE RELATION OF
CHRIST
SPEAK CONCERNING THE RELATION OF CHRIST AND
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH.
ATTENDS
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH. ATTENDS OUR REJECTION
OF GOD IN
THE
ATTENDS OUR REJECTION OF GOD IN THE BIBLE.
THE
ATTENDS OUR REJECTION OF GOD IN THE BIBLE. THE GENIUS
OF AMERICA AND
RELIGIOUS
THE BIBLE. THE GENIUS OF AMERICA AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS YOU
DON'T
HAVE
THE GENIUS OF AMERICA AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT OR BELIEVE ANY OF
WHAT
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT OR BELIEVE ANY OF WHAT I JUST SAID.
YOU
HAVE TO ACCEPT OR BELIEVE ANY OF WHAT I JUST SAID. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO
EMBRACE THAT
GOD
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO EMBRACE THAT GOD DESIGNED -- THAT GOD
DESIGNED
GOD DESIGNED -- THAT GOD DESIGNED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE
MARRIAGE
DESIGNED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MARRIAGE ILLUSTRATES TRUTHS OR
YOU
MARRIAGE ILLUSTRATES TRUTHS OR YOU CAN REJECT ALL OF THAT AND
MAKE
YOU CAN REJECT ALL OF THAT AND MAKE YOUR OWN ALTERNATIVE
TRUTH
BUT
MAKE YOUR OWN ALTERNATIVE TRUTH BUT YOU CANNOT CHANGE
WHAT GOD
HAS
BUT YOU CANNOT CHANGE WHAT GOD HAS SPOKEN AND VERIFIED.
MANY
HAS SPOKEN AND VERIFIED. MANY HAVE TRIED
AND HISTORY.
DOCUMENTS
MANY HAVE TRIED AND HISTORY. DOCUMENTS ARE FOLLY.
IN
DOCUMENTS ARE FOLLY. IN THE PAST, STATING SUCH
A
POSITION
IN THE PAST, STATING SUCH A POSITION WAS KNOWN
AS PRACTICING
RELIGIOUS
POSITION WAS KNOWN AS PRACTICING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF
SPEECH,
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BOTH CONSTITUTIONALLY
PROTECTED
SPEECH, BOTH CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF
NECESSITY
PROTECTED RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF NECESSITY WILL BE SACRIFICED IF
THE
PROTECTED RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF NECESSITY WILL BE SACRIFICED IF THE COURT
APPROVES SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
TO
THE COURT APPROVES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
SUPREME
COURT,
MARRIAGE. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT, I SAY THERE ARE
TENS OF
THOUSANDS
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT, I SAY THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE OF FAITH, IN
FACT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF FAITH, IN FACT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS IF
NOT
FACT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS WHOSE FAITH AND
CONSCIENCE
NOT MILLIONS WHOSE FAITH AND CONSCIENCE WILL NOT RISK THAT
ANY
CONSCIENCE WILL NOT RISK THAT ANY DECISION THAT FUNDAMENTALLY
REJECTS
ANY DECISION THAT FUNDAMENTALLY REJECTS THEIR GOD, HIS WORD IN
THE
REJECTS THEIR GOD, HIS WORD IN THE NATIONAL ORDER.
IF
REJECTS THEIR GOD, HIS WORD IN THE NATIONAL ORDER. IF A
MAJORITY REDEFINED
MARRIAGE,
IF A MAJORITY REDEFINED MARRIAGE, THOUSANDS OF
CHRISTIANS
IF A MAJORITY REDEFINED MARRIAGE, THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS WILL
RESPECTFULLY
REFUSE
MARRIAGE, THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS WILL RESPECTFULLY REFUSE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SUCH A
RULING
CHRISTIANS WILL RESPECTFULLY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUCH A RULING HAS
ANY JURISDICTION OVER
THEIR
RULING HAS ANY JURISDICTION OVER THEIR LIVES.
IN
THEIR LIVES. IN THE SPIRIT OF DR. MARTIN
LUTHER
IN THE SPIRIT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, WE VIEW ANY ATTEMPT
TO
IN THE SPIRIT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, WE VIEW ANY ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE A
WILLINGNESS ON JUST
AND
LUTHER KING, WE VIEW ANY ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE A WILLINGNESS ON JUST AND OUR DUTY
OF THE CONSTITUTION
OR
AND OUR DUTY OF THE CONSTITUTION OR IMPORT
OR IMPORT REALLY OUR DUTY TO OUR
GOD
OR IMPORT REALLY OUR DUTY TO OUR GOD WILL FORCE US TO DISRESPECT
IT.
WE
GOD WILL FORCE US TO DISRESPECT IT. WE WILL OBEY GOD RATHER
THAN
MAN.
OUR
MAN. OUR PRESENTERS MAY STAND
LEGAL
AUTHORITY
OUR PRESENTERS MAY STAND LEGAL AUTHORITY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
MAX
AUTHORITY IN THIS COUNTRY. MAX WEBER IS
THE FOUNDER AND
CHAIRMAN
MAX WEBER IS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF LIBERTY COUNSEL.
HE
CHAIRMAN OF LIBERTY COUNSEL. HE IS THE FORMER
HEAD OF LIBERTY
LAW
LAW SCHOOL IN LYNCHBURG,
VIRGINIA.
HE'S
LAW SCHOOL IN LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA. HE'S ARGUED
TWO CASES BEFORE THE
SUPREME
VIRGINIA. HE'S ARGUED TWO CASES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT
AND PRESENTED
BRIEFS
HE'S ARGUED TWO CASES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AND PRESENTED BRIEFS IN MORE
THAN
35.
>>
35. >> THANK YOU, RICK.
JUST
>> THANK YOU, RICK. JUST FOR THOSE THAT WILL COME
AFTER
JUST FOR THOSE THAT WILL COME AFTER ME, I WILL ASK YOU TO
SPELL
AFTER ME, I WILL ASK YOU TO SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE MEDIA
THAT
SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE MEDIA THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET
BACK.
MY
THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK. MY NAME
IS MATT.
I
MY NAME IS MATT. I AM FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN
OF
LIBERTY
I AM FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF LIBERTY COUNSEL, AN
INTERNATIONAL
LIBERTY COUNSEL, AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT
LITIGATION
INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT LITIGATION EDUCATION AND POLICY
ORGANIZATION.
OFFICES
LITIGATION EDUCATION AND POLICY ORGANIZATION. OFFICES IN
FLORIDA, WASHINGTON
D.C.,
OFFICES IN FLORIDA, WASHINGTON D.C., VIRGINIA AND CALIFORNIA
AND
D.C., VIRGINIA AND CALIFORNIA AND HUNDREDS OF AFFILIATES
AROUND
AND HUNDREDS OF AFFILIATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE ALSO
HAVE
AND HUNDREDS OF AFFILIATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE ALSO HAVE A MAJOR
PRESENCE IN ISRAEL.
WE
HAVE A MAJOR PRESENCE IN ISRAEL. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE
OF THE
IMPENDING
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE IMPENDING SUPREME COURT
DECISION.
THIS
IMPENDING SUPREME COURT DECISION. THIS WEEK I RELEASED AN ARTICLE
THAT
DECISION. THIS WEEK I RELEASED AN ARTICLE THAT I WROTE AND
YOU CAN READ IT
AT
THAT I WROTE AND YOU CAN READ IT AT STREAM.ORG.
STREAM
THAT I WROTE AND YOU CAN READ IT AT STREAM.ORG. STREAM WAS RECENTLY
FOUNDED BY
JAMES
STREAM WAS RECENTLY FOUNDED BY JAMES ROBINSON THAT HAS AN
INTERNATIONAL
JAMES ROBINSON THAT HAS AN INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY AND IS
THE
INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY AND IS THE FOUNDER OF THE STREAM WHICH
IS
INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY AND IS THE FOUNDER OF THE STREAM WHICH IS AN
ONLINE MEDIA
PUBLICATION
AND
IS AN ONLINE MEDIA PUBLICATION AND IN THAT ARTICLE I BEGAN
TALKING
AND IN THAT ARTICLE I BEGAN TALKING ABOUT 2009 MANHATTAN
DECLARATION
TALKING ABOUT 2009 MANHATTAN DECLARATION WAS SIGNED,
INSTITUTED
DECLARATION WAS SIGNED, INSTITUTED BY AN INSPIRED BY
THE
LATE
INSTITUTED BY AN INSPIRED BY THE LATE CHUCK COLSON AND CO-DRAFTED
BY
LATE CHUCK COLSON AND CO-DRAFTED BY PROFESSOR ROBBIE AND
TIMOTHY
GEORGE.
IN
GEORGE. IN THAT PARTICULAR MANHATTAN
DECLARATION
IN THAT PARTICULAR MANHATTAN DECLARATION EVENTS AT THESE
WORDS
IN THAT PARTICULAR MANHATTAN DECLARATION EVENTS AT THESE WORDS AND I WILL QUOTE.
WE
DECLARATION EVENTS AT THESE WORDS AND I WILL QUOTE. WE WILL FULLY AND AGGRESSION
MAY
RENDER
WORDS AND I WILL QUOTE. WE WILL FULLY AND AGGRESSION MAY RENDER WHAT IS
CAESAR'S BUT
UNDER
WE WILL FULLY AND AGGRESSION MAY RENDER WHAT IS CAESAR'S BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL WE
RENDER
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE RENDER WHAT IS GOD'S.
FIVE
RENDER WHAT IS GOD'S. FIVE YEARS LATER THE FUTURE IS
HERE
FIVE YEARS LATER THE FUTURE IS HERE WITH THE IMPENDING DECISION
THAT
HERE WITH THE IMPENDING DECISION THAT THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME
COURT.
AS
COURT. AS A RESULT OF WHAT
IT'S ABOUT
TO
AS A RESULT OF WHAT IT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE DECISION
OF
TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE DECISION OF THE INSTITUTE, KEITH FOURNIER
WHO
OF THE INSTITUTE, KEITH FOURNIER WHO WILL SPEAK AFTER ME, A
CHRISTIAN
WHO WILL SPEAK AFTER ME, A CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC, ME, AN
EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC, ME, AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BEGAN TO
PROTRACT
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BEGAN TO PROTRACT THIS DOCUMENT CALLED
THE
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BEGAN TO PROTRACT THIS DOCUMENT CALLED THE MARRIAGE
PLEDGE AND WE HAVE
CIRCULATED
THE MARRIAGE PLEDGE AND WE HAVE CIRCULATED THAT AMONG DIFFERENT
LEADERS
CIRCULATED THAT AMONG DIFFERENT LEADERS IN MANHATTAN DECLARATION
HAS
CIRCULATED THAT AMONG DIFFERENT LEADERS IN MANHATTAN DECLARATION HAS OVER
HALF A MILLION
DINERS.
THIS
HAS OVER HALF A MILLION DINERS. THIS ONE HERE HAS JUST BEEN
POSTED
THIS ONE HERE HAS JUST BEEN POSTED ONLINE AN EVERYDAY
HUNDREDS
POSTED ONLINE AN EVERYDAY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS MORE ARE
SIGNING
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS MORE ARE SIGNING THIS.
WE
SIGNING THIS. WE BROUGHT LEADERS TOGETHER
FIRST
SIGNING THIS. WE BROUGHT LEADERS TOGETHER FIRST AND WITH
LEADERS FROM A
WIDE
FIRST AND WITH LEADERS FROM A WIDE GOOD
WIDE GOOD OF EVANGELICALS,
VARIOUS
WIDE GOOD OF EVANGELICALS, VARIOUS PROTESTANT
VARIOUS PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
ORTHODOX
VARIOUS PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS, JEWISH,
LEADERS
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS, JEWISH, LEADERS ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY
FROM
LEADERS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES THEY
DON'T
FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES THEY DON'T AGREE ON THEOLOGICAL
ISSUES
DON'T AGREE ON THEOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT THEY ARE UNIFIED IN
THIS
DON'T AGREE ON THEOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT THEY ARE UNIFIED IN THIS ONE
AREA AND THAT IS
MARRIAGE
ISSUES THAT THEY ARE UNIFIED IN THIS ONE AREA AND THAT IS MARRIAGE AS THE UNION
OF A MAN
WOMAN
THIS ONE AREA AND THAT IS MARRIAGE AS THE UNION OF A MAN WOMAN AND ON OUR WATCH
WE WILL
NOT
WOMAN AND ON OUR WATCH WE WILL NOT READILY ALLOW THAT TO BE
DECONSTRUCTED
NOT READILY ALLOW THAT TO BE DECONSTRUCTED BECAUSE WHENEVER
IT
DECONSTRUCTED BECAUSE WHENEVER IT HAPPENS WE BY EXPERIENCE AND
HISTORY
IT HAPPENS WE BY EXPERIENCE AND HISTORY HAVE KNOWN THE
GOVERNMENT
HISTORY HAVE KNOWN THE GOVERNMENT USES THE
POLICE
POWER.
IT
POWER. IT HAPPENS
IT HAPPENS AROUND THE WORLD AND
IT
IT HAPPENS AROUND THE WORLD AND IT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE
CROSS
IT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE CROSS THIS LINE.
THE
IT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE CROSS THIS LINE. THE LEADERS AS DIVERSE
AS
FRANKLIN
CROSS THIS LINE. THE LEADERS AS DIVERSE AS FRANKLIN GRAHAM
AND OTHER
ORTHODOX
FRANKLIN GRAHAM AND OTHER ORTHODOX CLERGY'S ENTRIES,
JEWISH
ORTHODOX CLERGY'S ENTRIES, JEWISH LEADERS HAVE COME
TOGETHER
JEWISH LEADERS HAVE COME TOGETHER UNIFIED AROUND ONE
ISSUE
TOGETHER UNIFIED AROUND ONE ISSUE AND THE PLEDGE THAT
DEFENDS
ISSUE AND THE PLEDGE THAT DEFENDS MARRIAGE.OR DO WE ALSO
HAVE
ISSUE AND THE PLEDGE THAT DEFENDS MARRIAGE.OR DO WE ALSO HAVE A COPY
HERE TO
PASS OUT.
I
HAVE A COPY HERE TO PASS OUT. I WANT TO TOUCH ON A
COUPLE
THINGS
I WANT TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE THINGS UP IN THIS PLEDGE.
ONE
THINGS UP IN THIS PLEDGE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE UNIFIED
IN
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE UNIFIED IN HIS REAFFIRM THE MARRIAGE AND
THE
IN HIS REAFFIRM THE MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY HAS BEEN INSCRIBED BY
THE
THE FAMILY HAS BEEN INSCRIBED BY THE DIVINE ARCHITECT INTO THE
NATURAL
THE DIVINE ARCHITECT INTO THE NATURAL ORDER THAT MARRIAGE
PREDATES
THE DIVINE ARCHITECT INTO THE NATURAL ORDER THAT MARRIAGE PREDATES EVERY
CIVIL GOVERNMENT,
WASN'T
PREDATES EVERY CIVIL GOVERNMENT, WASN'T CREATED BY A LEGISLATIVE
ACT
WASN'T CREATED BY A LEGISLATIVE ACT WHEREBY A REFERENDUM OF THE
PEOPLE.
IT
ACT WHEREBY A REFERENDUM OF THE PEOPLE. IT PREDATES EVERY CIVIL
GOVERNMENT
PEOPLE. IT PREDATES EVERY CIVIL GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT
MILLENNIA
OF
IT PREDATES EVERY CIVIL GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT MILLENNIA OF HISTORY HAVE
AFFIRMED WHAT IS
OBVIOUS
OF HISTORY HAVE AFFIRMED WHAT IS OBVIOUS PART OF THE ORDER.
MARRIAGE
OBVIOUS PART OF THE ORDER. MARRIAGE IS THE UNION OF A MAN
AND
MARRIAGE IS THE UNION OF A MAN AND WOMAN.
IT
MARRIAGE IS THE UNION OF A MAN AND WOMAN. IT DOESN'T
CONFINE ANY RELIGION
AND
IT DOESN'T CONFINE ANY RELIGION AND IS NOT CREATED BY RELIGION.
IT
AND IS NOT CREATED BY RELIGION. IT IS NOT A RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
RELIGION
IT IS NOT A RELIGIOUS BELIEF. RELIGION AFFIRMS THAT WHICH IS
PART
RELIGION AFFIRMS THAT WHICH IS PART OF THE NATURAL CREATIVE
ORDER
RELIGION AFFIRMS THAT WHICH IS PART OF THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER A
CIVIL GOVERNMENT AFFIRMS
THAT
ORDER A CIVIL GOVERNMENT AFFIRMS THAT AS MUCH AS IT AFFIRMS
GRAVITY.
YOU
THAT AS MUCH AS IT AFFIRMS GRAVITY. YOU MAY NOT LIKE GRAVITY.
YOU
GRAVITY. YOU MAY NOT LIKE GRAVITY. YOU MAY PREFER
TO FLY TO JUMP
OFF
YOU MAY PREFER TO FLY TO JUMP OFF A BUILDING OR CLICK.
GRAVITY
OFF A BUILDING OR CLICK. GRAVITY IS WHAT GRAVITY IS.
YOU
GRAVITY IS WHAT GRAVITY IS. YOU CAN RESIST IT, BUT IT'S
FAIR,
GRAVITY IS WHAT GRAVITY IS. YOU CAN RESIST IT, BUT IT'S FAIR, PART OF
THE NATURAL
CREATIVE
YOU CAN RESIST IT, BUT IT'S FAIR, PART OF THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER.
THE
FAIR, PART OF THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER. THE FACTOR IS PART OF
OUR
NATURAL
THE FACTOR IS PART OF OUR NATURAL ORDER, HUMANS HAVE MALE
AND
NATURAL ORDER, HUMANS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE CON TOGETHER FOR NOT
ONLY
AND FEMALE CON TOGETHER FOR NOT ONLY UNITY THAT PROCREATION
AND
HAVING
ONLY UNITY THAT PROCREATION AND HAVING THE BEST INITIAL CELL,
THE
HAVING THE BEST INITIAL CELL, THE UNIT ON WHICH THE REST OF
SOCIETY
THE UNIT ON WHICH THE REST OF SOCIETY IS BUILT TO
RAISE
CHILDREN
SOCIETY IS BUILT TO RAISE CHILDREN AND TO
PRODUCE THOSE AS
PRODUCTIVE
CHILDREN AND TO PRODUCE THOSE AS PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IS THE
CENTRAL
PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IS THE CENTRAL STRUCTURE OF OUR
HUMANITY
PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IS THE CENTRAL STRUCTURE OF OUR HUMANITY THAT
TRANSCENDS TIME,
GENERATIONS
HUMANITY THAT TRANSCENDS TIME, GENERATIONS AND GEOGRAPHY.
NOT
HUMANITY THAT TRANSCENDS TIME, GENERATIONS AND GEOGRAPHY. NOT CREATED BY
ANY CIVILIZATION.
IT
GENERATIONS AND GEOGRAPHY. NOT CREATED BY ANY CIVILIZATION. IT IS PART
OF OUR CREATIVE
ORDER.
AS
IT IS PART OF OUR CREATIVE ORDER. AS SUCH WE COME TO A LETTER
FROM
DR.
ORDER. AS SUCH WE COME TO A LETTER FROM DR. MARTIN AT THE KING JUNIOR
WHEN
AS SUCH WE COME TO A LETTER FROM DR. MARTIN AT THE KING JUNIOR WHEN HE WROTE A LETTER FROM
THE
BIRMINGHAM
WHEN HE WROTE A LETTER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL.
DR.
WHEN HE WROTE A LETTER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL. DR. KING WAS ASKED
A QUESTION.
WHY
BIRMINGHAM JAIL. DR. KING WAS ASKED A QUESTION. WHY DO YOU EXPECT
SOME LOVE AND
OTHERS
DR. KING WAS ASKED A QUESTION. WHY DO YOU EXPECT SOME LOVE AND OTHERS WHO
DON'T RESPECT.
ABOUT
WHY DO YOU EXPECT SOME LOVE AND OTHERS WHO DON'T RESPECT. ABOUT IN
THAT LETTER THAT THERE
ARE
OTHERS WHO DON'T RESPECT. ABOUT IN THAT LETTER THAT THERE ARE TWO KINDS
OF LAWS.
THERE
ABOUT IN THAT LETTER THAT THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF LAWS. THERE ARE
JUST TWO HOURS AND
JUST
ARE TWO KINDS OF LAWS. THERE ARE JUST TWO HOURS AND JUST LAWS
ARE IN WHICH THE
EARTHLY
THERE ARE JUST TWO HOURS AND JUST LAWS ARE IN WHICH THE EARTHLY LIVES AND CAN
HARMONY TO
A
JUST LAWS ARE IN WHICH THE EARTHLY LIVES AND CAN HARMONY TO A HIGHER
LAW PRINTS BOTH AN
UNJUST
A HIGHER LAW PRINTS BOTH AN UNJUST LAWS THAN THOSE LAWS THAT
COLLIDE
UNJUST LAWS THAN THOSE LAWS THAT COLLIDE WITH
COLLIDE WITH HIGHER LAW.
LAWS
COLLIDE WITH HIGHER LAW. LAWS THAT ARE JUST HAVE
THE
OBLIGATION
LAWS THAT ARE JUST HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO OBEY THOSE
LAWS TO
OBEY
OBLIGATION TO OBEY THOSE LAWS TO OBEY THOSE LAWS THAT ARE RUN
JUST
OBEY THOSE LAWS THAT ARE RUN JUST HAVE THE DUTY TO DISOBEY
THOSE
JUST HAVE THE DUTY TO DISOBEY THOSE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH SAINT
AUGUSTINE
THOSE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH SAINT AUGUSTINE AND AUGUSTINE AND
OTHER
THOSE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH SAINT AUGUSTINE AND AUGUSTINE AND OTHER MILLENNIA AND THE
TEACHINGS
AUGUSTINE AND AUGUSTINE AND OTHER MILLENNIA AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE JUDEO CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
OTHER MILLENNIA AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE JUDEO CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND HISTORY OF SCRIPTURES
THAT
TEACHINGS OF THE JUDEO CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND HISTORY OF SCRIPTURES THAT UNJUST
LAW IS NO LAW AT ALL
AND
THAT UNJUST LAW IS NO LAW AT ALL AND IT CANNOT BE GIVEN RESPECT
OF
AND IT CANNOT BE GIVEN RESPECT OF THE LAW.
CERTAIN
OF THE LAW. CERTAIN SMALL AREAS OF LIFE IN
WHICH
CERTAIN SMALL AREAS OF LIFE IN WHICH WE ENCOUNTER AN UNJUST
LAW.
AN
LAW. AN UNJUST LAW
IS NOT WHAT
DENOMINATIONAL
AN UNJUST LAW IS NOT WHAT DENOMINATIONAL DOCTRINES ARE
JUST
DENOMINATIONAL DOCTRINES ARE JUST WINS THE SOCIETY, BUT
SOMETHING
JUST WINS THE SOCIETY, BUT SOMETHING THAT COLLIDE WITH THE
NATURAL
SOMETHING THAT COLLIDE WITH THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER.
WHEN
NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER. WHEN WE FIND ONE LAW LIKE
THAT,
IT
WHEN WE FIND ONE LAW LIKE THAT, IT IS NO LAW AT ALL.
IT
IT IS NO LAW AT ALL. IT IS IN COALITION WITH THE
HIGHER
IT IS IN COALITION WITH THE HIGHER LAW PRINCIPLE.
NEITHER
IT IS IN COALITION WITH THE HIGHER LAW PRINCIPLE. NEITHER THE
UNITED STATES
SUPREME
NEITHER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NOR ANY CIVIL
GOVERNMENT
SUPREME COURT NOR ANY CIVIL GOVERNMENT HAS THE RIGHT OR
AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT HAS THE RIGHT OR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE NATURAL
CREATIVE
AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER.
AS
AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER. AS WE'VE
SEEN IN OUR UNITED
STATES
CREATIVE ORDER. AS WE'VE SEEN IN OUR UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT
STATES SUPREME COURT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES.
NUMBER
STATES SUPREME COURT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES. NUMBER ONE, THE COURT
HAS
CANDIDLY
NUMBER ONE, THE COURT HAS CANDIDLY STATED IN THE
CONFIDENCE
CANDIDLY STATED IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE
PEOPLE.
IN
CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE. IN 1992, JUSTICE SANDRA DAY
O'CONNOR
IN 1992, JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR IN THE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD
O'CONNOR IN THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD AS ONE OF THE
JUSTIFICATIONS
PARENTHOOD AS ONE OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR UPHOLDING THE
NIGHT
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR UPHOLDING THE NIGHT TO 73 ROE VERSUS
WADE AND
THAT
NIGHT TO 73 ROE VERSUS WADE AND THAT IS THE SELF-PRESERVATION OF
THE
THAT IS THE SELF-PRESERVATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
UNLIKE
COURT. UNLIKE THE EXECUTIVE WITH
A
FIGURATIVE
UNLIKE THE EXECUTIVE WITH A FIGURATIVE POWER OF
THE SWORD
AND
FIGURATIVE POWER OF THE SWORD AND UNLIKE THE LEGISLATURE THAT
HAS
AND UNLIKE THE LEGISLATURE THAT HAS A FIGURATIVE POWER TO
PASS
LAWS,
HAS A FIGURATIVE POWER TO PASS LAWS, THE JUDICIARY
HAS ALMOST
NO
LAWS, THE JUDICIARY HAS ALMOST NO AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE
ITS OWN
LAWS.
IT
NO AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE ITS OWN LAWS. IT HAS TO RELY UPON
THE OTHER
BRANCHES
LAWS. IT HAS TO RELY UPON THE OTHER BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT TO DO
SO.
THE
IT HAS TO RELY UPON THE OTHER BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT TO DO SO. THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT RESTS
NOT
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT TO DO SO. THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT RESTS NOT IN THE FACT
IT HAS A POWER
OF
NOT IN THE FACT IT HAS A POWER OF THE SWORD, BUT IN THE
CONFIDENCE
OF THE SWORD, BUT IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE AND IF
THEY
CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE AND IF THEY LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE
PEOPLE,
THEY LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE, THEY LOSE THEIR
AUTHORITY
THEY LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE, THEY LOSE THEIR AUTHORITY AND
THEREFORE WE TOOK
SUCH
PEOPLE, THEY LOSE THEIR AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE WE TOOK SUCH A DRASTIC
SHIFT IN THE TEEN
73.
SUCH A DRASTIC SHIFT IN THE TEEN 73. THE PEOPLE WILL WONDER WHAT
ARE
73. THE PEOPLE WILL WONDER WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HOW
ARE YOU DOING? HOW CAN WE TRUST IT TO MAKE
THESE
HOW CAN WE TRUST IT TO MAKE THESE MAJOR SOCIAL SHIFTS AND IF
WE
THESE MAJOR SOCIAL SHIFTS AND IF WE CAN'T TRUST YOU, WE THEN
DO
NOT
WE CAN'T TRUST YOU, WE THEN DO NOT ACCORD YOUR
DECISIONS THE
WAY
NOT ACCORD YOUR DECISIONS THE WAY THAT THEY OUGHT TO GIVE
A
DECISION
WAY THAT THEY OUGHT TO GIVE A DECISION AND AS A MEANS
OF
SELF-PRESERVATION,
DECISION AND AS A MEANS OF SELF-PRESERVATION, EVEN IF IT
WAS
SELF-PRESERVATION, EVEN IF IT WAS WRONG, WE CAN'T DEVIATE
BECAUSE
WAS WRONG, WE CAN'T DEVIATE BECAUSE WE WILL LOSE THE TRUST
OF
BECAUSE WE WILL LOSE THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE AND DOES LOSE
THEIR
OF THE PEOPLE AND DOES LOSE THEIR OWN AUTHORITY.
THAT
OF THE PEOPLE AND DOES LOSE THEIR OWN AUTHORITY. THAT IS
A CANDID ASSESSMENT, BUT
AN
THAT IS A CANDID ASSESSMENT, BUT AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT.
THE
AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT. THE ONLY AUTHORITY IS THE
THOUGHT
THE ONLY AUTHORITY IS THE THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE
TRUST IS
DOING
THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE TRUST IS DOING ITS JOB CONSISTENT WITH
THE
DOING ITS JOB CONSISTENT WITH THE RULE
THE RULE OF LAW AND ADHERING TO
THE
THE RULE OF LAW AND ADHERING TO THE DOCUMENT
THE DOCUMENT THEY ARE INTENDING
TO
THE DOCUMENT THEY ARE INTENDING TO INTERPRET.
NOT
THE DOCUMENT THEY ARE INTENDING TO INTERPRET. NOT THAT
THEY ARE IDEOLOGICAL
INDIVIDUALS
NOT THAT THEY ARE IDEOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO
PUSH BASED
UPON
INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO PUSH BASED UPON THEIR OWN PERSONAL
BELIEFS.
THE
UPON THEIR OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS. THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT ALWAYS
BEEN
THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT.
IN
BEEN RIGHT. IN 230 CASES IT IS OVERRULED
ITSELF
BEEN RIGHT. IN 230 CASES IT IS OVERRULED ITSELF SO
THE PREVIOUS DECISIONS
WERE
ITSELF SO THE PREVIOUS DECISIONS WERE WRONG.
IN
ITSELF SO THE PREVIOUS DECISIONS WERE WRONG. IN THE
1800s, THE
SUPREME COURT,
A
IN THE 1800s, THE SUPREME COURT, A RACIST AND
BIGOTED JUDGE
COLLIDED
COLLIDED OVER HISTORY AND ASK
FOR
COLLIDED OVER HISTORY AND ASK FOR RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN AND AS
A
BLACK
FOR RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN AND AS A BLACK AMERICAN.
HE
BLACK AMERICAN. HE WAS DENIED THOSE RIGHTS AND
WHEN
HE WAS DENIED THOSE RIGHTS AND WHEN THE CASE WENT TO THIS
RACIST
WHEN THE CASE WENT TO THIS RACIST JURORS, THERE IS NO
JUSTICE
WHEN THE CASE WENT TO THIS RACIST JURORS, THERE IS NO JUSTICE FOR YOU
AT THIS HIGH
COURT
JUSTICE FOR YOU AT THIS HIGH COURT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE BLACKS
ARE
COURT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE BLACKS ARE INFERIOR HUMAN BEINGS.
CLOSE
ARE INFERIOR HUMAN BEINGS. CLOSE QUOTE.
HOW
CLOSE QUOTE. HOW BIGOTED, RACIST
AND WRONG IS
THAT
HOW BIGOTED, RACIST AND WRONG IS THAT DECISION?
IT
HOW BIGOTED, RACIST AND WRONG IS THAT DECISION? IT IS
NOT THE RULE OF LAW NOW.
IT
IT IS NOT THE RULE OF LAW NOW. IT IS REPUDIATED IN EVERYONE'S
MIND
IT IS NOT THE RULE OF LAW NOW. IT IS REPUDIATED IN EVERYONE'S MIND TODAY.
IT
IT IS REPUDIATED IN EVERYONE'S MIND TODAY. IT WAS NOT THE RULE OF LAW
AT
THE
IT WAS NOT THE RULE OF LAW AT THE MOMENT IT
WAS PANNED AS A
DECISION.
BUCK
THE MOMENT IT WAS PANNED AS A DECISION. BUCK VERSUS BAL, UNDER
THE
COMMONWEALTH
DECISION. BUCK VERSUS BAL, UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA, A
VICTIM
BUCK VERSUS BAL, UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, A VICTIM OF
THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT
TAKING
VICTIM OF THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT TAKING PLACE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THREE
TAKING PLACE AROUND THE COUNTRY. THREE PREVIOUS GENERATIONS HAVE
LOW
THREE PREVIOUS GENERATIONS HAVE LOW IQs SO THE COMMONWEALTH
OF
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA WAS TAKEN INTO A
FACILITY
VIRGINIA WAS TAKEN INTO A FACILITY AND FORCIBLY STERILIZED
HER.
SHE
FACILITY AND FORCIBLY STERILIZED HER. SHE SAT JUST
AS BEFORE THIS HIGH
COURT
SHE SAT JUST AS BEFORE THIS HIGH COURT AND INFINITE JUSTICE, SHE
GOT
SHE SAT JUST AS BEFORE THIS HIGH COURT AND INFINITE JUSTICE, SHE GOT AN OPINION
FROM THE FAMOUS
JUSTICE
COURT AND INFINITE JUSTICE, SHE GOT AN OPINION FROM THE FAMOUS JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
WHO
GOT AN OPINION FROM THE FAMOUS JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES WHO WROTE THE INFAMOUS
DECISION.
NO
JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES WHO WROTE THE INFAMOUS DECISION. NO JUSTICE FOR YOU
AT THIS HIGH
COURT
NO JUSTICE FOR YOU AT THIS HIGH COURT BECAUSE QUOTE, THREE
GENERATIONS
COURT BECAUSE QUOTE, THREE GENERATIONS OF IMBECILES ARE
ENOUGH,
GENERATIONS OF IMBECILES ARE ENOUGH, CLOSE QUOTE.
BECAUSE
ENOUGH, CLOSE QUOTE. BECAUSE SHE HAD LOW I.Q.
AND
BECAUSE SHE HAD LOW I.Q. AND HER GENERATION, IT WAS OKAY
FOR
AND HER GENERATION, IT WAS OKAY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
TO
AND HER GENERATION, IT WAS OKAY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO FORCIBLY
REMOVE THE
UNDESIRABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY
UNDESIRABLE. UNFORTUNATELY IT SPREAD
LIKE
WILD
UNFORTUNATELY IT SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE IN THE EUGENICS LAWS
TO
WILD FIRE IN THE EUGENICS LAWS TO PLACE ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES
WILD FIRE IN THE EUGENICS LAWS TO PLACE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND WAS PICKED
UP BY A
MAN
STATES AND WAS PICKED UP BY A MAN BY THE NAME OF ADOLF HITLER
BECAME
MAN BY THE NAME OF ADOLF HITLER BECAME A PLATFORM FOR THE
EUGENICS
BECAME A PLATFORM FOR THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT.
DURING
BECAME A PLATFORM FOR THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT. DURING THE NUREMBERG
TRIALS WHEN
THE
EUGENICS MOVEMENT. DURING THE NUREMBERG TRIALS WHEN THE WERE
PUT ON TRIAL, WHICH
TRIAL,
THE WERE PUT ON TRIAL, WHICH TRIAL, WHAT CASE DID THEY SAY TO
JUSTIFY
THE WERE PUT ON TRIAL, WHICH TRIAL, WHAT CASE DID THEY SAY TO JUSTIFY WHAT THEY
WERE DOING?
YOU
TRIAL, WHAT CASE DID THEY SAY TO JUSTIFY WHAT THEY WERE DOING? YOU DO THE SAME
THING IN
AMERICA.
IT
YOU DO THE SAME THING IN AMERICA. IT IS
CALLED BUCK VERSUS BAL.
HOW
AMERICA. IT IS CALLED BUCK VERSUS BAL. HOW SHAMEFUL
THAT IS.
NO
HOW SHAMEFUL THAT IS. NO ONE TODAY WILL JUSTIFY THAT
DECISION
NO ONE TODAY WILL JUSTIFY THAT DECISION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
RULE
DECISION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RULE OF LAW AND IF THERE WAS NOT
THE
RULE OF LAW AND IF THERE WAS NOT THE RULE OF LAW IN
EVERYONE'S
MINDS,
THE RULE OF LAW IN EVERYONE'S MINDS, IF YOU ASK THEM, IT
WASN'T
MINDS, IF YOU ASK THEM, IT WASN'T THE RULE OF
LAW THAN.
THOSE
WASN'T THE RULE OF LAW THAN. THOSE DECISIONS ARE EXAMPLES OF
SUPREME
THOSE DECISIONS ARE EXAMPLES OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT RUN
CONTRARY
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT RUN CONTRARY TO THE NATURAL
CREATIVE
ORDER.
THERE
ORDER. THERE IS NO LOT THEN AND
NO ONE
NOW
THERE IS NO LOT THEN AND NO ONE NOW AND WE ARE NOW FACING ONE
OF
THOSE
NOW AND WE ARE NOW FACING ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS FOR THE UNITED
STATES
THOSE DECISIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
IF
THOSE DECISIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. IF WE CAN GET THE
ISSUE RIGHT
WHETHER
STATES SUPREME COURT. IF WE CAN GET THE ISSUE RIGHT WHETHER THERE
IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL
WHETHER THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT IN THE
UNITED
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, IF
THEY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, IF THEY CROSS
THIS LINE AND EVENT
TO
THEY CROSS THIS LINE AND EVENT TO WRITE A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN
THE
TO WRITE A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN THE UNITED ITS
CONSTITUTION, I
SAY
THE UNITED ITS CONSTITUTION, I SAY IN THE LEADERS THAT
ASSIGNMENT
SAY IN THE LEADERS THAT ASSIGNMENT AND MANY MORE AROUND
THIS
ASSIGNMENT AND MANY MORE AROUND THIS COUNTRY THAT WE WILL
CONSIDER
THIS COUNTRY THAT WE WILL CONSIDER ENTRY SUCH A DECISION
BY
CONSIDER ENTRY SUCH A DECISION BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT
BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE IN
HISTORY
COURT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE IN HISTORY HAVE YOU TRIED SCOTT AND
BUCK
HISTORY HAVE YOU TRIED SCOTT AND BUCK VERSUS DELL.
I
HISTORY HAVE YOU TRIED SCOTT AND BUCK VERSUS DELL. I SAY
THIS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
TO
I SAY THIS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO SOMEONE WHO ARGUES BEFORE
THIS
I SAY THIS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO SOMEONE WHO ARGUES BEFORE THIS COURT
THE DECISION WILL BE
AN
THIS COURT THE DECISION WILL BE AN UNJUST LAW AND WE CANNOT AND
WE
AN UNJUST LAW AND WE CANNOT AND WE WILL NOT GIVE IT THE RESPECT
OF
WE WILL NOT GIVE IT THE RESPECT OF THE RULE OF LAW.
THAT
WE WILL NOT GIVE IT THE RESPECT OF THE RULE OF LAW. THAT GOES
TOO FAR.
THAT
THAT GOES TOO FAR. THAT IS A LINE THAT WE
CANNOT
CROSS.
NOT
CROSS. NOT BECAUSE WE WANT CONTROVERSY.
THE
NOT BECAUSE WE WANT CONTROVERSY. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THING
WE
THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THING WE WANTED TO FIGHT FIGHT OVER
THIS
THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THING WE WANTED TO FIGHT FIGHT OVER THIS ISSUE.
WE
WE WANTED TO FIGHT FIGHT OVER THIS ISSUE. WE KNOW FROM HISTORY AND
EXPERIENCE
THIS ISSUE. WE KNOW FROM HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE ONCE A
GOVERNMENT
SEEKS
WE KNOW FROM HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE ONCE A GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO REDEFINE
THE NATURAL
CREATIVE
SEEKS TO REDEFINE THE NATURAL CREATIVE ORDER OF MARRIAGE, THE
FIRST
CREATIVE ORDER OF MARRIAGE, THE FIRST COLLISION IS WITH
RELIGIOUS
CREATIVE ORDER OF MARRIAGE, THE FIRST COLLISION IS WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BECAUSE
IT'S A
BIG
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BECAUSE IT'S A BIG YEAR SOMETHING.
THIS
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BECAUSE IT'S A BIG YEAR SOMETHING. THIS IS
AN ISSUE IN WHICH
RELIGIOUS
BIG YEAR SOMETHING. THIS IS AN ISSUE IN WHICH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
IS UNDER
ATTACK.
AT
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS UNDER ATTACK. AT THE CHICK-FIL-A FOUNDER SAYS
I
ATTACK. AT THE CHICK-FIL-A FOUNDER SAYS I BELIEVE MARRIAGE
AS THE UNION
OF
I BELIEVE MARRIAGE AS THE UNION OF A MAN
OF A MAN AND WOMAN, YOU CAN'T
HAVE
OF A MAN AND WOMAN, YOU CAN'T HAVE CHICK-FIL-A AND MY CITY OR
MY
HAVE CHICK-FIL-A AND MY CITY OR MY DISTRICT OR THEY GET KICKED
OUT
HAVE CHICK-FIL-A AND MY CITY OR MY DISTRICT OR THEY GET KICKED OUT OF
COLLEGE CAMPUSES BECAUSE
THE
MY DISTRICT OR THEY GET KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THE FOUNDER BELIEVES IN
MARRIAGE
IS
OUT OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THE FOUNDER BELIEVES IN MARRIAGE IS UNION OF OF A MAN AND WOMAN
WERE
IS UNION OF OF A MAN AND WOMAN WERE FOR EXAMPLE, IF A
PHOTOGRAPHER
WERE FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PHOTOGRAPHER SAYS I DON'T
DISCRIMINATE
WERE FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PHOTOGRAPHER SAYS I DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEBODY
BECAUSE
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY ARE GAY.
I
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY ARE GAY. I PHOTOGRAPH
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
BUT
I PHOTOGRAPH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE BUT I CAN'T AUTOGRAPH AND EVENT
EVEN
BUT I CAN'T AUTOGRAPH AND EVENT EVEN MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE
CAUCASIAN.
BUT
EVEN MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUCASIAN. BUT IF THEY START
BURNING
CROSSES
CAUCASIAN. BUT IF THEY START BURNING CROSSES I
CAN'T AUTOGRAPH THAT
EVENT
CROSSES I CAN'T AUTOGRAPH THAT EVENT EITHER.
SHE
CROSSES I CAN'T AUTOGRAPH THAT EVENT EITHER. SHE HAS BEEN TOLD NO IF
YOU
DON'T
EVENT EITHER. SHE HAS BEEN TOLD NO IF YOU DON'T PHOTOGRAPH
THE EVENT, THAT
YOU
DON'T PHOTOGRAPH THE EVENT, THAT YOU CAN'T DO PHOTOGRAPHY
AND
DARLENE
DARLENE FLOWERS OR FOR A
SOUTHWEST
DARLENE FLOWERS OR FOR A SOUTHWEST COME A 7-YEAR-OLD LADY
HAS
SOUTHWEST COME A 7-YEAR-OLD LADY HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH ONE OF HER
CLIENTS
HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH ONE OF HER CLIENTS FOR NINE YEARS.
BAKED
HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH ONE OF HER CLIENTS FOR NINE YEARS. BAKED CUPCAKES
AND COOKIES.
DOESN'T
BAKED CUPCAKES AND COOKIES. DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE BECAUSE HE
IS
DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE BECAUSE HE IS GAY.
ONE
DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE BECAUSE HE IS GAY. ONE DAY HE SAYS I
WANT YOU
TO
CATER
ONE DAY HE SAYS I WANT YOU TO CATER MY WEDDING WITH
ANOTHER
MAN
CATER MY WEDDING WITH ANOTHER MAN AND SHE SAID I'M SORRY.
THAT
MAN AND SHE SAID I'M SORRY. THAT IS CONTRARY TO MY RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
BUT
THAT IS CONTRARY TO MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER FLORIST DOWN
THE
BELIEFS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER FLORIST DOWN THE STREET I CAN
DO A GOOD JOB
FOR
THE STREET I CAN DO A GOOD JOB FOR YOU.
YOU
FOR YOU. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD
DEVELOP
YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD DEVELOP INTO RESPECTING DEVELOP
INTO
DEVELOP INTO RESPECTING DEVELOP INTO RESPECTING A PERSON DEVELOP
INTO
DEVELOP INTO RESPECTING DEVELOP INTO RESPECTING A PERSON DEVELOP INTO RESPECT AND
THE PERSON
WOULD
INTO RESPECTING A PERSON DEVELOP INTO RESPECT AND THE PERSON WOULD SAY I UNDERSTAND HER
CONVICTION.
I
WOULD SAY I UNDERSTAND HER CONVICTION. I WILL GO DOWN THERE.
THANK
CONVICTION. I WILL GO DOWN THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CAN DO
NEED
I WILL GO DOWN THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CAN DO NEED TO PATRONIZE THE FOREST. A
CIVIL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CAN DO NEED TO PATRONIZE THE FOREST. A CIVIL COMPLAINT WAS
FILED AND
THEY
NEED TO PATRONIZE THE FOREST. A CIVIL COMPLAINT WAS FILED AND THEY TRY TO
BANKRUPT OR
PERSONALLY
CIVIL COMPLAINT WAS FILED AND THEY TRY TO BANKRUPT OR PERSONALLY AND FINANCIALLY WITH
HER
THEY TRY TO BANKRUPT OR PERSONALLY AND FINANCIALLY WITH HER BUSINESS
AS WELL.
THIS
HER BUSINESS AS WELL. THIS IS A ZERO-SUM GAME.
THE
THIS IS A ZERO-SUM GAME. THE REASON WE CANNOT COMPLY IS
BECAUSE
THE REASON WE CANNOT COMPLY IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS WILL
COLLIDE
BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS WILL COLLIDE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND
BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS WILL COLLIDE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THERE
ARE CERTAIN NAMES WE
CANNOT,
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN NAMES WE CANNOT, THEREFORE WILL
NOT
RENDER
CANNOT, THEREFORE WILL NOT RENDER TO THE
STATE WHEN THEY
COLLIDE
RENDER TO THE STATE WHEN THEY COLLIDE DIRECTLY AND
UNEQUIVOCALLY
COLLIDE DIRECTLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY WITH WHAT GOD
REQUIRES
COLLIDE DIRECTLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY WITH WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF EACH AND
EVERY ONE
OF
REQUIRES OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
..
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FOUNDER
FOUNDER OF COMMON GOOD
FOUNDATION
FOUNDER OF COMMON GOOD FOUNDATION AND COME TO ALLIANCE.
AND
FOUNDATION AND COME TO ALLIANCE. AND A CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN.
I'M
AND A CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN. I'M ALSO
I'M ALSO ON THE PATH TOWARDS
Ph.D
I'M ALSO ON THE PATH TOWARDS Ph.D IN MY OWN CHURCH.
IT'S
Ph.D IN MY OWN CHURCH. IT'S MY HONOR TO STAND WITH ALL
OF
Ph.D IN MY OWN CHURCH. IT'S MY HONOR TO STAND WITH ALL OF YOU
ENDED IN ORDER TO BE
PART
OF
OF YOU ENDED IN ORDER TO BE PART OF THIS PUTSCH PIGGYBACKED
PASTOR
OF THIS PUTSCH PIGGYBACKED PASTOR RICK, I DON'T DROP IT WAS
INTENTIONAL
PASTOR RICK, I DON'T DROP IT WAS INTENTIONAL BUT IT IS CERTAINLY
GOOD
INTENTIONAL BUT IT IS CERTAINLY GOOD OPTICS BECAUSE I'M STANDING
WITH
GOOD OPTICS BECAUSE I'M STANDING WITH THE THOUSANDS IN FACT
STANDING
GOOD OPTICS BECAUSE I'M STANDING WITH THE THOUSANDS IN FACT STANDING WITH MILLIONS
AND I'M
STANDING
WITH THE THOUSANDS IN FACT STANDING WITH MILLIONS AND I'M STANDING IN
A 2000 YEAR HISTORY
OF
STANDING IN A 2000 YEAR HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REACHING
BEYOND
OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REACHING BEYOND THAT TO MOUNT SINAI GO
ALL
BEYOND THAT TO MOUNT SINAI GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
BEGINNING
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF CREATION ITSELF.
AND
BEGINNING OF CREATION ITSELF. AND DEFENDING MARRIAGE IS WHAT
IT
IT IS.
BETWEEN
BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN,
INTENDED
BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, INTENDED FOR LIFE,
OPEN
TO
TO LIFE,
TO LIFE, AND FORMATIVE OF
FAMILY.
AND
FAMILY. AND FAMILY IS THE FIRST SOCIETY.
IT'S
AND FAMILY IS THE FIRST SOCIETY. IT'S THE FIRST SCHOOL, THE
FIRST
CHURCH,
IT'S THE FIRST SCHOOL, THE FIRST CHURCH, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT
COME
CHURCH, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT COME THE FIRST ECONOMY, THE
FIRST
COME THE FIRST ECONOMY, THE FIRST MEDIATING ASSOCIATION.
THE
FIRST MEDIATING ASSOCIATION. THE ENTIRE SOCIAL ORDER IS BUILT
ON
THE ENTIRE SOCIAL ORDER IS BUILT ON THE FAMILY.
AND
ON THE FAMILY. AND I STAND FULLY WITHIN THE
TRADITION
AND I STAND FULLY WITHIN THE TRADITION OF MY CHURCH AND THE
FACT
TRADITION OF MY CHURCH AND THE FACT THAT CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN
TRADITION
FACT THAT CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN SAYING IT IS NOT
JUST
FACT THAT CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN SAYING IT IS NOT JUST A
RELIGIOUS POSITION I AM
ESPOUSING
JUST A RELIGIOUS POSITION I AM ESPOUSING BUT WRITTEN IN A
NATURAL
ESPOUSING BUT WRITTEN IN A NATURAL MORAL LAW SO ELOQUENTLY
POINTED
NATURAL MORAL LAW SO ELOQUENTLY POINTED OUT, A LOT OF
THE
NON-THE
POINTED OUT, A LOT OF THE NON-THE HUMAN HEART AND TO BE
KNOWN
NON-THE HUMAN HEART AND TO BE KNOWN FOR THE EXERCISE OF REASON
WE
NON-THE HUMAN HEART AND TO BE KNOWN FOR THE EXERCISE OF REASON WE ALL
KNOW IT, CROSS
CULTURALLY
AND
WE ALL KNOW IT, CROSS CULTURALLY AND ACROSS
AND ACROSS CIVILIZATIONS.
YET
AND ACROSS CIVILIZATIONS. YET WE DO STAND AT A POINT
IN
OUR
YET WE DO STAND AT A POINT IN OUR HISTORY WHERE NINE
BLACK
ROBED
OUR HISTORY WHERE NINE BLACK ROBED JUSTICES MAY DECIDE THAT
THE
ROBED JUSTICES MAY DECIDE THAT THE NATURAL MORAL LAW NO ONE HAS
ANY
THE NATURAL MORAL LAW NO ONE HAS ANY STANDING IN THE
JURISPRUDENCE
ANY STANDING IN THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
ONCE
JURISPRUDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. ONCE AGAIN AS MATT POINTED
OUT
THAT
STATES. ONCE AGAIN AS MATT POINTED OUT THAT HAVE BEEN WRONG BEFORE AND
IT
ONCE AGAIN AS MATT POINTED OUT THAT HAVE BEEN WRONG BEFORE AND IT WOULD
BE WRONG NOW IF THEY
DID.
I
DID. I WOULD ONLY ADD
DRED SCOTT, THE
INSTANCE
I WOULD ONLY ADD DRED SCOTT, THE INSTANCE TO INSTANCE DECISION OF
ROE
INSTANCE TO INSTANCE DECISION OF ROE v.
WADE.
COST
ROE v. WADE. COST IS
60 MILLION OF
OUR
YOUNGEST
COST IS 60 MILLION OF OUR YOUNGEST NEIGHBORS NOW NOT WITH
US.
SO
YOUNGEST NEIGHBORS NOW NOT WITH US. SO I'M HONORED TO BE A
PART
OF
THIS
SO I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS PLEDGE COME PAKISTAN WITH
OTHER
THIS PLEDGE COME PAKISTAN WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS, OTHER JEWS OF
PEOPLE
OTHER CHRISTIANS, OTHER JEWS OF PEOPLE OF FAITH IN AND PEOPLE OF
GOODWILL
PEOPLE OF FAITH IN AND PEOPLE OF GOODWILL IN MAKING IT VERY
CLEAR
WE
GOODWILL IN MAKING IT VERY CLEAR WE WILL STAND FOR MARRIAGE.
AND
WE WILL STAND FOR MARRIAGE. AND WE WILL DO ALL WE CAN TO
ENSURE
AND WE WILL DO ALL WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT MARRIAGE CONTINUES
AS
ENSURE THAT MARRIAGE CONTINUES AS WHAT IT IS.
I
AS WHAT IT IS. I WOULD ONLY ADD ONE THING TO
WHAT'S
I WOULD ONLY ADD ONE THING TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID SO
FAR.
THERE
WHAT'S BEEN SAID SO FAR. THERE IS, IN
FACT, A 2000 YEAR
CHRISTIAN
THERE IS, IN FACT, A 2000 YEAR CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
SO
THERE IS, IN FACT, A 2000 YEAR CHRISTIAN HISTORY. SO I
NOT ONLY STAND FOR THESE
THINGS
CHRISTIAN HISTORY. SO I NOT ONLY STAND FOR THESE THINGS BUT ON
THE SHOULDERS OF
GIANTS.
AND
THINGS BUT ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS. AND THIS IS NOT
THE FIRST TIME
IN
AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY THAT WE'VE
ENTERED
IN ITS HISTORY THAT WE'VE ENTERED INTO A CULTURE THAT HAS
REJECTED
ENTERED INTO A CULTURE THAT HAS REJECTED A NATURAL MORAL LAW.
TURNED
REJECTED A NATURAL MORAL LAW. TURNED AGAINST GOD.
WHAT
TURNED AGAINST GOD. WHAT DO WE DO AS CHRISTIANS?
WE
WHAT DO WE DO AS CHRISTIANS? WE DO WHAT CHRISTIANS DO.
WE
WHAT DO WE DO AS CHRISTIANS? WE DO WHAT CHRISTIANS DO. WE TRY
TO INFUSE ONCE AGAIN LIKE
LEVIN
WE TRY TO INFUSE ONCE AGAIN LIKE LEVIN AND A LOAF THAT TRUTH THAT
ELEVATES
LEVIN AND A LOAF THAT TRUTH THAT ELEVATES ALL HUMANITY NO MATTER
WHAT
ELEVATES ALL HUMANITY NO MATTER WHAT THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
SO
WHAT THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF. SO SHOULD THE COURT MAKE THE
WRONG
SO SHOULD THE COURT MAKE THE WRONG DECISION, NOT ONLY WILL IT
BE
WRONG DECISION, NOT ONLY WILL IT BE AN UNJUST LAW, AND THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY
BE AN UNJUST LAW, AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, IT WILL BE
ONE
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, IT WILL BE ONE WHICH WE CANNOT OBEY
JUST AS
THE
ONE WHICH WE CANNOT OBEY JUST AS THE EARLY APOSTLES COULD NOT
STOP
THE EARLY APOSTLES COULD NOT STOP PREACHING.
WHAT
THE EARLY APOSTLES COULD NOT STOP PREACHING. WHAT WILL THAT
MEAN?
I
STOP PREACHING. WHAT WILL THAT MEAN? I DON'T KNOW THIS.
I
WHAT WILL THAT MEAN? I DON'T KNOW THIS. I DON'T KNOW BUT I DO KNOW
THIS.
GOD
I DON'T KNOW BUT I DO KNOW THIS. GOD WILL TRIUMPH.
THE
GOD WILL TRIUMPH. THE TRUTH WILL TRIUMPH.
AND,
THE TRUTH WILL TRIUMPH. AND, FINALLY, IN GRATITUDE TO MY
EVANGELICAL
AND, FINALLY, IN GRATITUDE TO MY EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT FRIENDS,
MY
EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT FRIENDS, MY OTHER CATHOLIC FRIENDS, AND
ORTHODOX
MY OTHER CATHOLIC FRIENDS, AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FRIENDS
AND
JEWISH
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FRIENDS AND JEWISH FRIENDS, FOR HAVING THE
COURAGE
JEWISH FRIENDS, FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO STAND TOGETHER.
THIS
COURAGE TO STAND TOGETHER. THIS IS SO RELYING -- THIS IS A
SILVER
THIS IS SO RELYING -- THIS IS A SILVER LINING IN THIS CLOUD,
THIS
SILVER LINING IN THIS CLOUD, THIS DARK CLOUD.
WE
SILVER LINING IN THIS CLOUD, THIS DARK CLOUD. WE ARE BRING
BROUGHT TOGETHER.
THIS
WE ARE BRING BROUGHT TOGETHER. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING
OURSELVES
WE ARE BRING BROUGHT TOGETHER. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING OURSELVES BUT WE
LOVE THIS
NATION.
NOT
OURSELVES BUT WE LOVE THIS NATION. NOT ONLY AM I A
MEMBER OF
THE
CLERGY
NOT ONLY AM I A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY A MIXTURE I WILL HAVE
BEEN
CLERGY A MIXTURE I WILL HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 40 YEARS.
I
BEEN MARRIED FOR 40 YEARS. I HAVE FIVE GROWN CHILDREN AND I
JUST
I HAVE FIVE GROWN CHILDREN AND I JUST HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF
BAPTIZING
JUST HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BAPTIZING MY SEVENTH
GRANDCHILDREN
BAPTIZING MY SEVENTH GRANDCHILDREN WON'T BE AMERICAN
EXPERIMENT
GRANDCHILDREN WON'T BE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT TO CONTINUE.
IT
EXPERIMENT TO CONTINUE. IT WAS ROOTED
BY OUR FOUNDERS
AND
IT WAS ROOTED BY OUR FOUNDERS AND IS VERY CHRISTIAN TRADITION
OF
AND IS VERY CHRISTIAN TRADITION OF RECOGNITION THAT RIGHTS COME
FROM
OF RECOGNITION THAT RIGHTS COME FROM THE CREATOR, THEY
ARE
ENDOWED
FROM THE CREATOR, THEY ARE ENDOWED AND THEY CANNOT BE
TAKEN
AWAY
ENDOWED AND THEY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY BY A CIVIL GOVERNMENT,
THE
JUDICIAL,
AWAY BY A CIVIL GOVERNMENT, THE JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
OR
EVEN
JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OR EVEN IN THE EXECUTIVE.
THANK
EVEN IN THE EXECUTIVE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>>
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> HELLO, EVERYONE.
MY
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
JANET.
I
MY NAME IS JANET. I HAVE A MINISTRY THAT
ASSIST IN
HELPING
I HAVE A MINISTRY THAT ASSIST IN HELPING MEN
HELPING MEN AND WOMEN LEAD THE
LIFE
HELPING MEN AND WOMEN LEAD THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUAL.
I'M
HELPING MEN AND WOMEN LEAD THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUAL. I'M BASED
OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS AND
I
LIFE OF HOMOSEXUAL. I'M BASED OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS AND I LIVE
IN
I LIVE IN TEXAS.
I
I LIVE IN TEXAS. I ALSO ENJOY HELPING CHURCHES
HAVE
I ALSO ENJOY HELPING CHURCHES HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW
WE
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW WE WORK WITH THOSE THAT ARE
IN
OUR
WE WORK WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR CHURCHES STRUGGLE.
I
OUR CHURCHES STRUGGLE. I BELIEVE IN
COMPASSION WITHOUT
COMPROMISE.
WE
COMPROMISE. WE WILL HAVE PASSION BUT
WE WILL
NOT
WE WILL HAVE PASSION BUT WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE THE GOSPEL.
I
NOT COMPROMISE THE GOSPEL. I THINK FAR BETTER THAN ANYONE
WHO
NOT COMPROMISE THE GOSPEL. I THINK FAR BETTER THAN ANYONE WHO HAS
LIVED THE LIFE OF
HOMOSEXUALITY
WHO HAS LIVED THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUALITY HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING
WHO HAS LIVED THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUALITY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHY
THE GAY
COMMUNITY
UNDERSTANDING WHY THE GAY COMMUNITY DO NOT WANT SOMEONE
LIKE
COMMUNITY DO NOT WANT SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF AROUND.
BECAUSE
COMMUNITY DO NOT WANT SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF AROUND. BECAUSE WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBUNK EVERYTHING THEY ARE
SAYING.
WHY
TO DEBUNK EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. WHY DON'T YOU SEE
ME ON
CNN OR
TODAY
WHY DON'T YOU SEE ME ON CNN OR TODAY OR MSNBC
OR GOOD MORNING
AMERICA?
BECAUSE
AMERICA? BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE GAYS
AND
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE GAYS AND LESBIANS ON THEIR SHOW.
THAT
AND LESBIANS ON THEIR SHOW. THAT IF I COME ON
THE SHOW I
WILL
THAT IF I COME ON THE SHOW I WILL TELL DOWN THEIR
BELIEF
SYSTEM
WILL TELL DOWN THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM TO ADVANCE MY GOAL IS TO
DEBUNK
SYSTEM TO ADVANCE MY GOAL IS TO DEBUNK EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE
SAYING,
DEBUNK EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE SAYING, TO BE TRUE WHAT I KNOW
IS
SAYING, TO BE TRUE WHAT I KNOW IS JULY.
WE
IS JULY. WE HAVE TRAGICALLY WATCHED OUR
NATION
WE HAVE TRAGICALLY WATCHED OUR NATION CAVED IN TO
HOMOSEXUALITY
PROPAGANDA.
MORE
PROPAGANDA. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
ARE FALLING
FOR
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE FALLING FOR THE LIE THAT HOMOSEXUALS
ARE
BORN
FOR THE LIE THAT HOMOSEXUALS ARE BORN THAT WAY.
WELL,
BORN THAT WAY. WELL, WE KNOW THAT'S A LIE
ANYWAY.
HOMOSEXUALS
WELL, WE KNOW THAT'S A LIE ANYWAY. HOMOSEXUALS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
MADE
ANYWAY. HOMOSEXUALS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MADE INROADS INTO
HOLLYWOOD,
TELEVISION,
HOMOSEXUALS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MADE INROADS INTO HOLLYWOOD, TELEVISION, OUR
CHILDREN'S
PUBLIC
MADE INROADS INTO HOLLYWOOD, TELEVISION, OUR CHILDREN'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES,
OUR
TELEVISION, OUR CHILDREN'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, OUR GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENT
OF
THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, OUR GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND NOW
OUR
CHURCHES.
HOMOSEXUAL
THE UNITED STATES, AND NOW OUR CHURCHES. HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE IS
GROWING
IN
CHURCHES. HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE IS GROWING IN AMERICA.
REALITY
HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE IS GROWING IN AMERICA. REALITY WHICH IS
CURRENTLY BEING
LITIGATED
REALITY WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING LITIGATED IN OUR NATION'S
SUPREME
REALITY WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING LITIGATED IN OUR NATION'S SUPREME COURT
AS A POTENTIAL
FEDERAL
SUPREME COURT AS A POTENTIAL FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS.
BUT
FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS. BUT WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A CIVIL
RIGHTS
BUT WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
BECOMETHE
BUT WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. BECOMETHE COLOR OF
MY SKIN IS AN
IMMUTABLE
RIGHTS ISSUE. BECOMETHE COLOR OF MY SKIN IS AN IMMUTABLE UNCHANGEABLE
CHARACTERISTIC.
I
IMMUTABLE UNCHANGEABLE CHARACTERISTIC. I CAN'T CHANGE FROM BLACK
TO
WHITE,
CHARACTERISTIC. I CAN'T CHANGE FROM BLACK TO WHITE, BUT I DID LIVE A
HOMOSEXUAL
WHITE, BUT I DID LIVE A HOMOSEXUAL LIFE FOR 14 YEARS
COME
HOMOSEXUAL LIFE FOR 14 YEARS COME AND I'VE BEEN OUT 17 SO WE
KNOW
COME AND I'VE BEEN OUT 17 SO WE KNOW THAT CHANGE IS
POSSIBLE
THROUGH
KNOW THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE POWER OF JESUS
CHRIST.
THROUGH THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST. IF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
BECOMES
THROUGH THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST. IF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BECOMES THE LAW OF
THE LAND, NO
ONE
CHRIST. IF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND, NO ONE CAN EVEN
IMAGINE OR PREDICT
THE
ONE CAN EVEN IMAGINE OR PREDICT THE RAMIFICATIONS THAT THIS
DECISION
THE RAMIFICATIONS THAT THIS DECISION WILL HAVE.
I
DECISION WILL HAVE. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
THAT
I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A FALSE
IDENTITY
THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A FALSE IDENTITY THAT IS ROOTED IN
SEXUAL
IDENTITY THAT IS ROOTED IN SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL BROKENNESS.
SAME-SEX
SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL BROKENNESS. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS A
REJECTION,
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS A REJECTION, REALITY OF GOD'S
DESIGN
REJECTION, REALITY OF GOD'S DESIGN FOR HOW TO RAISE OUR
CHILDREN.
MEAN
DESIGN FOR HOW TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN. MEAN WE
REJECT REALITY, WE
HARM
OUR
MEAN WE REJECT REALITY, WE HARM OUR CHILDREN.
SEE,
OUR CHILDREN. SEE, I GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF
SEVEN
SEE, I GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF SEVEN KIDS WITH FOUR DIFFERENT
FATHERS.
I
SEVEN KIDS WITH FOUR DIFFERENT FATHERS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE NOT
HAVING
FATHERS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE NOT HAVING A DAD BECAUSE
OF ALL
THOSE
HAVING A DAD BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE WHO ARE FATHERS, NONE OF
THEM
THOSE WHO ARE FATHERS, NONE OF THEM WAS
THEM WAS AROUND.
EVERY
THEM WAS AROUND. EVERY CHILD DESERVES AND WANTS A
FATHER
EVERY CHILD DESERVES AND WANTS A FATHER AND A MOTHER.
THIS
FATHER AND A MOTHER. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO
THEIR
THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THEIR SEXUAL
THEIR SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN
THEIR SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT. IN THE 14 YEARS THAT I LIVED AS
A
IN THE 14 YEARS THAT I LIVED AS A LESBIAN I SAW FIRSTHAND THAT
THERE
A LESBIAN I SAW FIRSTHAND THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTION FOR THE
ROLE
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTION FOR THE ROLE OF A FATHER AND MOTHER THAT
THEY
ROLE OF A FATHER AND MOTHER THAT THEY PUT IN A CHILD'S
LIFE.
EACH.
OFFERS
THEY PUT IN A CHILD'S LIFE. EACH. OFFERS A UNIQUE
CONTRIBUTION TO
THE
EACH. OFFERS A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING OF OUR
CHILDREN.
I
THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR CHILDREN. I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE
BECAUSE
WHAT
CHILDREN. I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE BECAUSE WHAT I WAS IN HOMOSEXUAL
LIFE
WITH
I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE BECAUSE WHAT I WAS IN HOMOSEXUAL LIFE WITH A WOMAN WHO HAD
TWO
CHILDREN,
WHAT I WAS IN HOMOSEXUAL LIFE WITH A WOMAN WHO HAD TWO CHILDREN, I TRIED
TO FULFILL THE
ROLE
CHILDREN, I TRIED TO FULFILL THE ROLE OF A DADDY.
AT
ROLE OF A DADDY. AT THE TIME I REALIZED I
WASN'T
EQUIPPED
AT THE TIME I REALIZED I WASN'T EQUIPPED OR CAPABLE OF BEING A
FATHER
EQUIPPED OR CAPABLE OF BEING A FATHER TO THESE GIRLS.
MORE
FATHER TO THESE GIRLS. MORE AND
MORE AND MORE CHILDREN, FAMILY
MEMBERS
MORE AND MORE CHILDREN, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, THOSE WHO
WERE
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, THOSE WHO WERE NEVER PREDISPOSED TO
THE
HOMOSEXUAL
WERE NEVER PREDISPOSED TO THE HOMOSEXUAL BEFORE ARE
NOW
EXPERIMENTING
HOMOSEXUAL BEFORE ARE NOW EXPERIMENTING SEXUALLY, TRYING
OUT
EXPERIMENTING SEXUALLY, TRYING OUT HOMOSEXUALITY AND BECOMING
HOOKED.
THOSE
OUT HOMOSEXUALITY AND BECOMING HOOKED. THOSE WHO SEEK
HELP TO
LEAD --
TO
THOSE WHO SEEK HELP TO LEAD -- TO LEAD THE LIFE
OF HOMOSEXUAL
AND
TO LEAD THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUAL AND THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT
THERE
TO LEAD THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUAL AND THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT THERE IS
NO LONGER ANY HELP OUT
THERE.
HOMOSEXUAL
THERE IS NO LONGER ANY HELP OUT THERE. HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS AND THEIR
HOMOSEXUAL
THERE. HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS AND THEIR HOMOSEXUAL ATTORNEYS ARE
PUSHING
TO
HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS AND THEIR HOMOSEXUAL ATTORNEYS ARE PUSHING TO BAN ANY TYPE OF
MINISTRY
SUCH
AS
TO BAN ANY TYPE OF MINISTRY SUCH AS JANET BOYNES
MINISTRIES.
THEIR
AS JANET BOYNES MINISTRIES. THEIR GOAL IS TO INDOCTRINATE
OUR
THEIR GOAL IS TO INDOCTRINATE OUR KIDS.
THEIR
THEIR GOAL IS TO INDOCTRINATE OUR KIDS. THEIR GOAL IS
TO SILENCE US.
THEIR
THEIR GOAL IS TO SILENCE US. THEIR GREATEST FEAR IS MEN AND
WOMEN
THEIR GREATEST FEAR IS MEN AND WOMEN LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE
WALKED
WOMEN LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT LIFE.
SOON
WALKED AWAY FROM THAT LIFE. SOON IT MAY BECOME ILLEGAL TO
EVEN
SOON IT MAY BECOME ILLEGAL TO EVEN HAVE THIS KIND
OF MINISTRY.
WHO
EVEN HAVE THIS KIND OF MINISTRY. WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH LONGER
WE
WILL
WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH LONGER WE WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE ARE
DOING
WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY?
UNLESS
DOING TODAY? UNLESS WE ACT NOW.
WE
UNLESS WE ACT NOW. WE MUST BE BOLD
AND ALLOW
OURSELVES.
WE
WE MUST BE BOLD AND ALLOW OURSELVES. WE MUST
BE BOLD AND NOT
ALLOW
OURSELVES
WE MUST BE BOLD AND NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO
OURSELVES TO BE FORCED OUT.
WE
OURSELVES TO BE FORCED OUT. WE CANNOT LAY DOWN OUR RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
I
WE CANNOT LAY DOWN OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. I THOUGHT ABOUT
WHAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S
I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SAID IN HIS INAUGURAL
SPEECH.
HE
OBAMA'S SAID IN HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH. HE SAID YOU MIGHT NOT
HAVE VOTED
FOR
SPEECH. HE SAID YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE VOTED FOR ME BUT I
WILL BE YOUR
PRESIDENT.
REALLY,
PRESIDENT. REALLY, MR. PRESIDENT?
YOU
PRESIDENT. REALLY, MR. PRESIDENT? YOU HAVE ALLOWED
GAYS AND
LESBIANS
REALLY, MR. PRESIDENT? YOU HAVE ALLOWED GAYS AND LESBIANS INTO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
YOU
LESBIANS INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU SAT DOWN WITH THEM.
YOU
LESBIANS INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU SAT DOWN WITH THEM. YOU HAVE HAD
DINNER WITH THEM.
YOU
YOU HAVE HAD DINNER WITH THEM. YOU HEARD THEIR VOICES, BUT NOT
ONCE
YOU HEARD THEIR VOICES, BUT NOT ONCE HAVE YOU ALLOWED THOSE OF
US
ONCE HAVE YOU ALLOWED THOSE OF US WHO WALKED OUT OF THE LIFE OF
HOMOSEXUALITY
US WHO WALKED OUT OF THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUALITY TO COME INTO THE
OVAL
US WHO WALKED OUT OF THE LIFE OF HOMOSEXUALITY TO COME INTO THE OVAL OFFICE
COME TO COME INTO
THE
OVAL OFFICE COME TO COME INTO THE WHITE HOUSE AND HEAR OUR
STORIES.
I
THE WHITE HOUSE AND HEAR OUR STORIES. I CHALLENGE YOU TODAY TO
ALLOW
US
I CHALLENGE YOU TODAY TO ALLOW US TO COME, AND YOU LISTEN TO
WHAT
US TO COME, AND YOU LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO
SAY.
I
WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. I PRAY THAT OUR COURTS WILL
UPHOLD
I PRAY THAT OUR COURTS WILL UPHOLD TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE SO
THAT
UPHOLD TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE SO THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS
THIS
THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS GREAT NATION, THE UNITED
STATES
THIS GREAT NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THANK
STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU.
>>
STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL I
AM HONORED TO
BE
THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL I AM HONORED TO BE HERE AND
THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY
BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A
STAND WITH
YOU,
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STAND WITH YOU, DR. SCARBOROUGH, AND WITH
ALL
YOU, DR. SCARBOROUGH, AND WITH ALL OF YOU, A STAND FOR MARRIAGE
AS
ALL OF YOU, A STAND FOR MARRIAGE AS WE POINT GOD ORDAINED
IT.
I
AS WE POINT GOD ORDAINED IT. I STAND HERE BROKENHEARTED,
FRANKLY,
I STAND HERE BROKENHEARTED, FRANKLY, BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT
I
FRANKLY, BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY WHEN IN MY
BELOVED
I WOULD SEE THE DAY WHEN IN MY BELOVED COUNTRY THE UNITED
STATES
I WOULD SEE THE DAY WHEN IN MY BELOVED COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, MERELY
HOLDING
BELOVED COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MERELY HOLDING TO
A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
WOULD
HOLDING TO A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW WOULD SUBJECT YOU TO RIDICULE,
TO
WOULD SUBJECT YOU TO RIDICULE, TO FINES, THE
PUNISHMENT, AND
YET
TO FINES, THE PUNISHMENT, AND YET THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE.
AND
YET THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE. AND SO WE ARE HERE NOT ONLY TO
REAFFIRM
AND SO WE ARE HERE NOT ONLY TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
MARRIAGE
REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO MARRIAGE AS A UNION BETWEEN ONE
MAN
MARRIAGE AS A UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, WE ARE ALSO
HERE
MAN AND ONE WOMAN, WE ARE ALSO HERE TO DEFEND THE RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY
HERE TO DEFEND THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OF CHRISTIANS AND
OTHERS
ALL
LIBERTY OF CHRISTIANS AND OTHERS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE
SIMPLY
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO STAND UP FOR
WHAT
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WE
BELIEVE
IN.
IT'S
WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER,
CHRISTIANS
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, CHRISTIANS DIDN'T INVENT
MARRIAGE
CHRISTIANS DIDN'T INVENT MARRIAGE AS A RESPONSE TO THE
GAY
MARRIAGE AS A RESPONSE TO THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
THIS
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BELIEVED FOR
THE
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BELIEVED FOR THE LAST 2000 YEARS.
I
THE LAST 2000 YEARS. I BELIEVE THIS LONG BEFORE
THERE'S
THE LAST 2000 YEARS. I BELIEVE THIS LONG BEFORE THERE'S ANY SUCH
THING I'D EVER
HEARD
I BELIEVE THIS LONG BEFORE THERE'S ANY SUCH THING I'D EVER HEARD OF ANY SUCH THING AS
A
GAY-RIGHTS
THERE'S ANY SUCH THING I'D EVER HEARD OF ANY SUCH THING AS A GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
SO
HEARD OF ANY SUCH THING AS A GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT. SO THE IDEA THAT
THIS IS
SOMETHING
SO THE IDEA THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS MOTIVATED BY
BIGOTRY,
SOMETHING THAT IS MOTIVATED BY BIGOTRY, BY HATRED, OR
WHO WE --
WHO
BIGOTRY, BY HATRED, OR WHO WE -- WHO WERE WE HAITI
BEFORE WE
BELIEVED
WHO WERE WE HAITI BEFORE WE BELIEVED MARRIAGE BEING BETWEEN
ONE
BELIEVED MARRIAGE BEING BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN LONG
BEFORE
BELIEVED MARRIAGE BEING BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN LONG BEFORE THERE WAS
ANY SUCH THING
AS
ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN LONG BEFORE THERE WAS ANY SUCH THING AS A
GAY-RIGHTS
MOVEMENT?
SO
AS A GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT? SO IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT OUR
COUNTRY
SO IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT OUR COUNTRY IS GOING IN THE
DIRECTION
COUNTRY IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING.
IT
COUNTRY IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING. IT ALSO BREAKS MY HEART
THAT NO
MATTER
DIRECTION IT'S GOING. IT ALSO BREAKS MY HEART THAT NO MATTER HOW LOVING
WE TRY TO BE,
NO
MATTER HOW LOVING WE TRY TO BE, NO MATTER HOW REASONABLE WE TRY
TO
NO MATTER HOW REASONABLE WE TRY TO BE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE
EXPRESSED,
TO BE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE EXPRESSED, AS ONE WOMAN DID WHEN
A
EXPRESSED, AS ONE WOMAN DID WHEN A GAY CUSTOMER CAME IN AND
DEMANDED
A GAY CUSTOMER CAME IN AND DEMANDED THAT SHE PROVIDE
I
THINK
DEMANDED THAT SHE PROVIDE I THINK A FLOOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A
GAY
THINK A FLOOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A GAY WEDDING AND SHE PUT HER
HANDS
THINK A FLOOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A GAY WEDDING AND SHE PUT HER HANDS ON HIS
HANDS AND SAID, I
LOVE
HANDS ON HIS HANDS AND SAID, I LOVE YOU.
YOU'VE
HANDS ON HIS HANDS AND SAID, I LOVE YOU. YOU'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR
YEARS,
LOVE YOU. YOU'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS, BUT I CAN'T
DO THAT.
SHE
YOU'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT. SHE WAS
STILL HIS FRIEND.
SHE
SHE WAS STILL HIS FRIEND. SHE STILL LOVED HIM, BUT HE
WAS
ASKING
SHE STILL LOVED HIM, BUT HE WAS ASKING HER TO BREAK HER
COMMITMENT
ASKING HER TO BREAK HER COMMITMENT TO OUR LORD AND
SAVIOR
COMMITMENT TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. PEOPLE HAVE
TO
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. PEOPLE HAVE TO REMEMBER, CHRISTIANS HAVE
DIED
TO REMEMBER, CHRISTIANS HAVE DIED FOR OUR FAITH IN YOU.
WE
TO REMEMBER, CHRISTIANS HAVE DIED FOR OUR FAITH IN YOU. WE HAVE
DIED FOR OUR COMMITMENT
FOR
WE HAVE DIED FOR OUR COMMITMENT FOR THE WORK OF GOD.
SO
WE HAVE DIED FOR OUR COMMITMENT FOR THE WORK OF GOD. SO THE IDEA
THAT THOSE OF US WHO
BELIEVE
FOR THE WORK OF GOD. SO THE IDEA THAT THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE ARE SIMPLY
GOING TO ROLL
OVER
BELIEVE ARE SIMPLY GOING TO ROLL OVER BECAUSE THEIR SOCIAL
PRESSURE,
BELIEVE ARE SIMPLY GOING TO ROLL OVER BECAUSE THEIR SOCIAL PRESSURE, WHEN WE
KNOW WE FOLLOW
A
PRESSURE, WHEN WE KNOW WE FOLLOW A LONG LINE OF HEROES OF
THE
FAITH,
A LONG LINE OF HEROES OF THE FAITH, WHO SURRENDERED
EVERYTHING,
FAITH, WHO SURRENDERED EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE 158
CHILDREN
EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE 158 CHILDREN WHO JUST DIED NOT TOO
LONG
EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE 158 CHILDREN WHO JUST DIED NOT TOO LONG AGO
IN KENYA.
KIDS
LONG AGO IN KENYA. KIDS REALLY WHO WOULD NOT
RENOUNCE
LONG AGO IN KENYA. KIDS REALLY WHO WOULD NOT RENOUNCE THEIR
FAITH IN JESUS
CHRIST
RENOUNCE THEIR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST UNDER THREAT OF
BEHEADING,
RENOUNCE THEIR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST UNDER THREAT OF BEHEADING, UNDER
THREAT OF
MURDER.
WE
BEHEADING, UNDER THREAT OF MURDER. WE ARE SO NOT GOING TO BACK OFF
BECAUSE
MURDER. WE ARE SO NOT GOING TO BACK OFF BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UPSET WITH
US.
BUT
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UPSET WITH US. BUT WE ARE NOT
UPSET WITHIN.
WE
BUT WE ARE NOT UPSET WITHIN. WE LOVE THEM.
WE
BUT WE ARE NOT UPSET WITHIN. WE LOVE THEM. WE PREFER THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE
TO
WE LOVE THEM. WE PREFER THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE
GOOD FIGHT.
TWO
WE PREFER THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. TWO WITH A QUICK
POINTS I WANT
TO
TWO WITH A QUICK POINTS I WANT TO MAKE.
ONE
TWO WITH A QUICK POINTS I WANT TO MAKE. ONE IS
I FRANKLY, I AM
FRUSTRATED
ONE IS I FRANKLY, I AM FRUSTRATED I THIS.
THIS
FRUSTRATED I THIS. THIS IDEA THAT HOMOSEXUALITY
IS
LIKE
THIS IDEA THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS LIKE AND AT ANALOGIZED TO THE
BLACK
LIKE AND AT ANALOGIZED TO THE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
LOOK,
BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. LOOK, FIRST OF ALL I CAN LOOK
AROUND
LOOK, FIRST OF ALL I CAN LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, SOME OF YOU I
KNOW
AROUND THIS ROOM, SOME OF YOU I KNOW BUT I DON'T KNOW OTHER THAN
THOSE
AROUND THIS ROOM, SOME OF YOU I KNOW BUT I DON'T KNOW OTHER THAN THOSE I
KNOW PERSONALLY, I
DO
NOTE
THOSE I KNOW PERSONALLY, I DO NOTE WHO IN HERE IS GAY AND
WHO'S
NOTE WHO IN HERE IS GAY AND WHO'S NOT.
YOU
NOTE WHO IN HERE IS GAY AND WHO'S NOT. YOU KNOW WHO
IS BLACK IN
HERE.
[LAUGHTER] AND WHEN SOMEBODY
WALKS
[LAUGHTER] AND WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS UP TO A HOTEL
AND SAYS, I
NEED
WALKS UP TO A HOTEL AND SAYS, I NEED AN OVERNIGHT STAY, IF YOU
LOOK
NEED AN OVERNIGHT STAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERSON BECAUSE OF
THE
NEED AN OVERNIGHT STAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERSON BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN TO THINK
NO.
WHEN
THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN TO THINK NO. WHEN SOMEBODY GOES OUT TO GET A
DRINK
NO. WHEN SOMEBODY GOES OUT TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND SAYS YOU
CAN'T
WHEN SOMEBODY GOES OUT TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND SAYS YOU CAN'T DRINK THE
WATER FOUNTAIN,
YOU
DRINK OF WATER AND SAYS YOU CAN'T DRINK THE WATER FOUNTAIN, YOU ARE
THE WRONG COLOR, THAT IS
VERY
CAN'T DRINK THE WATER FOUNTAIN, YOU ARE THE WRONG COLOR, THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT
THAN A PERSON
SANG
VERY DIFFERENT THAN A PERSON SANG THE WANT TO COME IN MY
STORE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN A PERSON SANG THE WANT TO COME IN MY STORE AND DO
THIS IS?
COME
SANG THE WANT TO COME IN MY STORE AND DO THIS IS? COME ON
IN.
I
STORE AND DO THIS IS? COME ON IN. I DON'T HAVE THE WHETHER
YOU'RE
A
COME ON IN. I DON'T HAVE THE WHETHER YOU'RE A HOMOSEXUAL
OR HETEROSEXUAL,
YOU
A HOMOSEXUAL OR HETEROSEXUAL, YOU WANT TO BUY DINNER, YOU WANT
ME
A HOMOSEXUAL OR HETEROSEXUAL, YOU WANT TO BUY DINNER, YOU WANT ME TO
MAKE UP FOR A RAZOR,
YOU'LL
ME TO MAKE UP FOR A RAZOR, YOU'LL NEED TO TAKE A KID, YOU
WILL
ME TO MAKE UP FOR A RAZOR, YOU'LL NEED TO TAKE A KID, YOU WILL NEED
TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AT
A
WILL NEED TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AT A GRADUATION, THE FAMILY
REUNION?
NO
A GRADUATION, THE FAMILY REUNION? NO PROBLEM, BUT DON'T ASK YOU TO
DO
REUNION? NO PROBLEM, BUT DON'T ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES MY
FAITH.
THAT'S
DO SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES MY FAITH. THAT'S VERY
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
BLACK
FAITH. THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT BLACK PEOPLE
FACED DURING THE
ERA
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT BLACK PEOPLE FACED DURING THE ERA OF SLAVERY
AND SEGREGATION.
AND
ERA OF SLAVERY AND SEGREGATION. AND THIS NOT LIKE INTO
INTERRACIAL
AND THIS NOT LIKE INTO INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE.
BECAUSE
AND THIS NOT LIKE INTO INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. BECAUSE THERE IS
NO BIBLICAL
BASIS
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. BECAUSE THERE IS NO BIBLICAL BASIS FOR DENYING TWO PEOPLE
OF
THE
BECAUSE THERE IS NO BIBLICAL BASIS FOR DENYING TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME
RACE THE RIGHT TO MARRY
OR
BASIS FOR DENYING TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME RACE THE RIGHT TO MARRY OR THE
RIGHT TO BE TOGETHER.
THAT
OR THE RIGHT TO BE TOGETHER. THAT WAS CONCOCTED TO JUSTIFY
THE
THAT WAS CONCOCTED TO JUSTIFY THE SUBJUGATION OF PEOPLE ON THE
BASIS
THE SUBJUGATION OF PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE COLOR OF THE SKIN,
TO
BASIS OF THE COLOR OF THE SKIN, TO TRY TO KICK THEM INTO PLACE.
BUT
TO TRY TO KICK THEM INTO PLACE. BUT YOU WON'T FIND ADVOCATES
POINTED
BUT YOU WON'T FIND ADVOCATES POINTED OUT TO YOU A 2000
YEAR
HISTORY
POINTED OUT TO YOU A 2000 YEAR HISTORY OF PROHIBITION AGAINST
PEOPLE
HISTORY OF PROHIBITION AGAINST PEOPLE OF THE SAME RACE GETTING
THE,
HISTORY OF PROHIBITION AGAINST PEOPLE OF THE SAME RACE GETTING THE, DIFFERENT
RACES GETTING
MARRIAGE.
BUT
THE, DIFFERENT RACES GETTING MARRIAGE. BUT THE ANALOGY IS
SUFFICIENT
AND
MARRIAGE. BUT THE ANALOGY IS SUFFICIENT AND IT'S AN INSULT TO
THE
ILLUSTRIOUS
BUT THE ANALOGY IS SUFFICIENT AND IT'S AN INSULT TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY
OF THE BLACK
CIVIL
AND IT'S AN INSULT TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF THE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT TO
CONTINUE
ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF THE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE TO USE
THAT ANALOGY.
BUT
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT ANALOGY. BUT IT'S BEEN
VERY EMOTIONALLY
EFFECTIVE
BUT IT'S BEEN VERY EMOTIONALLY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID I
DON'T
EFFECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT, I
DON'T
EFFECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT, I DON'T WANT TO
BE A
DISCRIMINATOR.
BUT
DON'T WANT TO BE A DISCRIMINATOR. BUT THESE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS.
THE
BUT THESE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. THE LAST THING I WOULD SUGGEST
THIS.
I
THE LAST THING I WOULD SUGGEST THIS. I THINK WE
ARE FACING AN
UNDERMINING
I THINK WE ARE FACING AN UNDERMINING OF THE VERY
FOUNDATION
UNDERMINING OF THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY
BECAUSE
UNDERMINING OF THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S FOUNDED IN
TRUTH.
THE
FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S FOUNDED IN TRUTH. THE FOUNDING FATHERS THAT
WE
HOLD
BECAUSE IT'S FOUNDED IN TRUTH. THE FOUNDING FATHERS THAT WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO
BE
SELF-EVIDENT.
YOU
SELF-EVIDENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS THANK
PONTIUS
YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS THANK PONTIUS PILATE AND PUNCHES AS
WELL
PONTIUS PILATE AND PUNCHES AS WELL YOUR KINGDOM JESUS SAID I
HAVE
WELL YOUR KINGDOM JESUS SAID I HAVE COME TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE
TRUTH,
HAVE COME TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH, ALL WHO ARE OF THE TRUTH
HEAR
TRUTH, ALL WHO ARE OF THE TRUTH HEAR MY VOICE.
PILOT
HEAR MY VOICE. PILOT SAID, WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
AND
PILOT SAID, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME
QUESTION
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED
NOW,
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED NOW, WHAT IS
THE TRUTH?
SO
QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED NOW, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? SO WHO SAYS
MARRIAGE IS A UNION
BETWEEN
NOW, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? SO WHO SAYS MARRIAGE IS A UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN
AND ONE WOMAN?
I
BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN? I THINK THAT WE ARE
SO -- SO
DECEIVED
I THINK THAT WE ARE SO -- SO DECEIVED OR INTERNAL
DESTRUCTION
BECAUSE
DECEIVED OR INTERNAL DESTRUCTION BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT A NATION
BASED
BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT A NATION BASED UPON TRUTH, IF THERE
ARE
NO
BASED UPON TRUTH, IF THERE ARE NO OVERRIDING MORAL TRUTHS AND
EVERYTHING
NO OVERRIDING MORAL TRUTHS AND EVERYTHING IS UP
FOR GRABS, THE
ONLY
EVERYTHING IS UP FOR GRABS, THE ONLY THING THAT DETERMINES
DETERMINES
ONLY THING THAT DETERMINES DETERMINES WHAT'S RIGHT
INDIVIDUAL
ONLY THING THAT DETERMINES DETERMINES WHAT'S RIGHT INDIVIDUAL IS
FORCED.
BUT
DETERMINES WHAT'S RIGHT INDIVIDUAL IS FORCED. BUT THAT'S NOT THE KIND
OF
NATION
INDIVIDUAL IS FORCED. BUT THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF NATION WE NEED TO QUICKLY WE
ANSWER
BUT THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF NATION WE NEED TO QUICKLY WE ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY.
WE
NATION WE NEED TO QUICKLY WE ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY. WE BELIEVED THERE WERE
TRUTHS
THAT
ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY. WE BELIEVED THERE WERE TRUTHS THAT NOBODY COULD
CHANGE.
WE
WE BELIEVED THERE WERE TRUTHS THAT NOBODY COULD CHANGE. WE BELIEVE
MARRIAGE IS ONE OF
THOSE
WE BELIEVE MARRIAGE IS ONE OF THOSE TRUTHS THAT CAN'T BE
CHANGE.
PEOPLE
THOSE TRUTHS THAT CAN'T BE CHANGE. PEOPLE CAN
TALK ABOUT REDEFINING
IT
PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT REDEFINING IT BUT I WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE
THAT
IT BUT I WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THIS ONE DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE
THAT THIS ONE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND NO MATTER WHAT THEY
LABELLEVEL
MARRIAGE AND NO MATTER WHAT THEY LABELLEVEL ANY OTHER CONVENIENT
IT
MARRIAGE AND NO MATTER WHAT THEY LABELLEVEL ANY OTHER CONVENIENT IT WILL NEVER
BE A MARRIAGE.
MADE
IT WILL NEVER BE A MARRIAGE. MADE IN THE MINDS OF THOSE WHO
DO
IT WILL NEVER BE A MARRIAGE. MADE IN THE MINDS OF THOSE WHO DO IT WILL BE
BUT IT WILL NEVER
BE
DO IT WILL BE BUT IT WILL NEVER BE A VALID THIS BECAUSE MARRIAGE
WAS
BE A VALID THIS BECAUSE MARRIAGE WAS ORDAINED BY GOD, AND CAN
ONLY
WAS ORDAINED BY GOD, AND CAN ONLY BE ONE THING, A UNION
BETWEEN
WAS ORDAINED BY GOD, AND CAN ONLY BE ONE THING, A UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN
AND ONE WOMAN.
TRUTH
ONLY BE ONE THING, A UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. TRUTH FOREVER
ON THE SCAFFOLD,
WRONG
TRUTH FOREVER ON THE SCAFFOLD, WRONG FOREVER ON THE THRONE,
YET
THAT
WRONG FOREVER ON THE THRONE, YET THAT SCAFFOLD SWAYS
THE FUTURE.
CAN'T
THAT SCAFFOLD SWAYS THE FUTURE. CAN'T STAND WITHIN THE SHADOWS
KEEP
CAN'T STAND WITHIN THE SHADOWS KEEP WATCH OVER US SO DO I DO
WITH
CAN'T STAND WITHIN THE SHADOWS KEEP WATCH OVER US SO DO I DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED
TO US WITH A
STANDARD
KEEP WATCH OVER US SO DO I DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO US WITH A STANDARD WHERE TAKING
BUT I
THINK
WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO US WITH A STANDARD WHERE TAKING BUT I THINK I CAN SAY
FOR EVERY ONE OF
US,
STANDARD WHERE TAKING BUT I THINK I CAN SAY FOR EVERY ONE OF US, WE
WILL GIVE OUR LIVES
STANDING
US, WE WILL GIVE OUR LIVES STANDING FOR THE TRUTH.
WE
STANDING FOR THE TRUTH. WE WILL DO IT IN LOVE AND DO
IT
IN
WE WILL DO IT IN LOVE AND DO IT IN COMPASSION, BUT WE WILL BE
COURAGEOUS
IN COMPASSION, BUT WE WILL BE COURAGEOUS ABOUT IT AND WE WILL
NEVER
COURAGEOUS ABOUT IT AND WE WILL NEVER BACK
NEVER BACK DOWN.
SPENT
NEVER BACK DOWN. SPENT IF WE ARE GOING TO BRING
THE
SPENT IF WE ARE GOING TO BRING THE PEOPLE BACK UP HERE THAT
SPOKE,
THE PEOPLE BACK UP HERE THAT SPOKE, JANET AND RICK AND
KEITH
COME
SPOKE, JANET AND RICK AND KEITH COME IF YOU COME BACK UP.
IF
COME IF YOU COME BACK UP. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
GO
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD AND --
>>
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD AND -- >> E.
W.
JACKSON --
>>
W. JACKSON -- >> BISHOP E.
W.
JACKSON.
>>
W. JACKSON. >> MY NAME FOR
THOSE WATCHING
HIS
>> MY NAME FOR THOSE WATCHING HIS RICK SCARBOROUGH COME ON THE
FRONT
>> MY NAME FOR THOSE WATCHING HIS RICK SCARBOROUGH COME ON THE FRONT OF
VISION AMERICA WHICH WE
FOUND
FRONT OF VISION AMERICA WHICH WE FOUND VISION AMERICA.ORG.
>>
FOUND VISION AMERICA.ORG. >> IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS,
JUST
FOUND VISION AMERICA.ORG. >> IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, JUST TWO
THINGS I WANTED TO JUST
POINT
JUST TWO THINGS I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT BECAUSE IT'S A
QUESTION
POINT OUT BECAUSE IT'S A QUESTION THAT COMES UP, BUT THE
FIRST
QUESTION THAT COMES UP, BUT THE FIRST THING IS NOT AS MUCH
PLEASURE
FIRST THING IS NOT AS MUCH PLEASURE THAT COMES UP BUT AS A
POLICY
FIRST THING IS NOT AS MUCH PLEASURE THAT COMES UP BUT AS A POLICY MATTER,
AS A POLICY
MATTER,
POLICY MATTER, AS A POLICY MATTER, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SAYS
THAT
MATTER, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SAYS THAT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF
GOVERNMENT
THAT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT
CHILDREN
GOVERNMENT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT CHILDREN DON'T NEED MOMS AND
DADS,
CHILDREN DON'T NEED MOMS AND DADS, THE TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN
ARE
DADS, THE TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN ARE JUST ANNOUNCED OF THE
EQUIVALENT
ARE JUST ANNOUNCED OF THE EQUIVALENT OF A MOM AND A DAY.
IT
EQUIVALENT OF A MOM AND A DAY. IT FOREVER DEPRIVES CHILDREN OF
EVER
IT FOREVER DEPRIVES CHILDREN OF EVER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY OF A
MOTHER
EVER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY OF A MOTHER AND A FATHER.
HAD
MOTHER AND A FATHER. HAD THE RECENTLY WROTE AND
I
THINK
HAD THE RECENTLY WROTE AND I THINK THE ARTICLE WAS IN
FEDERALIST.ORG,
THINK THE ARTICLE WAS IN FEDERALIST.ORG, THAT SHE WAS
RAISED
FEDERALIST.ORG, THAT SHE WAS RAISED IN A HOME WITH TWO MOMS.
SHE'S
RAISED IN A HOME WITH TWO MOMS. SHE'S NOW MARRIED TO A MAN COME
HAS
SHE'S NOW MARRIED TO A MAN COME HAS CHILDREN, AND SHE SAYS HER
HEART
HAS CHILDREN, AND SHE SAYS HER HEART ACHES WHEN SHE WAS IN THE
HOME
HEART ACHES WHEN SHE WAS IN THE HOME WITH HER MOMS COME AND SHE
LOVED
HOME WITH HER MOMS COME AND SHE LOVED HER MOMS, NOT SPEAKING
EVIL
LOVED HER MOMS, NOT SPEAKING EVIL AGAINST HER MOMS, BUT SHE
SAID
EVIL AGAINST HER MOMS, BUT SHE SAID SHE WAS DEPRIVED OF HER
FATHER
EVIL AGAINST HER MOMS, BUT SHE SAID SHE WAS DEPRIVED OF HER FATHER AND
SHE WAS NEVER ABLE TO
HAVE
FATHER AND SHE WAS NEVER ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANOTHER
HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. ANOTHER SHE IS MARRIED AND SHE
SEES
ANOTHER SHE IS MARRIED AND SHE SEES HER OWN HUSBAND INTERACTING
INTERACT
ANOTHER SHE IS MARRIED AND SHE SEES HER OWN HUSBAND INTERACTING INTERACT WITH THE
CHILDREN SHE
REALIZES
SEES HER OWN HUSBAND INTERACTING INTERACT WITH THE CHILDREN SHE REALIZES EXACTLY WHAT
SHE
MISSED,
REALIZES EXACTLY WHAT SHE MISSED, AND THAT'S WHAT JANET
WAS
REALIZES EXACTLY WHAT SHE MISSED, AND THAT'S WHAT JANET WAS TALKING
ABOUT.
THE
MISSED, AND THAT'S WHAT JANET WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE SECOND THING IS
WHAT DOES
THIS
WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE SECOND THING IS WHAT DOES THIS RESISTANCE
LOOK LIKE?
THAT'S
THE SECOND THING IS WHAT DOES THIS RESISTANCE LOOK LIKE? THAT'S A COMMON QUESTION.
WHAT
THIS RESISTANCE LOOK LIKE? THAT'S A COMMON QUESTION. WHAT DOES THIS LINE WE WILL NOT
CROSS
THAT'S A COMMON QUESTION. WHAT DOES THIS LINE WE WILL NOT CROSS ME?
AND
WHAT DOES THIS LINE WE WILL NOT CROSS ME? AND I
THINK IT WILL BE
MANIFESTED
AND I THINK IT WILL BE MANIFESTED IN MULTIPLE GIVEAWAYS
JUST
AND I THINK IT WILL BE MANIFESTED IN MULTIPLE GIVEAWAYS JUST LIKE THE
CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT
MANIFESTED IN MULTIPLE GIVEAWAYS JUST LIKE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS.
AND
JUST LIKE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS. AND MAYBE A ROSA PARKS REFUSED
TO
MOVEMENT WAS. AND MAYBE A ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO GET OFF A BUS OR
SO THIS IS
UNACCOUNTED
TO GET OFF A BUS OR SO THIS IS UNACCOUNTED THAT A SEGREGATED OR
DRINKS
TO GET OFF A BUS OR SO THIS IS UNACCOUNTED THAT A SEGREGATED OR DRINKS AFTER WATER
FOUNTAIN THAT
IS
UNACCOUNTED THAT A SEGREGATED OR DRINKS AFTER WATER FOUNTAIN THAT IS A WHITE
ONLY WATER FROM THE
IT
IS A WHITE ONLY WATER FROM THE IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN DIFFERENT
WAYS
IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT LET ME GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE.
IN
WAYS BUT LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. IN 2000 SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE CAME
TO
IN 2000 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CAME TO MASSACHUSETTS TO CATHOLIC
CHARITIES
IN 2000 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CAME TO MASSACHUSETTS TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES THAT
EVENT AND
ADMINISTERED
TO MASSACHUSETTS TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES THAT EVENT AND ADMINISTERED FOR
MANY DECADES,
THEY
ADMINISTERED FOR MANY DECADES, THEY WERE TOLD YOU CAN NO LONGER
DO
THEY WERE TOLD YOU CAN NO LONGER DO THAT COMING UP TO PUT
CHILDREN
DO THAT COMING UP TO PUT CHILDREN IN HOMES WITH SAME-SEX
COUPLES.
WHEN
CHILDREN IN HOMES WITH SAME-SEX COUPLES. WHEN THEY SAID THAT VIOLATES
OUR
CHRISTIAN
COUPLES. WHEN THEY SAID THAT VIOLATES OUR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND DOCTRINES
OF
WHEN THEY SAID THAT VIOLATES OUR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH, THEY WERE
SAID,
THEY'RE
OF THE CHURCH, THEY WERE SAID, THEY'RE TOLD YOU THEN NEED TO
CSTC-A
THEY'RE TOLD YOU THEN NEED TO CSTC-A THEIR CREDIT THEY WOULD
NOT
THEY'RE TOLD YOU THEN NEED TO CSTC-A THEIR CREDIT THEY WOULD NOT COMPROMISE.
ACS.
I
NOT COMPROMISE. ACS. I SAY THEN
AND NOW THAT
NUMBER
ONE,
I SAY THEN AND NOW THAT NUMBER ONE, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
PURSUE
ONE, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEIR CALL WHICH IS TO
PLACE
PURSUE THEIR CALL WHICH IS TO PLACE CHILDREN IN HOMES WITH
MOMS
PLACE CHILDREN IN HOMES WITH MOMS AND DADS.
WHETHER
PLACE CHILDREN IN HOMES WITH MOMS AND DADS. WHETHER THE ADOPTION
OR THE
FORCE
MOMS AND DADS. WHETHER THE ADOPTION OR THE FORCE OR THE PHOTOGRAPHER OR
WHOEVER
WHETHER THE ADOPTION OR THE FORCE OR THE PHOTOGRAPHER OR WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE.
NUMBER
FORCE OR THE PHOTOGRAPHER OR WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE. NUMBER TWO, THEY SHOULD
NOT
VOLUNTARILY
WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE. NUMBER TWO, THEY SHOULD NOT VOLUNTARILY CEASE BUT
THEY NEED
TO
NUMBER TWO, THEY SHOULD NOT VOLUNTARILY CEASE BUT THEY NEED TO STAND THEIR GROUND.
IF
TO STAND THEIR GROUND. IF A STATE CHOOSES TO USE THE
POLICE
IF A STATE CHOOSES TO USE THE POLICE POWER OF THE STATE TO
COME
POLICE POWER OF THE STATE TO COME AFTER THEM, THEN THE STATE
CHOOSES
POLICE POWER OF THE STATE TO COME AFTER THEM, THEN THE STATE CHOOSES BUT
WE WILL NOT
VOLUNTARILY
CHOOSES BUT WE WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY CEASE AND WE WILL
NOT
VOLUNTARILY CEASE AND WE WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY COMPROMISE OUR
CALLING
NOT VOLUNTARILY COMPROMISE OUR CALLING AND OUR COMMITMENT.
THAT'S
NOT VOLUNTARILY COMPROMISE OUR CALLING AND OUR COMMITMENT. THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS.
THIS
CALLING AND OUR COMMITMENT. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. THIS IS
A LINE THAT CANNOT AND
WILL
THIS IS A LINE THAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT CROSS.
SO
THIS IS A LINE THAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT CROSS. SO IF THERE'S
ANY QUESTIONS.
>>
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. >> STATE YOUR
NAME,
PLEASE.
>>
PLEASE. >> ISN'T
>> ISN'T WORKING?
SARAH
SARAH JONES.
I
SARAH JONES. I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
I
I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. I WILL STICK TO ONE.
NAME
I WILL STICK TO ONE. NAME IT, I KEEP HEARING NOT JUST
TODAY
NAME IT, I KEEP HEARING NOT JUST TODAY THAT IT'S BEEN
INCREASINGLY
TODAY THAT IT'S BEEN INCREASINGLY POPULAR TALKING
POINT
INCREASINGLY POPULAR TALKING POINT THAT A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
IS
INCREASINGLY POPULAR TALKING POINT THAT A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS INDEED
LEGALIZED IN JUNE,
THAT
IS INDEED LEGALIZED IN JUNE, THAT PASTORS WILL
BE FORCED TO
ASSOCIATE
THAT PASTORS WILL BE FORCED TO ASSOCIATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES,
THAT
ASSOCIATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES, THAT THERE WILL BE FORBIDDEN
FROM
THAT THERE WILL BE FORBIDDEN FROM PREACHING CERTAIN TOPICS
AND
FROM PREACHING CERTAIN TOPICS AND THE INTERVENTION OF THE
HOWEVER,
AND THE INTERVENTION OF THE HOWEVER, NOT A SINGLE CIVIL
RIGHTS
HOWEVER, NOT A SINGLE CIVIL RIGHTS WORKSTATION HAS
EVER
ADVOCATED
RIGHTS WORKSTATION HAS EVER ADVOCATED THIS AS A POLICY
POSITION.
SO
ADVOCATED THIS AS A POLICY POSITION. SO WHERE DOES THIS COME
FROM?
WHAT
SO WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM? WHAT BASIS DO YOU HAVE FOR A?
>>
WHAT BASIS DO YOU HAVE FOR A? >> I CAN ADDRESS THE.
I
>> I CAN ADDRESS THE. I THINK WE OF THE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE
I THINK WE OF THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO A PROTECTED CIVIL
RIGHTS
MARRIAGE TO A PROTECTED CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, WHICH ACCOUNTED
ILLEGAL
RIGHTS ACT, WHICH ACCOUNTED ILLEGAL WITH RESPECT TO RACE YOU
WERE
RIGHTS ACT, WHICH ACCOUNTED ILLEGAL WITH RESPECT TO RACE YOU WERE ABLE TO
DO LEGALLY WITH
RESPECT
ILLEGAL WITH RESPECT TO RACE YOU WERE ABLE TO DO LEGALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAME-SEX
UNIONS.
SO
WERE ABLE TO DO LEGALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAME-SEX UNIONS. SO LET ME
EXTRAPOLATE ABOUT.
CATHOLIC
SO LET ME EXTRAPOLATE ABOUT. CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAT ARE
CATHOLICS
CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAT ARE CATHOLICS AND BAPTIST CHURCHES
IN
CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAT ARE CATHOLICS AND BAPTIST CHURCHES IN OUR BAPTIST BUT THEY
CAN HIRE
WHITE
CATHOLICS AND BAPTIST CHURCHES IN OUR BAPTIST BUT THEY CAN HIRE WHITE ONLY BAPTIST OR WHITE
ONLY
CATHOLICS.
THE
WHITE ONLY BAPTIST OR WHITE ONLY CATHOLICS. THE CHURCH MIGHT
HAVE A RESTROOM
BUT
THE CHURCH MIGHT HAVE A RESTROOM BUT IT CANNOT SAY THAT THIS IS A
WHITE
BUT IT CANNOT SAY THAT THIS IS A WHITE ONLY RESTAURANT.
I'M
BUT IT CANNOT SAY THAT THIS IS A WHITE ONLY RESTAURANT. I'M SORRY, THIS
IS A WHITE ONLY
DRINKING
I'M SORRY, THIS IS A WHITE ONLY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
THE
I'M SORRY, THIS IS A WHITE ONLY DRINKING FOUNTAIN. THE ONE FOR PEOPLE FOR
COLORS
DOWN
THE ONE FOR PEOPLE FOR COLORS DOWN THE ROAD.
THE
DOWN THE ROAD. THE UNIVERSE HAD A POLICY
FAILURE
THE UNIVERSE HAD A POLICY FAILURE OF ABANDONED BY THE TIME
IT
FAILURE OF ABANDONED BY THE TIME IT WAS A -- THEY NO
LONGER A
DEMOCRAT
IT WAS A -- THEY NO LONGER A DEMOCRAT AND ABANDONING A
POLICY.
THAT
DEMOCRAT AND ABANDONING A POLICY. THAT BANNED
INTERRACIAL DATING
OR
POLICY. THAT BANNED INTERRACIAL DATING OR JUST
A LOT OF BANNED
INTERRACIAL
OR JUST A LOT OF BANNED INTERRACIAL DATING THAT COLLEGE
CAMPUSES
INTERRACIAL DATING THAT COLLEGE CAMPUSES COULD NOT HAVE SUCH
SUCH
CAMPUSES COULD NOT HAVE SUCH SUCH A POLICY.
THIS
CAMPUSES COULD NOT HAVE SUCH SUCH A POLICY. THIS IS
THE WORST ACT OF 19
SAFETY
THIS IS THE WORST ACT OF 19 SAFETY FOR THE BANNED
DISCRIMINATION
SAFETY FOR THE BANNED DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF
RACE.
THE
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE. THE IRS CAME TO BOB JONES
UNIVERSITY
RACE. THE IRS CAME TO BOB JONES UNIVERSITY AND SO CHANGE A
POLICY.
NO,
UNIVERSITY AND SO CHANGE A POLICY. NO, IT'S BASED ON A BIBLICAL
BELIEFS.
AND
NO, IT'S BASED ON A BIBLICAL BELIEFS. AND WICKED EXCITED SUPREME COURT
AND
BELIEFS. AND WICKED EXCITED SUPREME COURT AND THE LOST THAT CASE AND,
THEREFORE,
AND WICKED EXCITED SUPREME COURT AND THE LOST THAT CASE AND, THEREFORE, THEY LOST THEIR
TAX-EXEMPT
THEREFORE, THEY LOST THEIR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.
A
THEREFORE, THEY LOST THEIR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. A FACILITY IN
NEW JERSEY, A
METHODIST
A FACILITY IN NEW JERSEY, A METHODIST ASSOCIATION LOST ITS
PROPERTY
A FACILITY IN NEW JERSEY, A METHODIST ASSOCIATION LOST ITS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
OVER
THIS.
THIS
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OVER THIS. THIS WILL HAVE A
WIDE REACHING
RAMIFICATIONS.
WHETHER
THIS WILL HAVE A WIDE REACHING RAMIFICATIONS. WHETHER AND WHEN IT
WILL REACH
THE
RAMIFICATIONS. WHETHER AND WHEN IT WILL REACH THE POINT OF
WHAT A PASTOR CAN
SAY,
WHETHER AND WHEN IT WILL REACH THE POINT OF WHAT A PASTOR CAN SAY, I DON'T
KNOW.
WE
THE POINT OF WHAT A PASTOR CAN SAY, I DON'T KNOW. WE DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT
THE
BELLWETHER
SAY, I DON'T KNOW. WE DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT THE BELLWETHER OF MARRIAGE FOR
ALL
OF
WE DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT THE BELLWETHER OF MARRIAGE FOR ALL OF THE
WORLD IS THE NETHERLANDS,
NORWAY,
OF THE WORLD IS THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
WHAT
NORWAY, DENMARK AND SWEDEN. WHAT HAPPENS FROM AND
THAT IS
THAT
WHAT HAPPENS FROM AND THAT IS THAT HIS FAMILY WELCOME BREAK
FROM
THAT HIS FAMILY WELCOME BREAK FROM EUROPE AND INTO UNITED
STATES.
SAME
FROM EUROPE AND INTO UNITED STATES. SAME SECTIONS FOR THE GAME
WORLDWIDE
STATES. SAME SECTIONS FOR THE GAME WORLDWIDE IN THE
NETHERLANDS IN
1988,
SAME SECTIONS FOR THE GAME WORLDWIDE IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1988, 1989.
FIRST TIME IN THE
WORLD
1988, 1989. FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD HISTORY.
WE
1988, 1989. FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD HISTORY. WE DO KNOW
THAT A PASTOR IN THE
NETHERLANDS
WE DO KNOW THAT A PASTOR IN THE NETHERLANDS WAS JAILED
SPECIFICALLY
NETHERLANDS WAS JAILED SPECIFICALLY FOR PREACHING ON
THIS
NETHERLANDS WAS JAILED SPECIFICALLY FOR PREACHING ON THIS ISSUE.
WE
SPECIFICALLY FOR PREACHING ON THIS ISSUE. WE KNOW THAT PASTORS IN EUROPE
HAVE
THIS ISSUE. WE KNOW THAT PASTORS IN EUROPE HAVE BEEN FINE
AND ALSO TARGETED
SOLELY
HAVE BEEN FINE AND ALSO TARGETED SOLELY FOR PREACHING ON THE
BIBLE
SOLELY FOR PREACHING ON THE BIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THIS
ISSUE.
WE
ISSUE. WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
CANADA
WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CANADA YOU CAN'T BROADCAST
CERTAIN
WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CANADA YOU CAN'T BROADCAST CERTAIN THINGS
THAT ARE CRITICAL
OF
CANADA YOU CAN'T BROADCAST CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY.
WE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY. WE ARE NOT TO
THAT POINT, BUT
IT'S
WE ARE NOT TO THAT POINT, BUT IT'S NOT A
WILD HYPOTHETICAL
THAT
IT'S NOT A WILD HYPOTHETICAL THAT THIS IS, IN FACT, WHERE
WE'RE
THAT THIS IS, IN FACT, WHERE WE'RE GOING BECAUSE WE'RE
DENMARK
THAT THIS IS, IN FACT, WHERE WE'RE GOING BECAUSE WE'RE DENMARK WAS
AND NORWAY AND
SWEDEN,
WE'RE GOING BECAUSE WE'RE DENMARK WAS AND NORWAY AND SWEDEN, WE NOW
ARE.
WE
DENMARK WAS AND NORWAY AND SWEDEN, WE NOW ARE. WE ARE EUROPE WAS IN TERMS
OF
THE
SWEDEN, WE NOW ARE. WE ARE EUROPE WAS IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES
OF TARGETING PEOPLE
THAT
THE ISSUES OF TARGETING PEOPLE THAT ARE FAITH-BASED, WE NOW
ARE.
IT'S
THAT ARE FAITH-BASED, WE NOW ARE. IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF TIME.
>>
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
TO THAT,
NOT
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, NOT ONLY AS A CONSTITUTIONAL OR
BUT
NOT ONLY AS A CONSTITUTIONAL OR BUT EVEN MORE AS A CATHOLIC
CLERGYMAN.
THE
BUT EVEN MORE AS A CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN. THE OSAMA TAPE HER CASE HAS
PROTECTED
THE OSAMA TAPE HER CASE HAS PROTECTED SOMEWHAT SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES
PROTECTED SOMEWHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE OF IT IN
TERMS
PROTECTED SOMEWHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE OF IT IN TERMS OF HIRING AND
FIRING IN
THE
CHALLENGES WE FACE OF IT IN TERMS OF HIRING AND FIRING IN THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
WE
TERMS OF HIRING AND FIRING IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. WE SORTED THIS COMMIT
AGAINST NO
ONE
WE SORTED THIS COMMIT AGAINST NO ONE AND WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT
EVERY
ONE AND WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY SINGLE HUMAN PERSON HAS
FUNDAMENTAL
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN PERSON HAS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS,
INCLUDING
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN PERSON HAS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO
ARE SO
PROFESSED
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE SO PROFESSED AS GAY OR LESBIAN.
BUT
INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE SO PROFESSED AS GAY OR LESBIAN. BUT THERE'S GOING TO
BE NO
CHANGING
PROFESSED AS GAY OR LESBIAN. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO CHANGING WHAT
WE HAVE STOOD FOR
FOR
CHANGING WHAT WE HAVE STOOD FOR FOR 2000 YEARS CONCERNING
MARRIAGE.
RIGHT
FOR 2000 YEARS CONCERNING MARRIAGE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE
DO WITH
STRUGGLES
RIGHT NOW WE ARE DO WITH STRUGGLES BASED ON EMPLOYING
PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW WE ARE DO WITH STRUGGLES BASED ON EMPLOYING PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN A
PURPORTED
MARRIAGE,
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A PURPORTED MARRIAGE, MEN WITH MEN, WOMEN
WITH
MARRIAGE, MEN WITH MEN, WOMEN WITH WOMEN.
AND
MARRIAGE, MEN WITH MEN, WOMEN WITH WOMEN. AND WE CANNOT
HIRE THEM BECAUSE
THEY
AND WE CANNOT HIRE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE, IN FACT, VIOLATING THE
FUNDAMENTAL
THEY ARE, IN FACT, VIOLATING THE FUNDAMENTAL TEACHING OF THE
CATHOLIC
FUNDAMENTAL TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
SO
CATHOLIC CHURCH. SO FAR THE PRESIDENT THAT COME
FROM
SO FAR THE PRESIDENT THAT COME FROM THAT HAVE GIVEN US SOME
PROTECTION
FROM THAT HAVE GIVEN US SOME PROTECTION BUT THERE IS NO
QUESTION
FROM THAT HAVE GIVEN US SOME PROTECTION BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THAT
IS CORRECT.
THE
QUESTION THAT THAT IS CORRECT. THE POLICE POWER OF THE STATE
WILL
THE POLICE POWER OF THE STATE WILL FOLLOW ANY RULINGS
THAT
SAYS
WILL FOLLOW ANY RULINGS THAT SAYS THAT WE MUST
GIVE THEM THE
TREATMENT
SAYS THAT WE MUST GIVE THEM THE TREATMENT LEGALLY
TREATMENT LEGALLY TO HOMOSEXUAL
COUPLES,
TREATMENT LEGALLY TO HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES, OR TO LESBIAN COUPLES
AS
COUPLES, OR TO LESBIAN COUPLES AS WE DO TO MAKE.
AND
COUPLES, OR TO LESBIAN COUPLES AS WE DO TO MAKE. AND IF WE DO NOT
DO SO WE WILL
SUFFER
AND IF WE DO NOT DO SO WE WILL SUFFER THE PUNITIVE
IMPLICATIONS.
NOW,
SUFFER THE PUNITIVE IMPLICATIONS. NOW, THAT IS NOT A SCARE
TACTIC.
WE
IMPLICATIONS. NOW, THAT IS NOT A SCARE TACTIC. WE ARE ALREADY WITNESSING
IT.
RIGHT
NOW, THAT IS NOT A SCARE TACTIC. WE ARE ALREADY WITNESSING IT. RIGHT NOW COMFORTABLE
AND
ENCOURAGEMENT
WE ARE ALREADY WITNESSING IT. RIGHT NOW COMFORTABLE AND ENCOURAGEMENT SO I WOULD
HIS
WEDDINGS
RIGHT NOW COMFORTABLE AND ENCOURAGEMENT SO I WOULD HIS WEDDINGS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I
ENCOURAGEMENT SO I WOULD HIS WEDDINGS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I DO SO AS A CIVIL
AUTHORITY,
REGISTERED
WEDDINGS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I DO SO AS A CIVIL AUTHORITY, REGISTERED IN VIRGINIA
BUT ALSO
AS
REGISTERED IN VIRGINIA BUT ALSO AS A CLERIC.
IN
REGISTERED IN VIRGINIA BUT ALSO AS A CLERIC. IN AUSTRALIA
AND IN SOME OTHER
STATES,
IN AUSTRALIA AND IN SOME OTHER STATES, NATIONS, THE CHURCH IS
BEGINNING
IN AUSTRALIA AND IN SOME OTHER STATES, NATIONS, THE CHURCH IS BEGINNING TO LOOK
TWICE, WILL
THEY
BEGINNING TO LOOK TWICE, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANY
LONGER?
WE
THEY BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANY LONGER? WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT
ANY
LONGER? WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANY LONGER.
WE
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANY LONGER. WE FACE
A GENUINE SPECTER
OF THE
STATE
WE FACE A GENUINE SPECTER OF THE STATE AND DATING THE CHURCH AND
TELLING
STATE AND DATING THE CHURCH AND TELLING US WHAT WE CAN AND
CANNOT
TELLING US WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT PREACH, AND WHAT OUR
SACRAMENTS
CANNOT PREACH, AND WHAT OUR SACRAMENTS ARE ABOUT.
THAT
CANNOT PREACH, AND WHAT OUR SACRAMENTS ARE ABOUT. THAT IS A THREAT TO
THE
FUNDAMENTAL
SACRAMENTS ARE ABOUT. THAT IS A THREAT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
>>
THAT IS A THREAT TO THE FUNDAMENTAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. >> WE ARE ABOUT TO LIVE BY
C-SPAN
FUNDAMENTAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. >> WE ARE ABOUT TO LIVE BY C-SPAN AUDIENCE.
I
>> WE ARE ABOUT TO LIVE BY C-SPAN AUDIENCE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE
WHO'S
WATCHING
C-SPAN AUDIENCE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING THIS BROADCAST, FIRST
PLACE
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING THIS BROADCAST, FIRST PLACE TO THANK YOU C-SPAN.
BUT
WATCHING THIS BROADCAST, FIRST PLACE TO THANK YOU C-SPAN. BUT NEVER NUMBER TWO, GO
TO
DEFEND
PLACE TO THANK YOU C-SPAN. BUT NEVER NUMBER TWO, GO TO DEFEND MARRIAGE.ORG AND LET US
KNOW
BUT NEVER NUMBER TWO, GO TO DEFEND MARRIAGE.ORG AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS
PLEDGE.
>>
PLEDGE. >> LET ME
>> LET ME JUST COME DOWN TO ME
AVERT
>> LET ME JUST COME DOWN TO ME AVERT SOME OF THE LEGAL
ANALYSIS.
LET
AVERT SOME OF THE LEGAL ANALYSIS. LET ME GIVE SOME OF THE
PRACTICAL
ANALYSIS. LET ME GIVE SOME OF THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS.
WHEN
LET ME GIVE SOME OF THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS. WHEN YOU MAKE THIS
A FEDERAL
LAW,
WHEN YOU MAKE THIS A FEDERAL LAW, THEN THE IMPLICATIONS ARE
PROFOUND
LAW, THEN THE IMPLICATIONS ARE PROFOUND CHURCHES DON'T ONLY
PREACH.
AT
PROFOUND CHURCHES DON'T ONLY PREACH. AT BOOKSTORES, DAY
CARE
PROGRAMS,
PREACH. AT BOOKSTORES, DAY CARE PROGRAMS, THEY DO A WHOLE
SERIES
OF
AT BOOKSTORES, DAY CARE PROGRAMS, THEY DO A WHOLE SERIES OF OTHER THINGS.
NOW,
PROGRAMS, THEY DO A WHOLE SERIES OF OTHER THINGS. NOW, IF YOU START
APPLYING THE
LAW
NOW, IF YOU START APPLYING THE LAW TO THESE THINGS THAT THEY DO
THAT
NOW, IF YOU START APPLYING THE LAW TO THESE THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT YOU
MIGHT NOT CONSIDER TO
BE
THAT YOU MIGHT NOT CONSIDER TO BE WORSHIPED OR
STRICTLY
RELIGIOUS,
BE WORSHIPED OR STRICTLY RELIGIOUS, THEN YOU INTEND ON
THAT
RELIGIOUS, THEN YOU INTEND ON THAT CHURCHES ABILITY TO DO WHAT
IT
THAT CHURCHES ABILITY TO DO WHAT IT DOES.
AND
THAT CHURCHES ABILITY TO DO WHAT IT DOES. AND IF THE STANDARD
IS, WELL,
YOU'RE
AND IF THE STANDARD IS, WELL, YOU'RE A DISCRIMINATOR, THEN WHY
WOULDN'T
YOU'RE A DISCRIMINATOR, THEN WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE AN APPLICATION?
MAYBE
WOULDN'T THAT BE AN APPLICATION? MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP PREACHING
THAT.
MAYBE
MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP PREACHING THAT. MAYBE SHOULD START OUT BY
THESE
THINGS
THAT. MAYBE SHOULD START OUT BY THESE THINGS THAT ARE DISCRIMINATORY,
THAT
MAYBE SHOULD START OUT BY THESE THINGS THAT ARE DISCRIMINATORY, THAT ARE UPSETTING PEOPLE.
AND
THINGS THAT ARE DISCRIMINATORY, THAT ARE UPSETTING PEOPLE. AND A MOMENT THERE IS
SOME SORT
OF
THAT ARE UPSETTING PEOPLE. AND A MOMENT THERE IS SOME SORT OF COURSE
ORDER, THE COURT CASE
IN
AND A MOMENT THERE IS SOME SORT OF COURSE ORDER, THE COURT CASE IN WHICH AN
ORDER IS GIVEN, THAT
CERTAIN
IN WHICH AN ORDER IS GIVEN, THAT CERTAIN KINDS OF EVEN CANNOT
ENGAGE
CERTAIN KINDS OF EVEN CANNOT ENGAGE IN BECAUSE
IT'S
DISCRIMINATORY,
ENGAGE IN BECAUSE IT'S DISCRIMINATORY, WHEN THE PAST
DECIDE
DISCRIMINATORY, WHEN THE PAST DECIDE ON UPHOLDING A COURT
ORDER
DECIDE ON UPHOLDING A COURT ORDER THAT REQUIRES ME TO DO
THIS
ORDER THAT REQUIRES ME TO DO THIS OR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A
VIOLATION
THIS OR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A VIOLATION OF MY RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY
THIS OR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A VIOLATION OF MY RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND
MY CHRISTIAN
CONVICTIONS,
LIBERTY AND MY CHRISTIAN CONVICTIONS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU
LIBERTY AND MY CHRISTIAN CONVICTIONS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VIOLATE A
COURT ORDER?
CONTENT
YOU VIOLATE A COURT ORDER? CONTENT AND ULTIMATELY
IMPRISONMENT.
SO
CONTENT AND ULTIMATELY IMPRISONMENT. SO THERE'S PRACTICAL
IMPLICATIONS
IMPRISONMENT. SO THERE'S PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS TO
THIS THAT DON'T
REQUIRE
SO THERE'S PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS TO THIS THAT DON'T REQUIRE WE GO TO
A POINT WHERE
THERE'S
IMPLICATIONS TO THIS THAT DON'T REQUIRE WE GO TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF SAYS
A PASTOR
MAY
REQUIRE WE GO TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF SAYS A PASTOR MAY NOT PREACH THIS
PARTICULAR
TRUTH.
..
THAT
THAT IS
THAT IS A
THAT IS A LOGICAL SHAKE.
THE
THAT IS A LOGICAL SHAKE. THE REALITY IS THAT IS NOT THE
AGENDA
THE REALITY IS THAT IS NOT THE AGENDA OF THIS PARTICULAR
MOVEMENT.
THE
AGENDA OF THIS PARTICULAR MOVEMENT. THE AGENDA IS
NOT JUST TO MAKE
ME
THE AGENDA IS NOT JUST TO MAKE ME SILENT AND HAVE
MY OWN
PARTICULAR
ME SILENT AND HAVE MY OWN PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT AND DISGUST
AMONG
PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT AND DISGUST AMONG PEOPLE OF MY COMMUNITY.
THE
AMONG PEOPLE OF MY COMMUNITY. THE AGENDA IS TO MAKE ME
PARTICIPATE,
THE AGENDA IS TO MAKE ME PARTICIPATE, AFFIRM AND PROMOTE
IT.
FOR
PARTICIPATE, AFFIRM AND PROMOTE IT. FOR EXAMPLE, WHY WAS THERE
SUCH
A
IT. FOR EXAMPLE, WHY WAS THERE SUCH A BIG BACKLASH
AGAINST THE
FOUNDER
A BIG BACKLASH AGAINST THE FOUNDER OF CHICK-FIL-A.
NOW
FOUNDER OF CHICK-FIL-A. NOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
IS
FORCE
NOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS FORCE HIS
FORCE HIS BUSINESS OUT.
WHY
FORCE HIS BUSINESS OUT. WHY WAS THE CEO
THAT FOUNDED
THIS
WHY WAS THE CEO THAT FOUNDED THIS LARGE
THIS LARGE SOFTWARE COMPANY,
THAT
THIS LARGE SOFTWARE COMPANY, THAT WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AS
CHAIRMAN
THAT WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BECAUSE HE
GAVE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BECAUSE HE GAVE ABOUT A $1000 CONTRIBUTION
OR
GAVE ABOUT A $1000 CONTRIBUTION OR SO TO THE PROPOSITION AT A
CAMPAIGN
OR SO TO THE PROPOSITION AT A CAMPAIGN YEARS BEFORE
THIS.
THIS
CAMPAIGN YEARS BEFORE THIS. THIS AGENDA IS A
VERY INTOLERANT
AGENDA
THIS AGENDA IS A VERY INTOLERANT AGENDA THAT IS NOT CONTENT WITH
THE
AGENDA THAT IS NOT CONTENT WITH THE SILENCE OF THOSE WHO OBJECT.
THIS
THE SILENCE OF THOSE WHO OBJECT. THIS AGENDA IS AN AGENDA THAT
ONE
THIS AGENDA IS AN AGENDA THAT ONE SECRET TO PARTICIPATE IN
AFFIRM.
THIS
ONE SECRET TO PARTICIPATE IN AFFIRM. THIS AGENDA DOESN'T SAY I
UNDERSTAND
AFFIRM. THIS AGENDA DOESN'T SAY I UNDERSTAND THE
CONVICTION THAT
I'VE
THIS AGENDA DOESN'T SAY I UNDERSTAND THE CONVICTION THAT I'VE BEEN
A PATRON OF YOURS FOR
NINE
I'VE BEEN A PATRON OF YOURS FOR NINE YEARS AND WE ARE GOOD
FRIENDS
NINE YEARS AND WE ARE GOOD FRIENDS THEN YOU HAVE KNOWN THAT
I
FRIENDS THEN YOU HAVE KNOWN THAT I AM GAY AND I UNDERSTAND
YOUR
HEART.
THE
I AM GAY AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR HEART. THE AGENDA
IS THAT WHAT
YOU, NOT
THE
THE AGENDA IS THAT WHAT YOU, NOT THE FOREST DOWN HERE WHO CAN DO
A
THE FOREST DOWN HERE WHO CAN DO A BETTER JOB BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE
A BETTER JOB BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE HEART IS, BUT I WANT
YOU
WHERE THE HEART IS, BUT I WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN MY
CEREMONY.
I
YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN MY CEREMONY. I WANT YOU TO
PARTICIPATE IN MY
RALLY
I WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN MY RALLY EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T
DISCRIMINATE
RALLY EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WHITE
PEOPLE.
THEY
PEOPLE. THEY WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN
A
THEY WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC AFFIRMATION
OF IT.
THAT
A PUBLIC AFFIRMATION OF IT. THAT IS THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE
THAT
THAT IS THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE THAT CROSSING THIS LINE IS
DIFFERENT
THAT IS THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE THAT CROSSING THIS LINE IS DIFFERENT THAN
BRO VERSUS WADE
IN
DIFFERENT THAN BRO VERSUS WADE IN THE SENSE YOU CAN NOW GROW
VERSUS
IN THE SENSE YOU CAN NOW GROW VERSUS WADE AS HORRIBLE AS IT IS
TO
IN THE SENSE YOU CAN NOW GROW VERSUS WADE AS HORRIBLE AS IT IS TO HAVE
GENOCIDE ABOUT MASSIVE
NATURE.
UNTIL
TO HAVE GENOCIDE ABOUT MASSIVE NATURE. UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE
A THEN FORCED
TO
UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE A THEN FORCED TO PARTICIPATE AND BE A PART OF
IT
TO PARTICIPATE AND BE A PART OF IT IN AFFIRM.
THIS
IT IN AFFIRM. THIS IS NOT A DECISION WHERE WE
STAND
THIS IS NOT A DECISION WHERE WE STAND ON THE SIDELINES AND
CRITICIZE,
STAND ON THE SIDELINES AND CRITICIZE, COMPLAIN ABOUT
IT.
ONCE
CRITICIZE, COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. ONCE IT CROSSES THE LINE IT
FUNDAMENTALLY
ONCE IT CROSSES THE LINE IT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE
LANDSCAPE
ONCE IT CROSSES THE LINE IT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE AND
THE CULTURE AND
THERE
FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE AND THE CULTURE AND THERE IS A
COERCIVE COMPONENT OF
THE
LANDSCAPE AND THE CULTURE AND THERE IS A COERCIVE COMPONENT OF THE STATE THAT TARGETS
ANYONE
WHO
THE STATE THAT TARGETS ANYONE WHO OBJECTS AND IN ANSWER TO THE
PREVIOUS
WHO OBJECTS AND IN ANSWER TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, THERE WAS AN
ORDINANCE
PREVIOUS QUESTION, THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE PASSED IN DIET
THOUGH,
ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE PASSED IN DIET THOUGH, ARKANSAS THAT
ARKANSAS THAT WENT BACK AND
PEOPLE
ARKANSAS THAT WENT BACK AND PEOPLE GATHERED ENOUGH
SIGNATURES
PEOPLE GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES AT THE END OF 2014.
IS
SIGNATURES AT THE END OF 2014. IS THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT HAD
CRIMINAL
IS THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT HAD CRIMINAL PENALTIES AGAINST
CHURCHES
CRIMINAL PENALTIES AGAINST CHURCHES THAT REFUSED TO AFFIRM
GENDER
CHURCHES THAT REFUSED TO AFFIRM GENDER IDENTITY
GENDER IDENTITY IN SAME-SEX,
SEXUAL
GENDER IDENTITY IN SAME-SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION WITH PEOPLE
AS
SEXUAL ORIENTATION WITH PEOPLE AS SECULAR POSITIONS THAT IF
YOU
DIDN'T
AS SECULAR POSITIONS THAT IF YOU DIDN'T RESOLVE THAT
WITHIN 30
DAYS,
DIDN'T RESOLVE THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS, IT WENT TO
CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION.
SHOCKING.
THIS
PROSECUTION. SHOCKING. THIS IS NOT
HYPOTHETICAL.
THIS
SHOCKING. THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL. THIS IS
A FORCE PARTICIPATION IN
SOMETHING
THIS IS A FORCE PARTICIPATION IN SOMETHING WE CANNOT
AFFIRM.
>>
SOMETHING WE CANNOT AFFIRM. >> ON THE LAST POINT, THAT IS
THE
>> ON THE LAST POINT, THAT IS THE ISSUE.
BY
THE ISSUE. BY THE WAY, THERE IS A
DISTINCTION
BY THE WAY, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN RECOGNIZING
EQUAL
BY THE WAY, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN RECOGNIZING EQUAL RIGHTS
AND HUMAN
RIGHTS
FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR GAY PERSON AND THEN HE MOVED
ON
FOR GAY PERSON AND THEN HE MOVED ON TO TRAIN AS MARRIAGE.
THAT
ON TO TRAIN AS MARRIAGE. THAT IS THE ISSUE HERE TO
A
CLASSICAL
CLASSICAL ISSUE, PROTESTANT,
EVANGELICAL
CLASSICAL ISSUE, PROTESTANT, EVANGELICAL OR CATHOLIC.
THAT
EVANGELICAL OR CATHOLIC. THAT IS AN OXYMORON.
THERE
THAT IS AN OXYMORON. THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
THERE
THERE IS NO SUCH THING. THERE CAN BE LIFE ON CHOICES
BETWEEN
THERE IS NO SUCH THING. THERE CAN BE LIFE ON CHOICES BETWEEN GAY
COUPLES TO LIVE
TOGETHER,
BETWEEN GAY COUPLES TO LIVE TOGETHER, BUT MARRIAGE IS WHAT
IT
BETWEEN GAY COUPLES TO LIVE TOGETHER, BUT MARRIAGE IS WHAT IT IS
AND IT CANNOT BE CHANGED.
I
TOGETHER, BUT MARRIAGE IS WHAT IT IS AND IT CANNOT BE CHANGED. I WILL
ADD ONE LAST
THING.
I
I WILL ADD ONE LAST THING. I AM THE GUY APPEAR WITH A
COLLAR
I AM THE GUY APPEAR WITH A COLLAR ON.
I
I AM THE GUY APPEAR WITH A COLLAR ON. I WILL SAY
IS A CATHOLIC AREAS
OF
I WILL SAY IS A CATHOLIC AREAS OF THEOLOGY TO
A SACRAMENT.
FOR
OF THEOLOGY TO A SACRAMENT. FOR THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE,
THERE
FOR THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MAN AND
A
WOMAN
THERE NEEDS TO BE A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO PLEDGED THEIR CONSENT
FOR
WOMAN WHO PLEDGED THEIR CONSENT FOR LIFE AND ARE OPEN
TO LIFE.
IF
FOR LIFE AND ARE OPEN TO LIFE. IF IN FACT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS
THE
IF IN FACT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE REDEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND
WE
THE REDEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND WE PUT THE POLICE POWER OF THE
STATE
WE PUT THE POLICE POWER OF THE STATE BEHIND A, WILL THERE
BE
COMPULSION
STATE BEHIND A, WILL THERE BE COMPULSION FOR PRIESTS OR
DEACONS
COMPULSION FOR PRIESTS OR DEACONS IN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
TO
TO PRESIDE OVER THE SERVICES.
OUR
TO PRESIDE OVER THE SERVICES. OUR COLLEAGUE FROM AMERICA
UNITED
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM AMERICA UNITED SAYS THERE WON'T EAT.
WE
UNITED SAYS THERE WON'T EAT. WE KNOW FROM THE TRANS AND
HISTORY
WE KNOW FROM THE TRANS AND HISTORY THE POLICE
POWER FOLLOWS
THE
HISTORY THE POLICE POWER FOLLOWS THE FEDERAL
THE FEDERAL DECISIONS.
SO,
THE FEDERAL DECISIONS. SO, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
THAT
SO, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE
IMPLICATIONS
THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPLICATIONS AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
IN
IMPLICATIONS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN MY CHURCH, WE HAVE
A
WONDERFUL
IN MY CHURCH, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DOCUMENT FROM THE
1990s
IN MY CHURCH, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DOCUMENT FROM THE 1990s ON
THE PASTORAL CARE
OF
HOMOSEXUALS.
IT
HOMOSEXUALS. IT IS RESPECTFUL.
BUT
IT IS RESPECTFUL. BUT WE WILL NOT AND CANNOT
RECOGNIZE
IT IS RESPECTFUL. BUT WE WILL NOT AND CANNOT RECOGNIZE ANY
SUCH THING AS
MARRIAGE
RECOGNIZE ANY SUCH THING AS MARRIAGE BETWEEN ANYONE BESIDES
A
MARRIAGE BETWEEN ANYONE BESIDES A MAN AND A
WOMAN.
IF
A MAN AND A WOMAN. IF THE STATE TRIES TO COMPEL US
TO
IF THE STATE TRIES TO COMPEL US TO DO SO, WE MUST AND WE
WILL
RESIST.
>>
RESIST. >> LOOK.
I
RESIST. >> LOOK. I DON'T
THINK ANYONE AT
THIS
PODIUM
I DON'T THINK ANYONE AT THIS PODIUM WANTS TO SEE PEOPLE
DENIED
PODIUM WANTS TO SEE PEOPLE DENIED THE RIGHT TO WEAR, THE
RIGHT
PODIUM WANTS TO SEE PEOPLE DENIED THE RIGHT TO WEAR, THE RIGHT TO LIVE,
TO HAVE HOUSING.
WE
RIGHT TO LIVE, TO HAVE HOUSING. WE RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF
EVERY
HUMAN
WE RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN BEING.
WE
HUMAN BEING. WE DON'T HATE ANYBODY.
BUT
WE DON'T HATE ANYBODY. BUT WE BELIEVE WHAT IS REALLY AT
WORK
BUT WE BELIEVE WHAT IS REALLY AT WORK HERE IS SOMETHING
FAR WORSE
THEN
WORK HERE IS SOMETHING FAR WORSE THEN THE COERCION TO DO
SOMETHING,
THEN THE COERCION TO DO SOMETHING, BUT TO REALLY END
YOUR
SOMETHING, BUT TO REALLY END YOUR HEART, COMMENT THE LINE IF
YOU
YOUR HEART, COMMENT THE LINE IF YOU WANT TO BE ACCEPTABLE.
IF
YOU WANT TO BE ACCEPTABLE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A BIG
HIT.
IF
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A BIG HIT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
A HATER.
WHEN
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A HATER. WHEN YOU SAY GAY WRITES,
IT
SOUNDS
WHEN YOU SAY GAY WRITES, IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING
SOUNDS GREAT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS EVERY AMERICAN
HAS
SOUNDS GREAT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS EVERY AMERICAN HAS WRITES.
I
UNDERSTANDING IS EVERY AMERICAN HAS WRITES. I AM
NOT SURE WHAT GAY WRITES
MEANS.
WE
I AM NOT SURE WHAT GAY WRITES MEANS. WE DON'T WANT
TO SEE A LATE,
BEAT
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A LATE, BEAT UP, HARASS, HER.
HE
BEAT UP, HARASS, HER. HE NEVER FOUGHT AND TRAINED MANY
CALLING
HE NEVER FOUGHT AND TRAINED MANY CALLING A PERSON I KNOW TO BE
GAY
CALLING A PERSON I KNOW TO BE GAY AND NAME.
BUT
GAY AND NAME. BUT WE CAN'T CHALLENGE OUR
NAMES
ABOUT
BUT WE CAN'T CHALLENGE OUR NAMES ABOUT THE NATURE OF
THE
BEHAVIOR.
THAT
ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE BEHAVIOR. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
REALLY BEING
ASKED
BEHAVIOR. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY BEING ASKED TO DO.
THE
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY BEING ASKED TO DO. THE WHOLE CULTURE HAS BEEN ASKED
ABOUT
ASKED TO DO. THE WHOLE CULTURE HAS BEEN ASKED ABOUT TODAY'S AND SAY THIS IS
RIGHT
THE WHOLE CULTURE HAS BEEN ASKED ABOUT TODAY'S AND SAY THIS IS RIGHT AND GOOD
AND APPROPRIATE
AND
RIGHT AND GOOD AND APPROPRIATE AND IT'S NOT.
WRITES
AND IT'S NOT. WRITES FOR HUMAN BEANS,
ABSOLUTELY
WRITES FOR HUMAN BEANS, ABSOLUTELY WE SUPPORT THEM FOR
ALL
ABSOLUTELY WE SUPPORT THEM FOR ALL OF US.
THE
ALL OF US. THE CONCEPT OF GAY WRITES
IS
PREGNANT
THE CONCEPT OF GAY WRITES IS PREGNANT WITH ALL KINDS OF
POLITICAL
PREGNANT WITH ALL KINDS OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
IMPLICATIONS
PREGNANT WITH ALL KINDS OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS WHICH WE
SIMPLY
CAN'T
IMPLICATIONS WHICH WE SIMPLY CAN'T AGREE WITH.
>>
CAN'T AGREE WITH. >> I WANT A TUG ON THE HEARTS
OF
THOSE
>> I WANT A TUG ON THE HEARTS OF THOSE CPU WHO DISAGREE
WITH US
FOR
THOSE CPU WHO DISAGREE WITH US FOR A MOMENT.
I
FOR A MOMENT. I LIKE TO
I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF AND I
ARE
I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF AND I ARE BOTH
ARE BOTH PASTORS.
THE
THE VAST
THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOMOSEXUALS
WANT
THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOMOSEXUALS WANT TO LIVE IN ANSWER TO THEIR
CHOICES
WANT TO LIVE IN ANSWER TO THEIR CHOICES AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT
TO
CHOICES AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
THE
TO DO. THE STEP OF THE COURT
IS THE
FIRST
THE STEP OF THE COURT IS THE FIRST THAT THESE TWO LAWYERS
HAVE
FIRST THAT THESE TWO LAWYERS HAVE ARTICULATED HOW THAT
WORKS.
WE
HAVE ARTICULATED HOW THAT WORKS. WE ARE HERE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS
OF
WE ARE HERE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF UNFETTERED TRUTH.
WE
OF UNFETTERED TRUTH. WE ARE HERE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS
OF
WE ARE HERE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF ALL BIBLICAL PREACHERS TO
SPEAK
OF ALL BIBLICAL PREACHERS TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE
OF SIN, BUT
MORE
SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF SIN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OFFERED THE
VEHICLE
MORE IMPORTANTLY OFFERED THE VEHICLE OF SALVATION.
IT
MORE IMPORTANTLY OFFERED THE VEHICLE OF SALVATION. IT IS A
HARD MATTER FOR US,
DRIVEN
IT IS A HARD MATTER FOR US, DRIVEN BY THE FACT THEY
SHOWED.
YOU
DRIVEN BY THE FACT THEY SHOWED. YOU MAY REJECT
GOD'S WORD.
IT
YOU MAY REJECT GOD'S WORD. IT IS QUITE ALL RIGHT.
I
IT IS QUITE ALL RIGHT. I DON'T DENY ME MY FIRST
AMENDMENT
I DON'T DENY ME MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROPAGATE
THE
GOSPEL
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL AND DON'T FORCE US TO CUT
OFF
GOSPEL AND DON'T FORCE US TO CUT OFF FULLY BELIEVE TO BE THE
ANSWER
OFF FULLY BELIEVE TO BE THE ANSWER THAT CAN CHANGE THE YOUNG
LADY
ANSWER THAT CAN CHANGE THE YOUNG LADY WHOSE WHOLE LIFE HAS
BEEN
TORMENTED
LADY WHOSE WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN TORMENTED AND OFFER THEM THE
SOLUTION
TORMENTED AND OFFER THEM THE SOLUTION WE BELIEVE IS JESUS
CHRIST.
SOLUTION WE BELIEVE IS JESUS CHRIST. THAT IS THE FOUNDATION
THAT
CHRIST. THAT IS THE FOUNDATION THAT UNDERPINS WHY I'M HERE
TODAY
THAT UNDERPINS WHY I'M HERE TODAY AND WHY I WILL DIE IF I
HAVE
TODAY AND WHY I WILL DIE IF I HAVE TO.
FOR
TODAY AND WHY I WILL DIE IF I HAVE TO. FOR WHAT
I BELIEVE.
>>
HAVE TO. FOR WHAT I BELIEVE. >> IT
IS REAL FUNNY THAT WE
STAND
>> IT IS REAL FUNNY THAT WE STAND HERE AND
TALK ABOUT THE
GAY
STAND HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE GAY COMMUNITY AND MARRIAGE.
AS
GAY COMMUNITY AND MARRIAGE. AS MANY SUPPORT MARRIAGE, THERE
ARE
AS MANY SUPPORT MARRIAGE, THERE ARE MANY THAT
DON'T SUPPORT GAY
MARRIAGE.
I
ARE MANY THAT DON'T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE. I HAVE MANY
THAT YOU
MAIL ME
PRIVATELY
I HAVE MANY THAT YOU MAIL ME PRIVATELY TO TELL ME TO CONTINUE
TO
PRIVATELY TO TELL ME TO CONTINUE TO MAKE A STAND.
THEY
PRIVATELY TO TELL ME TO CONTINUE TO MAKE A STAND. THEY DON'T
SUPPORT IT, BUT
IF
THEY
THEY DON'T SUPPORT IT, BUT IF THEY DO VOICE THEIR OPINION,
THEY
THEY DO VOICE THEIR OPINION, THEY WILL BE
BLACKBALLED.
MANY
THEY WILL BE BLACKBALLED. MANY IN HOLLYWOOD DO NOT BELIEVE
IN
MANY IN HOLLYWOOD DO NOT BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE.
WHAT
MANY IN HOLLYWOOD DO NOT BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE. WHAT IS THE
GUY'S NAME?
THE
WHAT IS THE GUY'S NAME? THE DESIGNERS.
THEY
THE DESIGNERS. THEY SHUT THAT DOWN.
ELLEN
THEY SHUT THAT DOWN. ELLEN CAME AFTER THEN AND
EVERYBODY
ELLEN CAME AFTER THEN AND EVERYBODY CAME AFTER THEM AND
SAID
EVERYBODY CAME AFTER THEM AND SAID WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BUY
YOUR
SAID WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BUY YOUR CLOTHES.
THAT
SAID WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BUY YOUR CLOTHES. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
FACING.
WE
YOUR CLOTHES. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FACING. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
A STAND.
WE
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A STAND. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO
SLAVERY.
THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO SLAVERY. THAT WAS MANY
YEARS AGO.
WE
THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO. WE HAVE A VOICE TODAY WILL
UPHOLD
WE HAVE A VOICE TODAY WILL UPHOLD WHAT WE BELIEVE IS
WHAT
THE
UPHOLD WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WHAT THE LORD HAS SAID THAT MARRIAGE
IS
THE LORD HAS SAID THAT MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
I
IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. I RECEIVED DEATH THREATS
FROM
THE
I RECEIVED DEATH THREATS FROM THE GAY COMMUNITY.
I
THE GAY COMMUNITY. I RECEIVED NASTY
E-MAILS.
YOU
I RECEIVED NASTY E-MAILS. YOU CAN GOOGLE MY
NAME.
YOU
YOU CAN GOOGLE MY NAME. YOU WON'T FIND ONE BAD THING
I'VE
YOU WON'T FIND ONE BAD THING I'VE SAID ABOUT THE GAY
COMMUNITY.
WHY
I'VE SAID ABOUT THE GAY COMMUNITY. WHY DO THEY COME
AFTER ME?
THEY
WHY DO THEY COME AFTER ME? THEY KNOW CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.
THEY
THEY KNOW CHANGE IS POSSIBLE. THEY KNOW THEY
WERE WARNED GAY,
BUT
THEY KNOW THEY WERE WARNED GAY, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE LAST
DAYS
CHRIST
BUT I BELIEVE IN THE LAST DAYS CHRIST IS GOING TO RETURN.
I
CHRIST IS GOING TO RETURN. I AM NOT SURPRISED BY WHAT IS
HAPPENING
I AM NOT SURPRISED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT HERE.
AS
HAPPENING OUT HERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT I'M EXCITED
BECAUSE
AS A MATTER OF FACT I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE WILL SEE JESUS.
WE
BECAUSE WE WILL SEE JESUS. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR WALK
WITH
CHRIST
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR WALK WITH CHRIST AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
A
STAND
CHRIST AND CONTINUE TO MAKE A STAND AND I AM BLESSED WE HAVE
ALL
STAND AND I AM BLESSED WE HAVE ALL OF THESE
FOLKS BEHIND ME
STANDING
ALL OF THESE FOLKS BEHIND ME STANDING BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I AM
AN
STANDING BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I AM AN EXAMPLE THAT PEOPLE
CAN
CHANGE.
I
AN EXAMPLE THAT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE. I LIVED
THE TRANS
DIET FOR
17
17 YEARS.
THE
17 YEARS. THE DAY I GET MARRIED
I WILL
SHOUT
THE DAY I GET MARRIED I WILL SHOUT FROM THE NOT TOPS.
I
SHOUT FROM THE NOT TOPS. I AM SO
I AM SO EXCITED.
FOR
I AM SO EXCITED. FOR NOW THE LORD
HAS A SINGLE.
BEFORE
FOR NOW THE LORD HAS A SINGLE. BEFORE I DIE, I WILL BE MARRIED
AND
BEFORE I DIE, I WILL BE MARRIED AND I WILL SHOW PEOPLE YOU
CAN
HAVE
AND I WILL SHOW PEOPLE YOU CAN HAVE A NICE MARRIAGE,
SUCCESSFUL
MARRIAGE.
CHANGE
CHANGE IS
POSSIBLE.
>>
POSSIBLE. >> WE WILL CLOSE THE
FORMAL PART
OF
>> WE WILL CLOSE THE FORMAL PART OF OUR PRESS CONFERENCE.
IF
OF OUR PRESS CONFERENCE. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE
ARE
GLAD
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE ARE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN.
I
GLAD TO ENTERTAIN. I KID YOU NOT CALL FOR TAKING
TIME
GLAD TO ENTERTAIN. I KID YOU NOT CALL FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF
YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES
TO
I KID YOU NOT CALL FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO COVER THIS INFORMATION.
GOD
TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO COVER THIS INFORMATION. GOD BLESS
YOU
ALL.
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