With regard to the illegal action of the New York state government, it is more important to understand clearly that the civil government has no authority in area of the free exercise of religion such as marriage.
Except that marriage is not an exclusively religious excercise. Marriage carries with it temporal benefits such as tax breaks and preferential treatment in state governed areas like adoption and forster parenting.
If it has no authority and tries to With exercise power not vested to it, then the state is acting illegally.
And as long as the aforementioned conditions exist the state is acting within the bounds of it's authority.
We need to stand for God's law in the face of the power grab by those in civil authority who know no restraints. New York and the other increasingly socialized states have not only violated God's law, they have also violated their own Constitution and the will of the governed.
The institution of civil marriage, in the united states, has never been the exclusive province of religion, and most certainly not one single religious viewpoint. If that were the case I would expect to see the same religious backlash when the state sanctions the marriage of non christians and non believers such as atheists, but you don't.
When they do that, they are just like King George. They have abdicated their moral and legal authority and are subject to indictment, trial and just punishment.
Really now? What law was broken? Or would you simply wish to impose criminal sanctions on someone simply because they legally passed a law that you didn't like.
Rather than sounding like the righteous revolutionary, you instead come off as an indignant and spoiled child throwing a tantrum because you didn't get your way.
Now, all those who freely exercise their inalienable right to religious faith must stop acting like useful idiots and fellow travelers by going along to get along.
Snide inferences to communist rhetoric aside, your right to freely practive the religion of your choice HAS NOT in any way, shape, or form been violated.
Instead, they must stand for their God-given rights by proclaiming loud and clear that these New York government servants have crossed the line into illegal activity that has no authority and makes them criminals.
The legal rights of americans are not "god-given" but rather given by the people and I challenge you to show me a single valid law that has been violated by the duly elected lawmakers of the state of New York.
