This is certainly true with what happened today.
For so many, June 26, 2015, is one of the darkest days of our nation's history.
The supreme court in a 5-4 decision says gay marriage is legal in all 50 states. Immediately the Church came out with a statement
stating that marriage is between a man and a woman and is ordained of God.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acknowledges that following today's ruling by the Supreme Court, same-sex marriages are now legal in the United States. The Courts decision does not alter the Lord's doctrine that marriage is a union between a man and a woman ordained by God. While showing respect for those who think differently, the Church will continue to teach and promote marriage between a man and a woman as a central part of our doctrine and practice."
And from The National Organization for Marriage
President Brian S. Brown:
"Though expected, today's decision is completely illegitimate. We reject it and so will the American people. It represents nothing but judicial activism, legislating from the bench, with a bare majority of the Justices on the Supreme Court exercising raw political power to impose their own preferences on marriage when they have no constitutional authority to do so. It is a lawless ruling that contravenes the decisions of over 50 million voters ad their elected representatives. It is a decision that is reminiscent f other illegitimate Court rulings such as Dred Scott and Roe v Wade and will further plunge the Supreme Court into public disrepute.
Make no mistake about it: The National Organization for Marriage and countless millions of Americans do no accept this ruling. Instead, we will work at every turn to reverse it.
The US Supreme Court does not have the authority to redefine something it did not create. Marriage was created long
before the United States and our constitution came into existence. Our constitution says nothing about marriage. The majority who issued today's ruling have simply made it up out of thin air with no constitutional authority.
In his "letter from a Birmingham Jail," Dr. Martin Luther King discussed the moral importance of disobeying unjust laws, which we submit applies equally to unjust laws, which we submit applies equally to unjust Supreme Court decisions. Dr. King evoked the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas that an unjust law or decision is one that is "a human law that is not rooted in eternal or natural law."
Today's decision of the Supreme Court lacks both constitutional and moral authority. There is no eternal or natural law that allows for marriage to be redefined."
On the lighter side I had a weird thing happen today. It was early morning and I couldn't sleep so I went in to lie down on the couch in the living room and try to sleep a little longer. As I was lying there I was sure I saw someone pass by in the entryway. I thought I saw a male with dark hair and a black and white patterned shirt on carrying something in his hands. My first thought was: "Why is Joel here so early and how did he get in? I went back into the bedroom and asked James, who was just getting up, why Joel was here so early. He said he had no idea. He went to check it out and Joel, or no one else for that matter, was found. I was baffled. I asked Michael if it could be him and he said no. Dallin wasn't here and it wasn't Paul. It's official: I see people who aren't really there. Enough said.
