Love Did Not Win

We are living in an age of stupidity.  Truthfully, by our failure to look beyond the veil of selfishness, our very actions have retarded human civilization.

On 26 Jun 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 majority that all 50 states must recognize gay marriage.  Cheers and jeers broke out all at once across the nation, the world, on the streets, on social media, and anywhere else people could voice their thoughts.

“Victory,” LGBT supporters are shouting.

#LoveWins began trending on Twitter and Facebook.

Biblical condemnation shot down upon social media platforms spewing hell-fire and brimstone upon all who supported the decision.  Pleas for Jesus to return rose up again.  Conservatives cried about how this “nation of God” has now fallen into the hands of the devil.

Liberals fondled themselves with glee stating that equality had at last come to America.  The White House lit up in rainbow colors.  Supporters changed their Facebook profile picture to an altered image with rainbow colors.

VICTORY!

VICTORY!

All proclaim!

We have been deceived.

The SCOTUS decision was not a victory for gay people.  It was not a victory for equality.  It was a victory for the government.  Allowing the government in the past to define households by marriage was a small step towards being able to completely define marriage.  Now that the government can define something so personal; so intimate, what is to keep the government from completely controlling other personal and intimate aspects of our lives?

Truthfully, the whole marriage equality offense is a strategic smoke screen.  If the government can get us so riled up over an issue they and the media have propagated, than we will fail to notice the real issue. 

The government did the same thing with abortion.  Make killing innocent life about a woman’s choice and we will not focus on what the government is really trying to accomplish: population control.  In my Environmental Biology class this topic was assigned discussion.  The government is using the education system to indoctrinate us already with fascist, radical, and tyrannical ideologies.  The sad thing is this smoke screen is working.

True marriage equality would have looked like this:

• No government body; executive, legislative, and/or judicial, can define marriage of any kind; hetero- or homosexual;
• The government can no longer require couples seeking marriage to apply for a Licensure of Marriage;
• The government must accept the definition of household as the number of occupants in the house regardless of relationship; and as such: 
• Tax breaks as determined by household status either become null and void or consistent across the board.

If the SCOTUS had done their true job as defenders of the U.S. Constitution and the third part of checks and balances, than the SCOTUS would have ruled as stated above.  They would have removed the power of the government to define something so personal and intimate.  They would have ensured that something so personal and intimate is best left to the individual.  Instead, they chose to burn the Constitution and ensure our government has more power than they have had before.

Before I end this blog I should write about the Christian reaction to this “landmark” decision.  I have read numerous responses by Christians and they have completely disgusted me.

One such response was from a woman stating that the SCOTUS is “rubber stamping the leftist agenda”.  Interestingly, this same woman was probably not complaining when the SCOTUS was pushing the Conservative agenda.  This person serves as a perfect example of the selfish child who is happy until she does not get what she wants.

Then I see the typical response of “what right does the Supreme Court have to define marriage”?  Legit question.  I covered already they should not have the power to.  However, the problem I have with the question coming from self-righteous American Christian is they were not complaining about government intervention when they were defining marriage according to their beliefs.

Which leads to the third response I have seen: “Only the Bible can define marriage.”  This would be a perfectly fine statement if 100% of the population in America believed in the Bible.  However, we are not nor have we ever been a Christian nation.  This is not Old Testament Israel in the days of God anointed kings.  America was never a theocracy.  Never!

It would be tyrannical to rule the whole nation from a religious perspective and thus enslaving everyone to the same religion.  Let me put it this way: how many of my readers who are Christians would want a Muslim to become president and force his religion upon us?

Christians need to wake up and divorce themselves from the real defilement of marriage.  I am speaking about the marriage between Christianity and politics.  This world will never change if you continue to look and sound the same as it.  These past few days have made me realize I cannot tell the difference between Pastor Joe and Sinner John.

From a Christian perspective, the two best responses I have read are:

•  We must pray for and love one another;
•   We need to turn the power button off of our computers so we are not enticed to debate.  Instead we should spend time with our friends and families to show we love them more than we love our own opinions.

From a supporter of individual rights I say this:

• LGBT supporters, this was not a victory for equality.  It was a defeat for each and every one of us.
• This is not permission to be indecent with lewd behavior.  It is not permission to force your lifestyle upon others.  Do not continue to act in such a way that makes you no different than those you have accused as oppressors.

This nation, nay this world is falling apart.  However, it has less to do with the increase of immoral behavior.  In actuality, it has more to do with the complete lack of respect, compassion, and love toward one another.

Until next time…