Radical Reaction: Extremist Groups Enraged by Supreme Court’s Action on Marriage Equality
Right on cue, the hate and outrage pours forth.
The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins issued a statement making a series of bizarre predictions.
“The Court decision ensures that the debate over natural marriage will continue and the good news is that time is not on the side of those who want to redefine marriage,” Perkins blustered. “As more states are forced to redefine marriage, contrary to nature and directly in conflict with the will of millions, more Americans will see and experience attacks on their religious freedom. Parents will find a wedge being driven between them and their children as school curriculum is changed to contradict the morals parents are teaching their children. As more and more people lose their livelihoods because they refuse to not just tolerate but celebrate same-sex marriage, Americans will see the true goal, which is for activists to use the Court to impose a redefinition of natural marriage on the entire nation.”
He added, “Congress should respond to today’s announcement by moving forward with the State Marriage Defense Act, which is consistent with last year’s Windsor ruling and ensures that the federal government in its definition of marriage respects the duly enacted marriage laws of the states.”
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) expressed similar sentiments on its official Twitter account, where it called for a new constitutional amendment banning marriage equality.
“It is critical not only to marriage but to the republican form of government to amend the Constitution to reaffirm the meaning of #marriage,” it declared. A later tweet promised, “NOM will continue to devote all our energy & resources to stand for the truth of marriage, and to advocate the importance of preserving it.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has already announced intentions to propose such an amendment in the Senate - where it will almost certainly wither. In Oklahoma, one of the states where marriage equality is now the law, Gov. Mary Fallin (R) was highly perturbed.
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