WASHINGTON (AP) β Some prominent religious conservatives say they won’t comply with a Supreme Court ruling that would force them to violate what they call a “biblical understanding of marriage” as the union of a man and a woman.
Their “Open Letter to the Supreme Court” was published as a full-page ad in Wednesday’s Washington Post. The more than 60 signatories include the Rev. Franklin Graham, Dr. James Dobson, Hispanic evangelical leader Samuel Rodriguez and the Rev. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Echoing the civil rights leader’s letter from the Birmingham jail, they declare that “any judicial opinion which purports to redefine marriage will constitute an unjust law.”
Quoting Scripture, they conclude, “We must obey God rather than men.”
Kenneth Blackwell of the Family Research Council says religious resistance to same-sex marriage should be non-violent and prayerful. But Catholic Deacon Keith Fournier says Christians should be prepared to go to jail if that’s what it takes to be faithful.
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245-v-31-(Steve Coleman, AP religion editor)–Some prominent religious conservatives say they won’t comply with a Supreme Court ruling that would force them to violate what they call a “biblical understanding of marriage” as the union of a man and a woman. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports. (10 Jun 2015)
< 246-a-05-(Catholic Deacon Keith Fournier, chairman of the Common Good Foundation, in panel discussion)-“laws of God”-Catholic Deacon Keith Fournier, chairman of the Common Good Foundation, says he and other signatories of an open letter to the Supreme Court make an appeal to the justices. (10 Jun 2015) < 247-a-05-(Catholic Deacon Keith Fournier, chairman of the Common Good Foundation, in panel discussion)-“rather than men”-Catholic Deacon Keith Fournier, chairman of the Common Good Foundation, says believers in traditional marriage may have to go to jail. (10 Jun 2015) < 248-a-08-(Ken Blackwell, senior fellow, Family Research Council, in panel discussion)-“do it prayerfully”-Ken Blackwell, a senior fellow at the Family Research Council, says religious conservatives will resist a Supreme Court decision establishing same-sex marriage. (10 Jun 2015) < 249-a-12-(The Reverend Alveda King, niece of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior, in panel discussion)-“things are possible”-The Reverend Alveda King, niece of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior, says the Supreme Court shouldn’t declare a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. (10 Jun 2015) <
