I have some big news to share, but first I need your help to stop the Senate from destroying marriage and states’ rights.

In almost 250 years of our nation’s existence, only very recently have Americans been forced to give recognition to same-sex “marriages,” and this ploy is consistently being used to attack people of faith.

This is a break with millennia of history and every recognized religion, and it has taken place in just the last seven years. Now, people of faith are being forced to honor what their faith and natural law say is wrong. This decision rested on the shoulders of just one man, Justice Anthony Kennedy.  

And that man is no longer at the U.S. Supreme Court, nor are Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Stephen Breyer.

Three of the five justices in the majority on the Obergefell v. Hodges decision are gone! Obergefell will fall just like Roe v. Wade—and for the same reason! Why? Because same-sex marriage has no basis in the Constitution.

But, if HR 8404 passes in the Senate, this bill will do much more damage than Obergefell. It will force EVERY “state, territory, and possession” (whatever that is) to recognize child brides out of California, marriages between two people who could already be married to someone else in Utah, and if incestuous marriages are ever legally recognized (like between a father and a son) in one state or “possession,” it will force every state to honor these too! The bill also never defines “possession.” Is it a military base or an embassy in a foreign country? No one knows.

Shockingly, some Republicans in Congress are falling all over themselves to help pass HR 8404! Below, I will share Chief Justice John Roberts’ scathing dissent in Obergefell—which every member of Congress should read. The Senate vote will be very, very close, even though it shouldn’t be! Already, five Republican senators appear to have joined in the radical effort to destroy marriage.

I need your help to hold senators accountable and hold the line against this bill. Rush urgent faxes to the Senate against HR 8404. The Senate is our one and only chance to stop this bill. —Mat

In the 2015 Obergefell opinion of five “lawyers,” Chief Justice John Roberts issued a scathing dissent. It is the only time he read his dissent from the bench. He referred to the five as “lawyers,” not “Justices.” He said, “for those who believe in a government of laws, not of men, the majority’s approach is deeply disheartening. … Five lawyers have closed the debate and enacted their own vision of marriage as a matter of constitutional law” (emphasis added).

To the five lawyers, Roberts asked, “Just who do you think we are?” He said their opinion was “an act of will, not legal judgment.” And he said to those who might favor the result, “do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it.”

Roberts was clear. There is no constitutional right to same-sex “marriage.”

Justice Antonin Scalia was equally direct against this renegade ruling: “Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court,” not the Constitution.

Scalia continued, “The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie” (emphasis added).

Well, three of those five “lawyers” are now gone. With the change in the Court, and the fact that same-sex marriage has no constitutional foundation, Obergefell is a house built on shifting sand. This shoddy house will fall. This bad decision is hanging by a little spider web, and the next case the Court takes on marriage could reverse it.

This one decision turned our world upside down! It has been used to attack freedom of religion and speech, and even jail people of faith for their convictions—like Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.

Now we are on the edge of being able to restore our nation … but there are 15 senators who are on the fence, deciding which way they should vote. They need to hear from you! Send your urgent faxes urging as many senators as possible to block this bill. Rush your urgent faxes to the Senate to block HR 8404.

I have had the opportunity to defend marriage on a national stage. And both lesbian moms and children raised in same-sex homes publicly agreed with me on this point. Children do best when raised by a father and a mother.

Marriage is at the core foundation and future of our nation. Only marriage between a man and a woman can be unitive, procreative and spiritual. It is the best way to raise future generations of strong families. The nation is only as good as its family units. God’s design for marriage and family should be encouraged, respected and honored.

Our society cannot enjoy long-term stability without a proper understanding, respect for and adherence to God’s plan for the family. Science and sociality back up what people intuitively know. Children are disadvantaged in any other type of home. Mom and dad (male and female) are critically important to the well-being of children.

Yet, right now, Democrats and some Republicans are trying to strip marriage of its place of honor and give those same privileges to same-sex couples, child rapists, polygamists ... and the list goes on. 

This is a Pandora’s Box. Rush your urgent faxes to every senator you can to block HR 8404.

BREAKING NEWS in our military case! On Thursday, Judge Stephen Merryday granted a temporary restraining order for a U.S. Marine First Lieutenant to stop the Department of Defense from ordering administrative separation and eviction from his home for merely requesting an accommodation of his sincere religious beliefs.

If we had not obtained the TRO, the Marine, his wife and their two small children would have been evicted from their base housing with just 48 hours' notice.

Also, we recently settled the nation’s first classwide lawsuit for health care workers over a COVID shot mandate for more than 10.3 million dollars. The settlement against NorthShore University HealthSystem is on behalf of more than 500 current and former health care workers.

And on Wednesday, the Christian flag flew in the City of Boston following our 9-0 win at the U.S. Supreme Court. It was a wonderful celebration of our right to free speech. For more than 17 years, religious viewpoints were banned. That ended this week.

Fighting for freedom has taken a tremendous toll on our resources. Liberty Counsel NEVER charges for our legal work. Instead, our plaintiffs rely on people like YOU, a generous Liberty Counsel supporter. Please also prayerfully consider making a recurring monthly donation and DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT with the Challenge Grant.

Mat Staver
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Liberty Counsel

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Sources:

McClam, Erin. “Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling: The Highlights.” NBC News, June 26, 2015. Nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-gay-marriage-ruling-highlights-n382431.  

Soergel, Andrew. “9 Need-to-Know Quotes from the Obergefell v. Hodges Opinions.” U.S. News & World Report, June 26, 2015. Usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/26/9-need-to-know-quotes-from-the-obergefell-v-hodges-opinions.  

Vogue, Ariane de. “Roberts Issues Stern Dissent in Same-Sex Marriage Case.” CNN, June 26, 2015. Cnn.com/2015/06/26/politics/john-roberts-gay-marriage-dissent/index.html.