With Supreme Court decisions on marriage imminent, the vow to defy any positive ruling on marriage equality is becoming a theme on the far-right. Now you can add the National Organization for Marriage's co-founder, Robert George, to the list of conservatives who say they will not ever agree to "man-made law" on marriage (and other issues):
And actually, George isn't speaking just for himself in this clip.
He's referring to all who signed the so-called "Manhattan Declaration,"
which he co-authored. He is operating as the spokesman for an entire
movement that believes personally-held theology should just trump
whatever government decides.
Having monitored this stuff daily for nearly a decade, it takes a lot to chill or shock me. But I'm not gonna lie: this rising call for defiance
has kind of managed to do it. It's just so openly hostile to us, our
rights, our families, and our very ability to advance our cause through
the fair and free channels through which civil rights can and should be
advanced!
And that they're saying this stuff with such candor and so little
hesitation even though every politically pragmatic bone in their bodies
should be telling them to do otherwise? Well, I have to believe that
they mean it. And I have to believe that those of us who would be most
vulnerable in this newly defiant world must stay vigilant about this
riotous call could mean for the safety and welfare of ourselves and our
families.
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