(source: Don’t Silence 50 Million Who Voted for Man-Woman Marriage)
Quite right, and reminds me of a favorite moment in this conversation. From a speech at the rally:
Some of you came a long way to stand for marriage here in our nation’s capital—from as far as California and Michigan and South Carolina. Many of you made sacrifices to be here.
You know that standing for marriage can come with a cost.
Aaron and Melissa Klein know it too. Just yesterday Aaron and Melissa learned that for them, the cost of standing for marriage may add up to $135,000 in fines.
Why? Simply because they declined to create a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony. And that fine is on top of having already lost their bakery because of the backlash against their decision to stand by their convictions.
For Barronelle Stutzman, a 70-year-old grandmother in Washington state, the cost of standing for marriage may be the loss of everything she owns. She’s being sued personally and professionally for declining to design the floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding.
For Kelvin Cochran, the cost of standing for marriage was the loss of his job as the fire chief of the city of Atlanta.
This is not right. And your presence here today tells our nation’s leaders that it is not right.
Marriage existed before this government, and before any government. Marriage brings together the two halves of humanity, for the future of humanity.
No Court can undo that.
(source: Don’t Silence 50 Million Who Voted for Man-Woman Marriage)
In fact, I loved that moment of blazing episcopal brilliance so much I’ll repeat it, with emphasis:
January 16, 2014 – This week, a federal district judge ruled Oklahoma’s definition of marriage as being between “one man and one woman” was unconstitutional. This decision changes nothing.