A Columbia, South Carolina man has
asked to intervene in a federal case challenging the state's ban on
gay marriage, claiming that such unions would force him to disobey
God.
In
asking to intervene in Bradacs v. Haley, Don Boyd
describes himself as a “musician and psalmist, Anointed and
Assigned as a Watchman for the souls of that people errantly
identifying and calling themselves lesbian and gay.”
“Don Boyd should be granted to
demonstrate that any decision of this Court effectively ratifying
novel gay 'marriage' rights sought of Plaintiffs would violate
established rights conferred by Amendments One and Fourteen of
Constitution of the United States already practiced by Don Boyd.
Foreseeably, the violations would be unending. Any ratifying
decision of Court would create a catch-22 forcing Don Boyd to disobey
God.”
Boyd argues that allowing gay couples
to marry would deprive him of a personal life and compel him to
“leave off worshiping THE LORD with music and psalms,” because he
would be forced “to assume the life of a protester and wedding
crasher.”
“Also under such ratification, I
would be forced to continually violate the Seventh Day rest … in
order to crash and warn/protest at gay weddings, the nature of which
is opposite to 'rest,' prohibiting free exercise of religion wherein
I am commanded to 'Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.'”
Exhibits presented in the brief include
numerous photocopies of wedding announcements from local newspapers
dating mostly from 2006. Wedding dates on the announcements have
been circled with a marker.