Social conservative Chuck Colson argues
that gay marriage will destroy America's democracy.
Colson, a prominent evangelical who
founded Prison Fellowship and co-authored last year's anti-gay
document the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
(which
was this year rejected by Apple), fears
gay marriage is not only the “greatest threat to religious liberty”
but also threatens to destroy “the democratic process and the rule
of law.”
As evidence Colson points to the Obama
administration's decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage
Act (DOMA), which federally bans gay marriage, the decision by law
firm King & Spalding to withdraw from defending the law in court,
and a recent Navy decision to allow chaplains to officiate at the
marriage and civil union ceremonies of gay and lesbian couples on
base, which
was later placed on hold.
“So-called gay 'marriage' was
rejected in all 31 states where the people got to vote! So the
gay-rights groups, so far, are carrying the day by doing an end-run
around the people, taking their case to the courts, coercing
corporations, and now law firms, and finding a willing accomplice to
their un-democratic schemes in the White House.”
“I can't say this forcefully or
clearly enough: Wake up, America! When the executive branch of
government rules by fiat and chooses not to enforce the law of the
land, the democratic process and the consent of the governed are no
longer possible,” Colson added.