Matt Staver has a pledge he is going to demand that Republican candidates for President sign.
We affirm that marriage and family have been inscribed by the Divine Architect into the order of Creation. Marriage is ontologically between one man and one woman, ordered toward the union of the spouses, open to children and formative of family. Family is the first vital cell of society, the first government, and the first mediating institution of our social order. The future of a free and healthy society passes through marriage and the family.
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We will view any decision by the Supreme Court or any court the same way history views the Dred Scott and Buck v. Bell decisions. Our highest respect for the rule of law requires that we not respect an unjust law that directly conflicts with higher law. A decision purporting to redefine marriage flies in the face of the Constitution and is contrary to the natural created order. As people of faith we pledge obedience to our Creator when the State directly conflicts with higher law. We respectfully warn the Supreme Court not to cross this line.
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Make no mistake about our resolve. While there are many things we can endure, redefining marriage is so fundamental to the natural order and the common good that this is the line we must draw and one we cannot and will not cross.
Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee have already signed, but they are no more than plain-vanilla hucksters and don’t have a hope of actually winning the Republican nomination anyhow. The person who will win, and who has an actual shot at winning the general election in 2016, is the person who will specifically disavow an association with these nutjobs. There will be no healthy Republican Party until somebody with the brains to see what needs to be done, and the backbone to do it, comes along.