The California Supreme Court ruled to recognize gay marriage. Unfortunately, the California Court acted to preempt the wishes of the citizens of 
California. California will have a similar decision to amend their constitution in the future.
This will not occur in South Carolina because in 2006 SC voted to add an amendment to our constitution defining marriage as one man and one woman. Many argued that this amendment was not important, yet had we not amended our constitution, any liberal activist court could have done the same in our state.
A flaming liberal will whine, why can’t we allow those that love each other to be married? One man & one woman, man & man, woman & woman, 2 men & 4 women, a house cat & a woman & her sister, 3 men and a cow…I don’t have the room on this site to give all of their perverted examples.
Out of respect for the Creator’s most sacred institution, the Palmetto State’s Constitution strengthens marriage, society’s foundational establishment. God even uses marriage to define the relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. Government must honor marriage as the union between one man and one woman.
‘EQUAL’ | Ruling could be reversed by amendment
May 16, 2008 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO—- Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation’s most populous state.
A conservative group said it would ask California’s Supreme Court to postpone putting its decision legalizing gay marriage into effect until after the fall election. That’s when voters will likely have a chance to weigh in on a proposed amendment to California’s constitution that would bar same-sex couples from getting married.
If the court does not grant the request, gay marriages could begin in California in as little as 30 days, the time it typically takes for the justices’ opinions to become final.
”We’re obviously very disappointed in the decision,” said Glen Lavy, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which is pushing for the stay. ”The remedy is a constitutional amendment.”
With a stroke of a pen Thursday, the Republican-dominated court swept away decades of tradition and said there was no legally justifiable reason why the state should withhold the institution of marriage because of a couple’s sexual orientation.
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It will when the Supreme Court recognizes it as a basic right.
Maybe y’all pack up and leave when it happens.
Don’t let the door hit y’all in the ___ on the way out.
Don’t you have a flaming liberal who supported “Gay Marriage” running against you?
I remember when “gay” meant happy. I don’t think many homosexuals are happy.
For now, yes, gay marrage will not be legal. However, unfortunately, this may not last long. The traditional family values are constantly being attacked. I we do not defend, we will be overcome. That is why we must continually defend them, like this ammendment dose. I thank God for his guidence in this matter. Keep up the good work.
You know, it’s conservatives who hold the world back from becoming anything better than it will ever be.
Let’s embrace the future with past ideas. Yea.. that makes sense
I’m tired of people stating that marriage is supposed to be a blah, blah, blah. Have you ever thought about, what marriage is today? The average divorce rate in America is 40-50%. Sadly, that’s only for men and women.
So you let men and women marry, yet 40-50% are divorcing each other. If you wanted to stay just to the bible, they shouldn’t be able to divorce each other. Yet, you allow that.
Christians are hypocritical. They decide which rules they want to follow, yet turn their backs to others. That’s why there are so many people turning liberal, because of these blind-eyed Christians that are currently representing their beliefs, and not their people as they should be.
Anonymous, you are right that the divorce rate is astounding, and even is so among Christians. However you cannot lump all Christians together and say that they all decide which rules they want to follow, yet turn their backs to others. There are many hypocrites, and there are many who claim to be Christians who have never truly repented of their sin and accepted Christ’s gift of salvation. However, there are some true Christians who live by the teachings of Christ and his principles and who take ALL of His commands seriously. Also, whether or not people live what they claim to believe doesn’t change what’s right, and what’s wrong. Homosexuality is unnatural, it is against design, it is sin, and America had better take a lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah.
Senator Bryant, thank you for your uncompromising stand on this issue. May you ever hold fast to the values that made our nation great.