Send us with fire to go love the world

Lord Almighty, I lift California and its people to You tonight. I feel helpless sometimes when I read about the world. When are You going to deliver Your people? When is Your glory to come? What is going on in this world? Jesus, You are the only One who can do anything about these outrages upside down beliefs. Empower Your people to win over the this culture and nation. God, forgive us of our sins. Let us be a nation of righteousness and godliness. Tell me what I can do!! Let me do something other than petitions and emails!

HERE I AM, SEND ME!

California Marriage Law: 4,618,673 to Four

After a brief period of judicial restraint, California voters watched in horror this afternoon as judicial activism returned with a vengeance in one of the most egregious rulings in American jurisprudence. It took just four activist judges to overturn the historical definition of marriage, not to mention the vote of more than four and a half million Californians, as the state supreme court issued a much-anticipated ruling on the question of same-sex "marriage." By a 4-3 margin, the justices struck down a law, adopted by 61 percent of voters in 2000, which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman. By imposing same-sex "marriage" on voters, the California Supreme Court knowingly usurped the right of the people to effect change in public policy. This outcome is even more troubling than Massachusetts', in that California voters had already won the right to put a marriage protection amendment on the ballot in November. If the court cared at all about the democratic process, it would have stayed its decision until the people's voice was heard on the November amendment. Instead, these justices trampled on the legislature and created same-sex marriage by judicial fiat. This is nothing more than a judicial shotgun wedding that forces a redefinition of marriage on the people of California and potentially the rest of the nation. We trust that the voters of California will act in November to correct this exercise in judicial activism and to permanently enshrine the traditional definition of marriage in the state constitution. Clearly, this decision highlights the need for a federal amendment defining marriage in the U.S. Constitution. Only then will this campaign to shatter the family's foundation be ended once and for all.


The California Supreme Court ruled today that a law defining marriage as the union between one man and one woman is “unconstitutional,” allowing same-sex couples to marry within the next 30 days. The ruling struck down Proposition 22, a voter-approved statute protecting traditional marriage.

“The justices have undermined and endangered the basic building block of society, which has been honored and preserved in every nation on earth through most of human history."

— Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, on Thursday's decision by the California Supreme Court to redefine marriage 5/15/08