Two words that appear on the picture of the Supreme Court, etched in stone above pillars is "equal justice". I know because they're in the photo attached to this article.

Nobody would defend the racist policy of banned international marriage today, and in the same way, no future member of LCMS will look back at this day with pride. From "civil unions" to "seperate but equal" history shows that the attempts to label fellow Americans as "other" has had powerful backing from conservative church elements. I wonder if anybody in the LCMS is reading aloud the scriptures supporting Calhouns' "slavery is a positive good" retoric. I wonder if in the same divide of time, future church members will read this vitriol in the 22nd century to each other. I doubt it.

I ask you people, who are so fiercely opposed to homosexual marriage - you must be at least consistent in your outrage. Where is the outcry against atheist or Hindu weddings? Both of these have no sanction by God. Both of these represent the same existential threat to the institution of marriage -
none at all.

I draw parallels to black disenfranchisement because I think it's time for the Bride of Christ to talk about where her priorities lie. When there is one unarmed black man killed per day in this country, where black unemployment is 30%, where systemic racism is objectively evident 40 years after King, is this endless fight against gay marriage the best use of the church's energy?