Chicago TribuneA Mississippi pastor brought a horse in a wedding dress to stand with him outside a federal courthouse on Friday in Jackson to protest a federal judge’s ruling, currently on hold, to overturn the socially conservative state’s ban on gay marriage.
The horse, complete with white flowers tucked into its harness and a bouquet at its feet, munched grass as the pastor, Edward James of Bertha Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, spoke and waved signs at passersby.
“Do you take this horse to be your unnatural wedded spouse to have and to hold?” one sign read.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves struck down Mississippi’s same-sex marriage ban in a ruling last month. Gay couples cannot yet marry in Mississippi pending the outcome of a state appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which is hearing arguments in the case on Jan. 9.
Gay marriage is legal in 35 U.S. states, a trend that has accelerated since the Supreme Court ruled in June 2013 that legally married same-sex couples nationwide are eligible for federal benefits, striking down a key part of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act.
While gay marriage advocates have enjoyed the upper hand in the courts since then, the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in November became the first to rule the other way in upholding state bans on same-sex marriage.
That decision was seen as setting the stage for the Supreme Court to finally rule on the merits of gay marriage nationwide.
Mississippi is home to an estimated 3,484 same-sex couples, according to the most recent decennial census. About one quarter of the couples are raising children.
Speaking in a video-taped interview with the Clarion-Ledger newspaper, James acknowledged that his horse bride was absurd, but said the spectacle served a point.
“Although it’s ridiculous, so is the same-sex marriage status,” he said.
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“Although it’s ridiculous, so is the same-sex marriage status,” he said.”
Agreed. Over-the-top though it may be, it’s no less DESPICABLE!!!
“No, it’s OK; the horse is gay.”
Then he should be in therapy.
I don’t think he could have gotten away with a kid in a wedding dress.
Would have been too close to home for the elite to tolerate.
Where you been hidin’, TranceAm? Haven’t seen you post in a long time, up till a few days ago.
bah ha ha ha
…the american sheeple education system in full swing…’if the ‘band’ on same’… just think if we had a good educational system they would have known to say instead…’if the ‘ban’ on same’…just saying the ‘band’ plays on when the ‘ban’ stops…
This is absolutely ridiculous.
As nice as horses are, nobody would want to marry a horse!
Now a rather pretty ewe on the other hand, attractively dressed in ribbons etc…..
The state shouldn’t even be involved in marriage, period.
States were not involved in marriage until the early 20th cent. Marriage was usually in a church and official when written in the church ledger. Marriage by justices were an early form of “official” recognition.
It was the Church that kept this country moral for as long as it was…the Church would fight all this crap like immorality in movies, music, tv, and also what you see above. Hollywood and govt would bow to the churches in order to appease the people…because the people wouldn’t fight. Since the “moneychangers” put a chokehold on the church with the 5013c tax exempt status back in the middle of the 1900’s, the church could no longer fight the filth. Look at how evil has skyrocketed since the 1960’s…do you think there’s any relation?
Spot on, j.g.
The moral compass has been infiltrated, subverted, and thoroughly corrupted.
There are, however, a scattered few NON 501(c)(3) churches around, but you have to dig to find them. All of the Calvary Chapel churches here are.