The last Sunday service before I headed from Chattanooga to Cincinnati for law school, my pastor presented me with a briefcase and reminded me that Jesus had said, “Woe to you lawyers.” Debate over the Marital Contract Recording Act has helped me understand what Jesus was saying, and its application to some of the surprising opposition to it. 

For the last few years, I have argued that the Ninth Amendment protects rights not enumerated in the text of Constitution and the Bill of Rights, specifically the right to life and the right of a man and woman to participate in the historical institution of marriage defined strictly in terms of man and woman. Last week, Judge Jackson backed me up. I was flabbergasted.

To George Bernard Shaw has been attributed the statement, “England and America are two countries separated by the same language.”  Funny, but true. True, but not funny is that America is now a country divided by the same language, as demonstrated by two events this week involving a single word—the testimony U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and the response of an opponent to legislation that moved forward in the legislature. This week's events portend trouble for our nation.

I was frank last week about the sad state of evangelicalism, but today I will be frank about myself and the low view of marriage I held most of my life. It was driven home to me when a pastor who was interviewing me for a podcast mused that the way many Christians view marriage is no different from that of many same-sex couples. Based on my own experience, I think he may be correct.

I was an elected Republican. I will vote for a particular Republican candidate over a Democrat assuming I choose to vote in that candidate’s race at all. But how should Christians respond to the recent news that the Republican National Committee (or at least its Chair) announced a coalition with a “politically conservative” Gay Pride organization? Here’s my answer.