On Monday, March 23rd, 2015, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore spoke to hundreds in Texas, including scores of state officials, who had gathered in defense of God’s created order for marriage. They wanted to hear of the interposition of the Alabama Supreme Court against federal judicial tyranny.
In his comments, Judge Moore stated – “But if I should hold back my
opinions at such a time as this, I would consider myself guilty of treason toward my country — and an act of disloyalty to the majesty of heaven Whom I revere above all earthly kings.” These are words of great weight coming from Judge Moore precisely because he is willing to hazard his own life for what is right and needed.
Judge Moore has – as Seutonius said of lower magistrates who defy the immoral decrees of higher authorities – “grabbed the wolf by the ears.” He and the Alabama Supreme Court alone are standing in defiance of federal courts who have trampled state constitutions.
While the governors, judges, and legislators of 27 other states have bowed their necks to a lawless federal judiciary, Judge Moore and the Alabama Supreme Court have instead demonstrated interposition.
Interposition is that calling of God which causes one to step into the gap – willingly placing oneself between the oppressor and his intended victim. Interposition is demonstrated when someone or some group interposes or positions themselves between an oppressor and the intended victim.
When it comes to the interposition of the lesser magistrates, they
interpose for the people – placing themselves between the unjust laws or court opinions of the higher authority and the people. They act in
defense of the rule of law. They also abate the just judgment of God.
In his monumental work, Policraticus, written in 1159 AD, John of
Salisbury said the following about the interposition of lower magistrates:
“Loyal shoulders should sustain the power of the ruler so long as it is
exercised in subjection to God and follows His ordinances; but if it resists and opposes the divine commandments, and wishes to make me share in its war against God, then with unrestrained voice, I answer back that – God must be preferred before any man on earth.”
Let us not forget that the homosexuals themselves are openly declaring that the purpose of homosexual marriage is to destroy marriage. For
example, look at this one-minute video of Masha Gessen, a well-known lesbian activist who has newspapers from the NY Times to the LA Times regularly run her editorial columns, where she openly states the true motivation for this effort through the arm of the State. This is no time for cowardice. Rather, it is time for bravery as demonstrated here by Chief Justice Moore.
Watch the seven-minute address of Judge Roy Moore in Texas.
Judge Moore and the Alabama Supreme Court are exposing the fiction that federal courts simply must always be obeyed. Federal courts have no authority when it comes to redefining marriage or telling states how to define it.
