“Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving.”
— St. Augustine of Hippo.
One of the worst United States Supreme Court decisions ever issued was the Obergfell decision, which struck down marriage laws throughout the States, and redefined “marriage”. Not only was the decision without Constitutional moorings, it was an offense against God, Christianity and Judaism. God created marriage; man does not get to redefine it. That is not how this works.
Below is an article by Arthur Schaper urging so-called conservative politicians to put their money where their mouths are. Act to correct this travesty. Please enjoy.
Red States Pay Lip Service To Christianity, But Won’t Touch Same-Sex Marriage
If they want to avoid being permanently labeled as cowards and hypocrites, Christian legislatures in red states must start acting on their claimed principles.
Arthur Schaper, The American Thinker (February 15, 2026).
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” (Matthew 15:8)
In the United States, a movement is building to push back on the LGBT agenda. Of all the groups taking a stand, no one has taken a stand like MassResistance. I have worked for this organization for over ten years, and in the last two, we have gone after the heart of the matter. We are not just calling out the fundamental lies of the LGBT movement, but we have been demanding the overturning of Obergefell v Hodges, the judicial travesty that imposed same-sex “marriage” onto the country.
Not waiting for someone else to move, MassResistance submitted a Resolution Against Obergefell, through which state legislatures can declare to the United States Supreme Court that it must revisit and reverse that terrible decision. Last year, our Resolution passed the Idaho and North Dakota Houses of Representatives. We are trying again in Idaho this year.
Other brave legislators in Republican states introduced our resolution. However, even in red states like Mississippi, Iowa, and Montana, they have not given our bill a committee hearing, or they have voted it down in committee. These are supposedly conservative bastions—and they won’t take a stand for the family.
The really big irony about Republican inertia on the issues comes from those states that have made open professions of their faith in Christ.
Last year, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring “Christ is King.” Celebrating this measure with great fanfare, the legislature announced: “[T]he resolution affirms Oklahoma’s deep-rooted spiritual heritage and the enduring faith that unites communities.”
The Sooner State is not ashamed of its signature standing as the Buckle on the Bible Belt!
Later that same year, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a similar Resolution recognizing November 23 as “Christ the King Sunday.” The author of the Resolution, Rep. Schriver, is unashamed of his Catholic faith. Nine of his colleagues co-sponsored the resolution with hesitation, and the Michigan House had no problem supporting the measure
The language of the Resolution is inspiring in its Christian boldness:
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare November 23, 2025, as Christ the King Sunday in the state of Michigan. We encourage Michiganders to join in reflection, service, and acts of kindness that honor the moral and spiritual values exemplified by Christ the King.
This year, the South Dakota state legislature passed a Resolution “urging the people of the state of South Dakota to seek the Lord Most High for His healing presence and mercy upon South Dakota.”
This country needs prayer, wisdom, and the grace of God, no doubt about it!
We should celebrate the restoration of Christian faith and its proclamation in the halls of our state legislatures, but there is a stark and discouraging contrast.
In Michigan, State Rep. Schriver also introduced our Resolution against Obergefell. Broadcast media mocked his press release, and Democrat leaders immediately protested his effort. Republican leadership dumped the resolution in the Michigan House Government Operations committee, where most bills go to die.
In Oklahoma, State Senator (and Pastor) Dusty Deever took up our Resolution against Obergefell. He even obtained co-sponsorships from the majority of his state senate colleagues. Yet the leadership in the Oklahoma State Senate will not move the legislation. No one in the Oklahoma House has offered to introduce a companion resolution, either.
In South Dakota, State Representative Ton Randolph, the same state representative who introduced the Resolution to Call on the Lord—carried our Resolution against Obergefell, too! In fact, he has fought for our Resolution two years in a row.
Both times it has gone before the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee. Both times, the committee (this year, all Republican members since the lone Democrat switched parties) killed the resolution with little fanfare, hiding behind silence or meandering arguments about the complexities of the marriage issue or the “harms” that our resolution may cause.
Republican legislators will say “Christ is King!” They will pray for His help. They love to talk about Jesus. They place crosses on their social media profiles. They open their campaign with prayer. Many of them have commemorated conservative activist and martyr Charlie Kirk for his Christian faith.
And yet they won’t fight for or vote for a fundamental tenet of the Christian faith: the sanctity of marriage.
But they cannot—or will not—state “Marriage is for one man and one Woman.” What is going on here?
Why would they balk at this?
If these Republicans think Christ is King, they should honor His teachings:
“Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?” (Matthew 19: 4-5)
Republican legislators, especially in supermajority red states like Oklahoma and South Dakota, are taking conservatives, Christians, and, in particular, Evangelical voters for a ride.
How can Red State lawmakers call themselves conservatives, but refuse to move forward a Resolution against one of the most anti-conservative attacks on a fundamental institution?
Why are they refusing to allow the discussion in some states?
It all comes down to grandstanding, cowardice, and hypocrisy. And the voters—most of them Christian—are letting them get away with it.
These lawmakers know the importance of the church vote, so they draw near to God with their lips. They talk Churchianity with measured fluency, exuding public devotion, folding their hands in piety, then pass around their campaign collection plate, all while quoting Bible verses.
Churches are falling for it, like Eve giving into the Serpent’s subtlety.
These legislators do not fear God. They fear man, but not the voters who got them elected. They fear the nasty attacks from the press, or they fear death threats from the LGBT mob and its allies. In North Dakota, state senators received all kinds of threats, but refused to release them to the public or to proper authorities so that those criminals could be held accountable. Ultimately, the North Dakota State Senate voted down our resolution on a “verification vote,” i.e., the record never indicated how the senators voted.
They fear the LGBT lobby and all its corporate backers. They fear the shame and opprobrium of their gay colleagues, friends, family, and neighbors. In other words, the politicians don’t fear God nor believe in Christ the King.
Citizens should demand that Biblical truth and natural law be restored in the culture. They must start sorting the wheat from the chaff: ask candidates questions, probe their values, and review the voting records of incumbent Republicans. Do they believe in Jesus? That’s nice, but will they stand up for His precepts, including the natural and supernatural truth that marriage can only be between one man and one woman?
Christian voters must exercise wisdom like a serpent and learn to tell the sheep—the Republicans who take their Christian faith and doctrine seriously—from the goats, i.e., the legislators who tell pious lies for a vote. If the politicians won’t revere Christ, they need to start fearing the Christian voters.
GFK
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