오늘 아침 미국대법원의 충격적인 동성결혼 합법화 판결을 보면서 다수결의 원칙의 모순과 그 시스템을 악용한 소수의 조작 결과가 미국사회를 뒤집어놓는 것이 정말 안타까웠습니다. 대법관의 일부를 임명하는 권한이 있는 대통령과 온라인을 지배하는 힘이 있는 소수가 미국역사를 뒤집는 것을 보면서 정말 무서운 시대라고 생각했습니다.
앞으로 더욱 믿음을 지키기 어려운 세상이 올거라는 성경의 말씀을 새기며, 저희 가족이 한국으로 온 것이 얼마나 감사한지 모르겠습니다. 가족과 결혼의 원칙이 정상적인 나라에서 아이들을 키우면서 무너져가는 미국사회를 위해서 기도합니다.
동성결혼에 반대했던 양심적인 대법관 4분의 판결문 요약입니다.
Chief Justice Roberts: “But for those who believe in a government of laws, not of men, the majority’s approach is deeply disheartening….The majority’s decision is an act of will, not legal judgment. The right it announces has no basis in the Constitution or this Court’s precedent. The majority expressly disclaims judicial ‘caution’ and omits even a pretense of humility, openly relying on its desire to remake society according to its own ‘new insight’ into the ‘nature of injustice.’”
Justice Scalia: “The [majority’s] opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic. It is one thing for separate concurring or dissenting opinions to contain extravagances, even silly extravagances, of thought and expression; it is something else for the official opinion of the Court to do so…The stuff contained in today’s opinion has to diminish this Court’s reputation for clear thinking and sober analysis.”
Justice Thomas: “Our Constitution—like the Declaration of Independence before it—was predicated on a simple truth: One’s liberty, not to mention one’s dignity, was something to be shielded from—not provided by—the State. Today’s decision casts that truth aside. In its haste to reach a desired result, the majority misapplies a clause focused on “due process” to afford substantive rights, disregards the most plausible understanding of the “liberty” protected by that clause, and distorts the principles on which this Nation was founded. Its decision will have inestimable consequences for our Constitution and our society.”
Justice Alito: “Today’s decision usurps the constitutional right of the people to decide whether to keep or alter the traditional understanding of marriage. The decision will also have other important consequences.It will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy. In the course of its opinion,the majority compares traditional marriage laws to laws that denied equal treatment for African-Americans and women. The implications of this analogy will be exploited by those who are determined to stamp out every vestige of dissent.”
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