A concurrent resolution, introduced yesterday by Senator Paul Wieland (r):

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16

Whereas, in January 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion is protected by the Constitution of the United States, and in doing so effectively removed legal protection from human beings prior to birth; and

Whereas, the ramifications of the court’s decision created a moral morass and was a step in the wrong direction for our nation; and

Whereas, each and every innocent human life is unique and precious and that human life begins at the moment of conception and continues, uninterrupted, until the moment of natural death; and

Whereas, each innocent human life must always be protected and preserved, and in all possible ways our country should promote a culture of life; and

Whereas, each state should enact laws that protect unborn human life; and

Whereas, the Missouri General Assembly on behalf of Missourians has spoken out in defense of the sanctity of life, and has done so in connection with contemporary threats to the life of the unborn; and

Whereas, other states in the union have not shared this mission to preserve life and have demonstrated contempt towards the most vulnerable in our society; and

Whereas, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation permitting abortion on demand; and

Whereas, the State of New York removed abortion from their criminal code; and

Whereas, the State of New York put women’s health at risk by allowing non-physicians to perform or induce abortions; and

Whereas, the State of New York has failed to live up to ethical standards that Missourians demand of us and the State of New York, by their actions, have added to the moral chaos that is plaguing this country:

Now Therefore Be It Resolved that the members of the Missouri Senate, One-hundredth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the House of Representatives concurring therein, declare that Missouri tax dollars should not be spent in any state, like New York, that demonstrates such disregard and contempt for the unborn; and

Be It Further Resolved that the members of the Missouri General Assembly ask the Governor to order all departments to cease from taking part in any non-emergency activity or event in the State of New York; and

Be It Further Resolved that the Missouri General Assembly demands higher moral standards of its fellow states and will continue to boycott events hosted by these states until they repeal legislation that fails to preserve and protect the life of the unborn; and

Be It Further Resolved that the Secretary of the Missouri Senate be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the Governor and the State Treasurer.

Where to begin?

And yet, Donald Trump is currently President of the United States. Go figure.

Citizens of the State of New York have access to affordable health insurance. You know, their state participated in Medicaid expansion. That’s what I’d define as a “culture of life”.

Uh, if the U.S. Supreme Court says it’s so, it’s so [see Marbury v Madison (1803)].

We take it that the so-called “culture of life” as mentioned in this resolution does include exemptions for the death penalty and war.

The citizens of the State of New York must be quaking in their collective boots.

This past week Ed Emery (r) introduced SCR 54.

SCR 54
Urges the State to enforce, endorse, and recognize marriage as between one man and one woman
Sponsor: Emery
LR Number: 6816S.01I
Fiscal Notes
Committee: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics
Last Action:4/24/2018 – Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
Journal Page: S1035
Title:
Calendar Position:
Effective Date: Upon approval

The text of the resolution:

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 54 [pdf]

Whereas, parody marriage is any form of marriage that does not involve one man and one woman;
and

Whereas, sexual orientation is a self-asserted sex-based identity narrative that is based on a series of naked assertions and unproven faith-based assumptions that are implicitly religious; and

Whereas, nonsecular policy is state action that endorses, respects, and recognizes the beliefs of a particular religion and where the preeminent and primary force driving the state’s action is not genuine, but is a sham that ultimately has a primary religious objective; and

Whereas, parody marriages and parody marriage policies are nonsecular for the purposes of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution; and

Whereas, secular policy is state action that is natural, neutral, noncontroversial, and based on self evident truth, and where the preeminent and primary force driving the policy is genuine, not a sham, and not merely secondary to a religious objective; and

Whereas, marriages between a man and a woman and policies that endorse marriage between a man a woman are secular in nature for purposes of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution; and

Whereas, civilizations for millennia have defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman; and

Whereas, marriage between a man and a woman arose out of the nature of things and marriage between a man and a woman is natural, neutral and noncontroversial, unlike parody forms of marriage; and

Whereas, the state of Missouri has a duty under Article VI of the United States Constitution to uphold the United States Constitution; and

Whereas, the First Amendment applies to the state of Missouri through the Fourteenth Amendment; an

Whereas, the First Amendment, not the Fourteenth Amendment, has exclusive jurisdiction over which types of marriages the state can endorse, respect, and recognize; an

Whereas, all forms of parody marriage and self-asserted sex-based identity narratives and sexual orientations that fail to check out the human design are part of the religion of Secular Humanism; and

Whereas, the United States Supreme Court has found that Secular Humanism is a religion for the purpose of the Establishment Clause in Torcaso v. Watkins, 367 U.S. 488 (1961), and Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987); an

Whereas, the state of Missouri is prohibited from favoring or endorsing religion over nonreligion; an

Whereas, the state of Missouri’s decision to respect, endorse, and recognize parody marriages and sexual orientation policies has excessively entangled the government with the religion of Secular Humanism, failed to accomplish its intended purpose, and created an indefensible legal weapon against nonobservers; and

Whereas, in the wake of Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S.Ct. 2584 (2015), there has not been a land rush on gay marriage, but there has been a land rush on the persecution of nonobservers by Secular Humanists and an effort by Secular Humanists to infiltrate and indoctrinate minors in public schools to their religious world view, which is questionably moral, plausible, and obscene, and is not secular; and

Whereas, it is unsettled whether or not sexual orientation is immutable or genetic and is therefore a matter of faith; and Whereas, parody marriages have never been a part of American tradition and heritage; and

Whereas, all forms of parody marriage erode community standards of decency and Missouri has a compelling interest to uphold community standards of decency under the Missouri Constitution; and

Whereas, parody marriage policies and sexual orientation statutes are nonsecular and policies that respect, endorse, and recognize a marriage between a man and a woman are secular; and

Whereas, in view of the First Amendment’s Freedom of Expression Clause of the United States Constitution and the Missouri Constitution: (1) Any person living in Missouri can cultivate any self-asserted sex-based identity narrative or self-asserted sexual orientation at will, even if it does not check out with the human design as a matter of self-evident observation; and (2) Any person can conduct any form of marriage ceremony and other rituals that accords with their self-asserted sexual orientation and live as married persons do, as long as the ceremonies do not conflict with other parts of Missouri and federal law:

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the members of the Missouri Senate, Ninety-ninth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the House of Representatives concurring therein, hereby urge the State of Missouri to no longer respect, endorse, or recognize any form of parody marriage policies because parody marriages are nonsecular; and

Be It Further Resolved that the members of the Missouri General Assembly urge the State of Missouri to no longer enforce, recognize, or respect any policy that treats sexual orientation as a suspect class, because all such statutes lack a secular purpose; and

Be It Further Resolved that the members of the Missouri General Assembly urge the State of Missouri to enforce, endorse, and recognize marriages as between one man and one woman, because such marriage policies are secular, and accomplish nonreligious objectives; and

Be It Further Resolved that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the Governor, the Attorney General, and each member of the Missouri Supreme Court.

A favorite clause:

“…there has been a land rush on the persecution of nonobservers by Secular Humanists and an effort by Secular Humanists to infiltrate and indoctrinate minors in public schools to their religious world view, which is questionably moral, plausible, and obscene, and is not secular…”

The secular humanists have also been hiding under your bed, Ed. They used black helicopters to get there.

Previously:

Marriage Equality in America (June 26, 2015)

Conversations like this are taking place today in courthouses across Missouri and America (June 26, 2015)

Recorders Association of Missouri: issuing marriage licenses for same sex couples in Missouri (June 26, 2015)