Another Supreme Court Ruling with Profound Implications

On June 15, by a 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court ruled on the case of Bostock vs. Clayton County. The essence of this ruling redefined the word "sex' within Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include "gender identity" and "sexual orientation." In essence, this ruling did for workplace discrimination what Obergefell vs. Hodges did for marriage. That ruling, as you might remember, changed the definition of marriage from that of one man to one woman, which had been the historical and cultural definition down through the eons of human existence and based upon the biblical precedent in Genesis 2, to the union of two persons who love each other. Dr. James Dobson wrote, back in 2015, these words concerning that Supreme Court decision: "This Court decision is not about same-sex marriage, except only tangentially. Many gay and lesbian groups have admitted that marriage has never been their primary objective. Instead, it is about everything else. What's at stake is the entire culture war. To begin, it is an expression of hostility toward people who take their Christian faith seriously. As you probably know, certain groups and organizations hate us. Their agenda is about weakening the Church of Jesus Christ and limiting what pastors and ministers can say and do publicly. It is about undermining the religious liberties of Christians that are guaranteed by the Constitution. It is about attacking Christian schools, Christian non-profit organizations such as Family Talk, and Christian businesses, hospitals, charities, and seminaries. It is about targeting Christian colleges and universities, and about whom their officials choose as professors and what their students will be taught. It's about government funding and accreditation. All of these crucial issues are at risk. You'll see." (www.drjamesdobson.org/about/latest-news/news-media/2020/07/16/the-supreme-courts-ruling-in-bostock-signals-difficult-days-ahead). Justice Samuel Alito, an author of one of the dissenting opinions on the Bostock case, wrote: "What the Court has done today - interpreting discrimination because of 'sex' to encompass discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity - is virtually certain to have far-reaching consequences. ... Before issuing today's radical decision, the Court should have given some thought to where its decision would lead. As the briefing in these cases has warned, the position that the Court now adopts will threaten freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and personal privacy and safety. No one should think that the Court's decision represents an unalloyed victory for individual liberty." (quoted in the article cited above). So, what has been the consequences of this Supreme Court decision. Tony Perkins wrote of one such case this week. He wrote: "The justices predicted a war - and almost one month to the day of their Bostock ruling, they got one. The first shot was fired last Thursday, when the ACLU decided to sue Maryland's St. Joseph Medical Center for refusing to take out a woman's perfectly healthy uterus just because she wanted to live as a man. It goes against the hospital's religious belief, St. Joseph argued. But now, thanks to the Supreme Court, it might go against six justices' ridiculous definition of 'sex' too. The last thing anyone should want right now is fewer hospitals. And yet, that may very well be the outcome of lawsuits like this one. If people are worried about the health care system being overwhelmed today - just wait until liberals force the religiously-affiliated groups entirely out of business. Beause that's what'll happen if the Left insists on forcing religious facilities to embrace their radical views. Catholic nonprofits have told the country before - in adoption and abortion debates - that choosing between their faith and ministry is no choice at all. They'd rather shut their doors than bend an inch on biblical teachings." (www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WA20G30&f+WU20G12). Friends, as we witness nearly every day, the moral foundations of our nation have been attacked viciously. David exclaimed in Psalm 11, "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Ezekiel heard God's plea: "I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it." The cry of God is still before each one of us. May it not be said of us, as it was of Ezekiel's generation, "but I found none." (Ezekiel 22:30).