President Trump selected a judge from the local Denver area Appeals Court Judge to the Supreme Court \u2013\u00a0Judge Neal Gorsuch. He was recently lauded in the Denver Post<\/a> for his \u201csharp mind, clear writing and affable nature.\u201d \u00a0Admittedly, that was the first I had ever heard of the man.<\/p>\n Of course there will be those who oppose him simply because he was nominated by an R, just as others opposed nominees because they were nominated by a D.\u00a0 Let the eggs begin to fly.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not really interested in the politics of it, although the Supreme Court has seemed to sit in the Political limelight with greater intensity \u2013 just look at the implementation of the Affordable Care Act<\/a> and the final ruling in the Gore\/Bush presidential campaign.<\/p>\n A few other monumental decisions include the 1803\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Marbury v. Madison<\/a>, which established checks and balances. For the first time, the court ruled something was \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d\u00a0 In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education<\/a> granted equal protection under the law. In 1964\u00a0\u2013\u00a0New York Times v. Sullivan<\/a> the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the press were upheld.<\/p>\n It\u2019s interesting in our current environment how much we rely on the courts. Perhaps the Roe v. Wade<\/a>\u00a0 decision four decades ago sealed the deal, that Supreme Court justices actually did impact our culture. \u00a0In 2013\u00a0in United States v. Windsor<\/a> the law, passed by the U.S. Congress selected by the people was struck down, allowing gay marriage.<\/p>\n How many times have people thrown the Roe vs. Wade decision in the faces of those who believe in life, declaring the decision is over. Simply because it\u2019s \u201claw\u201d and \u201csettled by the court\u201d doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s right. It doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s just.<\/p>\n Remember the 1857 \u00a0Dred Scott <\/a>decision that slaves were not citizens of the US and had no constitutional protections? In 1896, \u00a0Plessy v. Ferguson<\/a> made racial segregation legal. There are others. The court is fallible.<\/p>\n I have good friends who march for life. And others who march for traditional marriage. They very much believe the court decisions are linked to faith.<\/p>\nImportance to culture<\/h3>\n
Is it really all that important to the church?<\/h3>\n