Judge Arenda Wright Allen, an activist judge of the state of Virginia appointed by President Obama, ruled against the state’s marriage laws which affirmed that marriage was the union of a man and a woman. She stated that current legislation perpetuated prejudice, stigma, and even pain for today’s families.
To support her argument, Judge Allen addressed our current culture. She explained that, “Our nation’s uneven but dogged journey toward truer and more meaningful freedoms for our citizens has brought us continually to a deeper understanding of the first three words in our constitution: we the people. We the People have become a broader, more diverse family than once imagined…We have arrived upon another moment in history when We the People become more inclusive, and our freedom more perfect.”
In short, Allen was rejecting the idea given by professors that a traditional marriage between a wife and a husband is best for children, explaining that the world has become much more diverse.
A significant number of experts expressed their disagreement with the Virginia judge, Mat Staver, the founder of Liberty Council responded to this by stating that one judge’s opinion cannot change the entirety of the U.S. Constitution. He added that it was the majority of the Virginian people, “we the People” themselves who voted to affirm natural marriage laws.
Straver moved onto argue that same-sex marriage was not the same as natural marriage, and pointed to the fact that there was ample evidence that children benefit the most if raised by both a mother and a father.
