Supreme Court, in upcoming marriage cases, urged not to 'disqualify' religious conviction

Support by religious citizens of laws affirming traditional marriage does not make those measures unconstitutional, the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity and other organizations have told the U.S. Supreme Court.

In two friend-of-the-court briefs, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) joined the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and other religious groups in urging the high court to rule in favor of a federal law and a state amendment that define marriage as between a man and a woman. The briefs, filed Jan. 29, are in cases for which the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 26 and 27 and likely issue rulings before its summer adjournment.

The Supreme Court's much-anticipated decisions in the cases could prove momentous in an ongoing, national debate -- resulting in either the legalization of same-sex marriage or the affirmation of laws protecting traditional marriage. Read more

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