MARYVILLE, Tenn. — An East Tennessee county commission will consider a resolution asking God for mercy as it is forced to comply with the Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
The resolution acknowledges Blount County must comply with the ruling by issuing and recognizing marriage licenses for same-sex couples.
But the resolution asks state officials including the governor and attorney general to protect “natural marriage” from “lawless” court opinions and defend moral standards.
It also asks God to protect the county from the fate of the biblical cities Sodom and Gomorrah.
The resolution says, “We adopt this resolution before God that He pass us by in His Coming Wrath and not destroy our County as He did Sodom and Gomorrah.”
The county’s agenda committee takes up the resolution at its Tuesday meeting.
