"Your honor. I know you are wondering how we ever expect to win this case if we base our arguments on scripture, for many would say scripture and religion have no basis for determining the law of the land."
"I'm sure that will, indeed, be an argument," the judge replied.
"It is the basis of our argument, Judge. And, I believe the strength of what is said in that scripture comes from who said it."
The judge was now tapping his fingers.
"It is the practice in every court of law and in every case of law to call witnesses. We, as the defense, have already called our first witness, our key witness. Is it a witness who should be excluded? I think not. However you stack him up as a witness, he does remain someone whose witness should be included. We, as the defense in this case, give him great value. To us, of all witnesses who are to stand before the court, he is the one whose witness means the most. Judge, there is much that can be argued for same-sex marriage. Social science has declared we are born with our sexual orientations. Why would we, then, oppose something that is natural? Why would we oppose same-sex marriage? People should be free to love each other, it is argued. All couples should be treated equal, it is argued. Those are hard arguments to oppose. Why do we oppose same-sex marriage, then? We simply have faith in the Lord, that he knows what is right better than we do."
The judge had quit tapping his fingers and was looking intently.
"This is not the whole of our argument, your honor, not at all. But, the witness from the Bible is key to us. It is a witness we do not believe should be shunted aside."
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