In case you missed it, Rush Limbaugh provided a quick summary of some of the highlights of Justice Scalia’s scathing dissent to the idiocy the U.S. Supreme Court majority tried to pass off as “justice” today with regard to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Great column today from Ben Shapiro at TownHall.com. As he examines today’s schizophrenic and self-destructive U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning marriage, Shapiro sees this attitude from the Left as simply one symptom of the mindset which sets up the state as god-and replaces God.

This morning, the Supreme Court once again usurped their authority by committing an abomination when unlawfully wading outside of their jurisdiction and meddling with the God-ordained definition of marriage. A 5-4 ruling has overturned key parts of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). The Supreme Court also dismissed an appeal made by 7 million people of California who twice voted to ban homosexual marriage in their state (Prop 8), claiming their appeal “has no standing.”

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that South Dakota’s definition of marriage, which is limited to a man and a woman, is still valid. “After today’s U.S Supreme Court decisions, South Dakota constitution and legislative enactments defining marriage to be between a man and a woman remain in effect as a matter of law,” said Jackley.

The Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, pretending two homosexuals in a semi-committed sexual relationship somehow equates to the unique union of a man and a woman in the commitment of marriage. After Chief Justice John Roberts’ treachery with ObamaCare last year, this sellout really didn’t come as a surprise. So what scraps of decency are we left with?

By striking down the federal definition of marriage in DOMA, the Court is asserting that Congress does not have the power to define the meaning of words in statutes Congress itself has enacted. This is absurd. The Defense of Marriage Act imposes no uniform definition of marriage upon the individual states. However, the states should not be able to impose varying definitions of marriage upon the federal government.

The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday declined to review the validity of Proposition 8, California’s constitutional amendment protecting marriage as the union of one man and one woman. According to the Alliance Defending Freedom, without an appellate court decision declaring the amendment unconstitutional, Proposition 8 remains the law of the land in California.

Human Life International President Father Shenan J. Boquet on today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting marriage: “Since marriage is an institution that predates any government, the nature and definition of marriage were never in doubt, and thus could not justly be changed by any court or vote.”

Pastor and South Dakota Representative Steve Hickey recently posted an article on his blog stating he had changed his mind on the death penalty, and plans to introduce a bill in the next legislative session to repeal the death penalty in South Dakota. Pastor Hickey may have changed his mind, but God hasn’t, and the facts on the death penalty haven’t changed either. They both point to the death penalty as a vital tool in maintaining a safe society and respect for human life.

I don’t know how dumb the United States government officials have become, but I do know that we — as a country — now appear to be the laughing stock of the world. Too bad someone didn’t have the humility to consider that a possibility. Had they — maybe we could have saved-face!