Salvation will not come in Air Force One, or the halls of Congress.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point.

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed what's known as the Respect for Marriage Act.

Despite a traditional sounding name, the bill's anything but, it's an attempt to make legislatively secure

what was decreed by the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which redefined marriage for the entire nation.

It's not surprising the bill passed the Progressive-controlled House, but 47 Republicans

joined all the Democrats in this vote, and it seems at least possible that Dems could find

10 Republicans in the Senate to agree, which would make the deceptively named act into a law.

Now, there's nothing conservative about the state, redefining marriage, and forcing it on a nation like a Bergerfeld did.

If so-called conservative lawmakers don't get that, it seems there may be little left for conservatism to conserve.

Too many political conservatives are philosophically rootless.

Their ideas are built on sentiment or nebulous values,

not the solid rocks of scripture and common sense.

If societies ever to reembrace creational norms about marriage and family,

our so-called conservatives must reject the hallmarkization of ethics.

They have to stop prioritizing sentiment over conviction.

I'm John Stone Street.