What do Christians against state recognition of same-sex marriage think of the fourteenth amendment in US law? From what I understand, the fourteenth amendment in American law is interpreted by the SCOTUS to be implying that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.

To me, this means, from the perspective of Christians who are against states allowing same-sex marriage, one of two things is true:


the fourteenth amendment is an immoral law
the fourteenth amendment is a moral law interpreted incorrectly


Is this right?

If so, is there a general consensus among Christians against states allowing same-sex marriage between which of the two is right? If there is, which? If there is none, you can go ahead and close this question.

If not, why?

To be clear, I assume that one cannot believe in the following things simultaneously:


being against states allowing same-sex marriage
agreeing with the fourteenth amendment
agreeing with the SCOTUS' interpretation of the fourteenth amendment
What do Christians against state recognition of same-sex marriage think of the fourteenth amendment in US law?

There is a principle of law called "original intent".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_intent

Judges are supposed to rule based on what the intent was of those who wrote a law or amendment.

If you consider that no one in the 1800s considered homosexuality as anything other than an abomination not to be mentioned even if only in adult company, you would be hard pressed to see in the 14th amendment an intention to be applied to a group of what would then be considered debased criminals as most states had laws against sodomy.

There is now an overriding principle of law called, "living tree" or "throw out what you don't like".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Constitution

This allows judges to discover things like a right to abortion.