Should Christians now refuse to engage in marriage under the law since it has been redefined by SCOTUS?

I cannot believe a priest of all people would ask such a question!

The implication is that there are conditions in which we should ignore the instruction, the design and the consequential blessings of God -- wow!

Spiritually speaking, it should be no surprise that the devil wishes to counterfeit God's institutions, confused he issues, misdirect Christians, etc. Does this mean we should acquiesce or confirm? No far from it! We should stand strong on the word of God and follow it no matter what the world does.

Gay marriage is a major blow to Christian life but it's just the start of an ever increasing attack and the only way Christian are going to stand is follow the word of God

1) Should Christians now refuse to engage in marriage under the law since it has been redefined by SCOTUS?

In my opinion, SCOTUS did not redefine marriage. Even if they had, I do not see why that would be reason for Christians to refuse to participate in a legally-recognized marriage. Only if a hypothetical redefinition required participants of legally-recognized marriages to engage in non-Christian behavior would there be reason for Christians to avoid entering a legally-recognized marriage.

You mean the Christians who desire to be married but could not up to now because their beloved was of the same sex????

I should think those Christians would be ecstatic about the ruling.

And the ruling has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with heterosexuals, so I presume they will continue to get hitched at the same rate they always have. Some trouble-makers try to say this ruling will change marriage, but that's nonsense. Marriage will continue to mean, for each couple, what it meant for them before the ruling.

Some folks get married because they have to; some because they love each other; some for financial reasons, and some will not marry -- just as they refused to get married before -- because they detest the institution.

I fail to see justification for the idea that this ruling changes anything except that it forces the country to play fair with gays in love.

Um... sure. There are over a thousand laws protecting married couples in this country so if you are ok with just living together, being escorted out of the emergency room by security because you are not 'legal family', not having a say in your child's health care because only one of you is the 'legal parent' and forbid if your partner should suddenly die in a car accident their family can take the house, throw you out on the street then sure go for it. It will be something like when the college students pitch a tent for one night in the winter to find out what it's like to be homeless. You won't experience the real impact of what homosexuals have lived with in america for the past 239 years but sure... go for it.

Equal right of marriage is the foundation of society.

Won't that mean you would be "living in sin"?