God's law & civil law: the definition of marriage

In 2019 President Nelson said God defines marriage as between a (cis)man and a (cis)woman and "has not changed His definition" marriage. 

“As members of the Church, we respect the laws of the land and abide by them, including civil marriage. The truth is, however, that in the beginning--in the beginning- marriage was ordained by God! And to this day it is defined by Him as being between a man and a woman. God has not changed His definition of marriage.” - President Nelson

He also says that the church respects and abides the laws of the land. I wonder if he forgot about the time in 1880 when God's voice box proclaimed that God did define marriage "different(ly)" and that the church would openly defy the laws of the land, especially civil marriage laws. 

"God is greater than the United States, and when the Government conflicts with heaven, we will be ranged UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN against the Government. The United States says we cannot marry more than one wife. God says different." - President Taylor

After the Supreme Court changed the U.S.'s definition of marriage in 2015, The Church lamented these deviations from this alignment of civil law and God's law, listing abortion as a notable exception.

“For much of human history, civil laws have generally been compatible with God's laws. Unfortunately, there have been  notable exceptions  to that pattern. For example, it is legal in the United States to perform an abortion on an unborn fetus. However, this practice is not morally acceptable before God.” - THE 2015 COUNCIL OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY AND QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

They neglected to mention the "notable exception" listed on their website in their "additional resource" on "Polygamy" 

“In other words, the standard of the Lord's people is monogamy unless the Lord reveals otherwise. Latter-day Saints believe the season the Church practiced polygamy was one of these exceptions.” - Additional Resource, Polygamy: Latter-day Saints and the Practice of Plural Marriage.

Once again, ignoring their own history of fighting the Supreme Court over marriage laws, President Oaks declared in 2017 that the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage had overturned "thousands of years" of monogamous cishetero-patriarchal laws, even tho the Supreme Court (and all their laws) are just over 200 yrs old.

“Just 20 years after the family proclamation, the United States Supreme Court authorized same-sex marriage, overturning thousands of years of marriage being limited to a man and a woman.” - President Oaks

So for clarity's sake:

• God defines marriage as monogamous cis-hetero-patriarchy and he "has not changed His definition" except for when he has.
• Mormons respect the laws of the land as long as they align with god's laws that are unchanging unless he changes them.
• When the Supreme Court defined marriage as between one (cis)man and one (cis)woman they were out of alignment with God's law. Then in 1890 when God's law changed and He banned polygamy this law became aligned with God's new unchanging law. Then in 2015 when the Supreme Court changed their definition of marriage civil law is once again out of alignment.
• Cis-hetero-patriarchal marriage is a "thousands of years" old law in a 246 year old country that created a monogamous-heterosexual-only marriage law 143 years ago while fighting against God's exception to God's unchanging law by making God's monogamous "standard" civil law which wasn't and was in alignment with God's law.

All clear?