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To: dforest

“No, they will start showing up at churches and demand the church marry them.If they don’t get their way, the churches will be threatened and taken to court.”

Unlikely. They may try, but will fail. Churches (and other religious institutions) do not have to marry anyone they don’t want to. Catholic churches may refuse to marry people who have divorced; many religions can (and do) refuse to preside over intermarriages; there are even some racist churches that will not conduct interracial marriages. The state cannot restrict these marriages, but also cannot force churches to conduct them. If the Supreme Court institutes same-sex ‘marriage’, the same thig would happen - the state would be forced to recognize (and conduct) such “marriages,” but religious institutions would not.


67 posted on 03/28/2013 9:48:43 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Do not fool yourself, religious institutions are being forced to do that which they do not want to do with Obamacare.


71 posted on 03/28/2013 10:04:59 AM PDT by dforest (I have now entered the Twilight Zone.)
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