“I reckon my faith is still going to look at it as a Sacrament no matter what the state says about it. Nothing the state does can devalue a Sacrament”.
You’re right, but the Supreme Court can damn sure say that churches can no longer “discriminate” against sodomite “marriage” because they (the Supreme Court) has made it the law of the land and Churches have to “marry” them or close down. It’s right around the corner.
I agree, it’s all about punishing those who they know are never going to accept ‘gay marriage’ or whatever impossibility the state decides to call marriage at the time. It’s not about getting everyone to accept ‘gay marriage.’ Although that is a useful thing to the state, as more people are conditioned to accept whatever the state decides to call marriage there will be more broken people who need the state.
It’s the stick that they will never have to put down. Pope Leo XIII warned about this 130 years ago.
Freegards
Then the true church will just go underground. It will never be extinguished.