Well, I guess that is what it all comes down to. It all comes down to whether churches can continue to have their tax exempt status.
This could cause lots of soul searching among clergy and all people of faith. Is having tax exempt status more important than preaching the tenets of your faith????
We are at a collision point with religious faith and secular law. Now that homosexual marriage is spreading, and all manner of “LGBT” rights laws are being passed, faiths which consider homosexuality sinful are at odds with the secular laws.
True, but its notable that it hasn't been an issue until now. The problem isn't really the tax exempt status, it is the fact that we have elected totalitarians into high office. If they can use the tax code to come after you, they will. If not, they'll find another weapon.
Either way, they are coming for you if they perceive you as an enemy. They'll use whatever weapon is available or they'll invent one.
“faiths which consider homosexuality sinful are at odds with the secular laws.”
Like marron, says, that has nothing to do with tax status.
If they give up their tax status, they won’t have a leg to stand on to refuse to marry LGBT couples.
” It all comes down to whether churches can continue to have their tax exempt status.”
No. In Houston, and anywhere the Pink Mafia has power, it all comes down to “Can a church oppose homosexuality...or any other kind of sexuality? Can a church preach about ANY morality, or does it have to give way to sin?”
This has nothing to do with tax-exempt status. It has everything to do with using the power of the state to intimidate and harass anyone who believes in any moral standard. It is about shutting Christians - not churches, but Christians - up.