Posted on 10/20/2014 6:04:33 AM PDT by dennisw
Religious Liberty Showdown
“On Friday, a same-sex couple asked to be married by the Knapps, and the Knapps politely declined. The Knapps now face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding.” Note that jail time and the fine is per day, not per offense, The Daily Signal reports.
The city of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is taking a step many opponents of same-sex marriage feared would come – forcing those with religious objections to perform same-sex marriages or risk facing prosecution for violating non-discrimination laws.
Donald and Evelyn Knapp, ordained ministers who oppose gay marriage, own the Hitching Post wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene. Early in 2014, a federal judge in Idaho ruled that the same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional, but the ruling was put on hold while the case was appealed. When the Supreme Court declined to hear the case, the ruling stood and went into effect.
The city of Coeur d’Alene has an ordinance that prohibits discrimination, including on the basis of sexual orientation, in public accommodations. It does have a religious exemption, but the Hitching Post is a for-profit company, not technically a religious organization, in spite of the Knapp’s deeply held personal beliefs.
Back in May, when everything was on hold pending the Supreme Court, Donald told KXLY, “I think the Bible is pretty clear that homosexuality is not his way, and therefore I cannot unite people in a way that I believe would conflict with what the Bible teaches.” The Knapps have said they will close their doors before violating their religious beliefs.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Lots of freepers could see this coming down the pike. Gay marriage is the battering ram that godless cultural Marxists are using to assault normal American people who have belief and respect for God
****** google cultural marxism
http://destoryculturalmarxism.blogspot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism
The Gaystapo are attacking everywhere. A civil war is brewing.
Christians have always endured persecution. To suffer and die for Christ is nothing new for them. The wicked and evil must do as they want and the righteous must suffer their wrath. For the kingdom of God is not of this world the kingdom of God is of Heaven.
Yeah. But that's the next step.
This is a big deal ... it’s a frontal assault on the First Amendment, and by extension on the Constitution itself. It’s not about the faggotry ... that’s just the method. The goal is the destruction of constitutional government, and its replacement with arbitrary government by a self-appointed elite.
We usually call that “tyranny”.
Even a blind freeper could see this coming.
Apologies to any blind freepers out there who might be offended.
As a half-blind freeper my own self, I am half-offended and therefore half-accept my own apology.
It always begins with a technicality. It always does. And here it proceeds with an attack upon Christians because they run an accommodation rather than a church.
Well, this was once the United States.
Do you go to an eye doctor for a toothache.NO. There are many places these people COULD get married. This is just a stunt.
Can a blind freeper find an acorn?
In their spot, facing criminal action, I guess I could marry them. It would be a brief ceremony. No particular words are required as far as I know. When they came to me, I’d ask to see their marriage license and perhaps their IDs. Then I’d say, “You’re married,” and sign the paperwork.
The silent majority will eventually start fighting back and it ain’t gonna be pretty.
Once in a while.
Just go ahead and bend over, just make sure it’s quick so you won’t feel so bad.
maybe they need to become nonprofit
How about the minster does the gay ceremony with money paid in advance but more importantly*******
****** Done with his back turned to them as a form of protest and with a big sign in the back ground to ruin photographs. The sign saying - “Done under Christian protest”
Not a stunt - lawfare against Christians.
I find out they aren't talking about Idaho City, a town of about 500. It's like reading "New York City to allow deer hunting" then you find out it is some tiny town far away from NYC.
Yesterday's sermon mentioned that marriage is one man and one woman so there's still some fight left.
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