Posted on 10/20/2014 6:26:25 AM PDT by thirst4truth
If the nature of the ceremony is a "specialized" ceremony named for and held under the banner of the Scriptural verses that apply to the union of man and woman, and buttressed by those that condemn homosexuality, and all is stated up front, nothing hidden, I wonder if that sort of specialization would allow religious freedom to continue in a nation founded with this freedom in mind.
I kinda doubt it, though. We've become so psychologically damaged that we now are celebrating our impairments and damage as healthy and normal.
We're now even beyond the stuff my Grandpa used to warn me about when I was a kid growing up in the 1960s during his mini-rants about all the damn hippies in Iowa City.
For many, this is fun and feels amazing, sorta like the free fall in skydiving, but the ground is rushing up rather quickly and that thing we're pulling on isn't the ripcord.
If I was a pastor, I would say “MAKE ME!” What happened to the Constitution? It was supposed to restrain government. It has not. Maybe we need something else. Like, say, an amendment that arms the people against the depredations of government. Oh, wait...
Perform only services of Holy Matrimony. Definition of Holy Matrimony is provided in Scripture and can only be an institution which exists between a man and a woman.
Expunge the terms "marriage" and "wedding" from all promotional materials.
And no civil authority can force it to do otherwise if they don't perform "weddings" or "marriages." People referring to the service are free to call the services what ever they want.
There. Fixed.
FReegards!
They run a wedding chapel. It is like a McDonald’s of marriage.
No. They should not be forced to perform weddings they do not wish to perform, but I hardly think they take Christianity all that seriously (A female minister?). Their attitude is evident in the near drive thru marriages that they provide. How sure are they that the ones they do perform are solid Christian marriages, or is it, as I suspect, a numbers game and merely a business.
This is how they will eventually get to the hard core Christians is by chipping away at those on the fringes, like these people. This is intentional, this is part of a plan.
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho??
This country is SO doomed.
The Pastors will refuse to perform the service, and the state will be faced with jail time, fines etc. I suspect the public will not like the state doing this
‘By the power forced upon me by the state of disfunction, I now pronounce you spouse and spouse. Be fruitful and multiply, I mean, rock on’...
This violates the “wall of separation” thingy the commie ‘RATS are always pimping. A clear violation of the First Amendment.
Tick tock. THis endly as badly as it began—is anyone surprised?
God will not be mocked.
I go to bed wondering if Christians will revolt or return to the catacombs.
Revolt.
RESIST!
And that is EXACTLY why they picked an out of the way podunk little town like that in Idaho.
Both.
The majority will go along. Most of the church will fall away because it is the “nice” thing to do.
“Queerly beloved,we are gathered here together with the approval of Satan and in this company of degenerates to join together this freak and this weirdo in unholy deadlock.”
What about this part of the amendment? It is petitions on the ballet that the people voted for in nearly 33 states. Oregon was included on that list, we amended the state constitution to define marriage as one man, one woman. Then the militant homosexuals sued, the Democrat Attorney General refused to defend, they shopped for a homosexual judge and stroke of a pen, the peoples petition is overturned.
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