Posted on 06/26/2015 10:50:01 AM PDT by Tzimisce
So since Gays now have a right to get married, does that mean all churches (but strangely not mosques) are required to have their services?
My understanding is not yet, but it is only a lawsuit away.
No. (not yet)
Its the next fight.
What do you think?
I predict that lawsuits will be filed demanding this very soon. (They have to have time to go and ask to schedule their weddings, and be refused, before they have a cause of action.)
Would anyone like to make a wager on the other side?
Probably not...yet.
Forget about the ‘churches required to perform same sex marriage’.
Next Big Gov is going to use quotas to force churches to preach same sex marriage.
If they want to maintain tax exempt status, yes. Watch. It’s next. This ruling decimated any chance of religious freedom in America. Your religious freedoms are GONE, according to FedGov. You might want to take a hardline stance today, or sit down and accept your chains, peasant.
Inevitable.
If a church restricts marriage ceremonies to just their own members and does not rent out the church to outside people, I believe they will be safe......................
It is for this reason that I do not believe ALL clergy will be forced, if it violates their doctrine. Any lawsuit MUST raise the issue of Mosques, then we'll see what the SCOTUS is made of (although we already know).
The SCOTUS has opened the bottle and the genie won't go back in. MASSIVE mistake of epic proportions.
If not yet you can bet it is coming.
On another thread I inquired as to the over/under on number of days until this happens. Your thoughts?
Not technically — yet. But very very soon they will lose their tax exempt status if they refuse.
Sure, why not.
The true church is always underground, anyway.
You can bet on it...
The right of the individual to practice HIS religion cannot be abridged, as the "church" is simply a collective where its followers may be free to agree or disagree with any point of teaching from their leadership. Thus, the church building becomes simply a venue, with a duly appointed church leader serving as a "service provider".
And since service providers cannot discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation........ouila!
I think it’s coming.
“(but strangely not mosques)”
When the dust settles we should all head down to our local mosque to get gay married to a dog.
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