Posted on 06/29/2015 5:02:53 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Yes, and if they set up mandatory church membership rules before marrying, they will be sued for discrimination. They game board has been set folks, and the Constitution is just a piece of parchment in a museum.
There’s a thought.... Ministers required to sign loyalty oaths to the federal government or risk prison and seizure of all assets by the IRS
Maybe obama think this will rid him of these troublesome priests
Baptist Churches lose tax exemptions? Nope... Synagogues? Nope. Mosques ? Nope..
churches losing tax exemptions is a liberal wet dream.
And who will play the role of the Duke of Suffolk? Locking the church doors with everyone inside and setting them ablaze? Not to be dark, but this story has all played out several times before. It’s coming and people better be prepared.
“Separation of church and state”
“Separation of church and state”
“Separation of church and state”
chanted in that whiney, lock-jawed, npr patented voice.
If homosexuals can force a church to marry them under the fear of losing the tax exemption or descrimination suit, can they also force what the pastor says?
Suppose the marriage ceremony was a sermon on the evils of homosexuality as sited by the scriptures with the final question put the the participants,
“In your sin, do you still want to do be an abomination before God?”
“I do.” “I do.”
“You may now suck the face of the groom-bride, whatever.”
Supposedly we have a constitution that has an amendment that protects religious freedom, but last week’s decisions prove we no longer have a constitution. Judges just make up whatever the hell they feel like making up.
One could hope. Hypothetically, if churches could be compelled to offer same-sex weddings, the demand might dry up rather quickly if they couldn't get their fabulous gay wedding. Usher the "happy couple" into a back office, rush through some insipid vows, tell them "Because the law of the state demands it and against my better judgment, you're married. Sign here please," and quickly ushered off the premises. Make it all about as pleasant as renewing their driver's licenses.
Yes it is coming. And Tudor England offers some fascinating parallels. I am now watching “The Tudors”!
“I do.” “I do.”
“You may now suck the face of the groom-bride, whatever.”
Or, "Fine, you're married. Sign here, and we need the building empty in 10 minutes."
Always keep in mind that their whole point behind all this is to criminalize biblical Christian beliefs.
Then ask your question - what avenues will they pursue to make it a criminal act to be a bible believing Christian?
The answer is - any and all.
I don’t think the Left really wants churches to be taxed. For one, that would remove the requirement of politics not being promoted/discussed in churches.
when our freedoms come from men (aka “the government”) then they can be defined by those men and taken away by those men. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.
These are the times in which we live. And in only 239 years have come full circle from our Founders’ remarkable revolutionary documents defining rights as springing from God and therefore being “inalienable”
Someone told me once that Mohammed is the master and that everyone is a slave waiting to be killed.
The Left doesn’t want churches taxed,
they want Christian churches to not exist,
and better yet, their members PUNISHED.
That is the crux of all this.
The Supremes just nullified the 1st amendment which is the base for the others. Without the 1st, the rest are at serious risk. They have also nullified laws passed by individual states, opening the gate for them to nullify any other state law. And since NO ONE with any power is standing up to them, they now have free rein to do whatever they want. The checks and balance system is gone.
Liturgy for blessing same-sex relationships begins provisional use
THREE YEARS AGO!!!
Same-sex unions accepted by Evangelical Lutherans
SIX YEARS AGO!
Did anyone EVER foresee the day “Kristallnacht” would be set loose by our government against selected citizens in American towns? The shutdown of public monuments by militarized National Park Service rangers has faded into distant memory! Unbelievable! It showed that orchestrated plans have been drawn and showed the utter contempt (or worse) of this president and his legions for over half the citizens of America.
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