FedGov meddling in religious institutions...
Driving Christian believers into the underground. I never really expected to see this in my lifetime.
Focus on the Family will overwhelm this legislation with calls and angry voters if they find out about it. Anyone know if they are on it already or have a contact there?
Bring it.
Follow the money, I could see churches loosing tax exempt status if they do not comply with the demands of big brother....The sad thing is many churches will go along with big brother of it all.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof....
Hummmm, the answer for Christians would be all those tenets which appear between Chapter 1 of Genesis and Chapter 22 of Revelation.
What about a private citizen who has strnog religious beliefs? This piece of crap legislation says the First Amendment is only valid if you’re a religious organization, not a religious individual? Such tyranny deserves only the sternest response.
God defines homosexual activity as ‘detestable’. He is willing to forgive those who change their behavior, but in the end, that is the real end of the world, Jesus is quoted as saying in Rev. 22:15 that people who are “sexually immoral” will be refused entrance to the Holy City, a metaphor for eternal life.
(The real Greek word used here is ‘dogs’, a Jewish cultural euphemism to male prostitutes.)
God does does not respect, nor will He bless, any church that cannot accept the plain words of scripture. Churches will just have to decide who is more important to them- God or Caesar.
Would Gay organizations be willing to hire an evangelical Christian pastor who disagrees with their lifestyle?
Would they give said pastor an opportunity to lead the organization at some point?
Or, would they restrict opportunities for advancement to only those who agree with them?
Religious organizations SHOULD be open about it if they are doctrinally against hiring homosexuals, but it should NOT be legislated that they MUST be.
Actually I think this a great idea. It’ll prevent groups like the ELCA, Methodists, and American Baptists from walking the weasel-like line they’ve walked for so long. Same thing holds true for the Catholics as well.
They shouldn’t pass this bill even if it has an exemption for religious institutions. Why should a sex perversion be a “civil rights” category?
Even with a religious exemption, the bill is dangerous for churches. Many religious schools don’t require all students to belong to the faith of the sponsoring institution. The federal bureaucracy will see that as “proof” that church doctrine isn’t “relevant” to their school system and force them to hire some guy who likes to wear dresses and talks incessantly about his “boyfriend”.
The anarcho-tyranny continues to grow stronger. I’m hopeful that President Bush will veto this abomination if it passes, but we’re one Democrat president away from having this garbage imposed on us.
Where are all of the “There must be separation of church and state” ACLU-types now????? ~~~~crickets~~~~
What happened to all the screaming about “separation of Church and State?” THIS sort of meddling is what the Founding Fathers had in mind, not keeping God our of schools.
Gay ‘tenets’? Since when did ‘Gay’ become a ‘faith’?
Since when did it become illegal to discriminate against a behavior?
And so begins the final assault on Churches’ right to actually act according to their beliefs.
Why is the AJC involved in this story?
Also, watch for churches' leadership to be so grateful for an exemption that they don't bother fighting for the rights of church members who happen to be employers and want to run a business with standards.