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"I’m a heterosexual God fearing married man, and I still see no reason why Bob and Steve getting married would affect my marriage in any way."

It's not your marriage you should be worried about. What happens to a church that refuses to rent out its facilities to a gay couple that wants to wed? Will they be found civilly liable? Or worse, will they forfeit their tax exempt status? That would not only affect your church, but it would make any offerings you made to the church part of your taxable income. I doubt you care what happens to a stupid church anyway, but just so you know, it IS our business.

Well, activist judges worked in our favor in swearing in President Bush at the 2000 election.

"Activist judges" realized it wasn't fair to selectively recount the vote while simulataneously trying to suppress the military absentee vote.

As far as the churches are concerned, they are private institutions, that are NOT required to perform gay weddings. If the Catholic and Protestant churches refuse to perform such ceremonies, they are completely within their rights to refuse to do so.

Nonsense, private institutions cannot discriminate against protected classes of people, and non-profit private institutions can not violate "established public policy" without sacrficing their non-profit status.

"Gay-Activist Suit Prompts Loss of Church Group's Tax Exemption

Two lesbian couples who were denied permission to use a church group's seaside pavilion for civil-union ceremonies have persuaded New Jersey officials to punish the group through revocation of the tax-exempt status of the pavilion."

You're full of it lobster. You accuse others of being ignorant of the law while plugging your ears and pretending there are no examples of gay marriage threatening a church.

"I hope you have a blessed day."

It's painfully obvious that you're just trying to be smug, you wish nothing of the sort.

As far as the churches are concerned, they are private institutions, that are NOT required to perform gay weddings. If the Catholic and Protestant churches refuse to perform such ceremonies, they are completely within their rights to refuse to do so.

Nonsense, private institutions cannot discriminate against protected classes of people, and non-profit private institutions can not violate "established public policy" without sacrficing their non-profit status.

Actually, I think you have this one wrong. When was the last time you heard of a Catholic church forced to perform, say, a Buddhist wedding? Religion is a protected class, but churches aren't forced to accommodate all other religions. Similarly, the Mormons disallowed blacks until the late '70s, long after race became a protected class. The government didn't force them to elevate blacks to their priesthood, it respected the church's freedom of religion and association. There are many reasons to oppose gay marriage, but I really don't think churches that don't want to are going to be forced to perform gay weddings.