Any church who refuses to perform "gay marriages" will be destroyed (vanity)

[TigerClaws]

Joun Marshall, the first Chief Justice of the US, said, "The power to tax is the power to destroy." The fIght to redefine marriage has implications for every church in America. If same sex marriage is made law of the land, any church refusing to perform a ceremony can lose it's tax-exempt status. This situation would be analogous to cases where churches post Civil Right refused interracial marriage. The Supreme Court upheld any church refusing to perform a legal marriage would lose tax-exempt status.

Pastors refusing to perform these ceremonies which go against the clear word of God could also be sued personally for damages and attorney fees under Civil Rights law. Homosexuals have tried to make their campaign analagous to the struggle of African Americans. A host of legal protections is what they truly want.

These are just two obvious legal consequences facing every American church and minister. Every church in America will either be in the gay marriage business or shut down. Thats the fight being waged right now.

[Lionheartusa1]

,,,,, holy $H!+ ,,,, a government intrusion into a religious doctrine .

[IC Ken]

The Muslim in the whitehouse will never allow that.

[IC Ken]

The Muslim in the whitehouse will never allow that.

[IC Ken]

The Muslim in the whitehouse will never allow that.

[al_c]

Yep. I said long ago that this would be the next step.

[Delhi Rebels]

By that logic then church’s should have lost their tax exempt status by refusing to ordain women as priests and ministers.

[Sherman Logan]

This situation would be analogous to cases where churches post Civil Right refused interracial marriage. The Supreme Court upheld any church refusing to perform a legal marriage would lose tax-exempt status.

Possibly. Reference please.

Churches don't even have to marry people of their own church if they don't meet qualifications. For instance, the Catholics won't perform a marriage for a divorced Catholic unless he goes thru the (often more or less sham) process of getting an annulment.

[Yosemitest]

"Any church who refuses to perform "gay marriages" will be destroyed "

NOT SO!
Any church who refuses to perform ACCEPTS OR PERFORMS "gay marriages" will be destroyed !

Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.
It was given by our Heavenly Father to test us
to see ... if we will OBEY our Heavenly Father,
and abide by His commandments, statues, and ordinances.

Someone once asked
"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"
The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE".
rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.

2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.
But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?

[slorunner]

IMHO ALL churches should voluntarily give up their tax free status.

That is what keeps pastors from speaking out on the issues of the day.

The churches need to be the voice of conscience in society but most (unless they are liberal or black)are not out of fear of being taxed.

[bert]

How many dead queers can demonstrate on a church steps at once?

[StonyBurk]

by that logic then all public schools, Government Offices ,military installations etc should likewise be subject to the taxes.The white House in Arrears all these years ?

[Delta 21]

As many as you can get in the pile.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"(often more or less sham) process of getting an annulment."

Actually, annulment a forensic canonical proocess involving a formal investigation and a judge. It's not at all a sham. The very procedural gravity of it is why some people resent it (and some highly value it.) It provides a perspective of objectivity that people in difficult marriage situations often need.

It' such "grave matter" that if one party or the other doesn't think the result is 100% legitimate, they can appeal it to Rome. Rome doesn't mess with local diocesan stuff unless it's serious.

And nobody can be denied an investigation of nullity because of lack of money. The process takes time and investigators and judges incur expenses; but if a person can't afford it, it's to be done at no cost.

[Smokin' Joe]

How many dead queers can demonstrate on a church steps at once?

Depends. How big are the steps? How many steps? How steep are they? How wide are the treads? So many variables...

[G Larry]

Any government attempting to impose performance of gay marriage on an established Church or Religion will find itself on the brink of revolution.

Simply finding a renegade Parish to go through the motions, will NOT establish precedent, binding on all others.

[Psalm 73]

"...any church refusing to perform a ceremony can lose it's tax-exempt status."

Then we go "underground".
Churches should be preparing for that now - they must be able to exist without their building(s).

[MrB]

Please keep in mind that this is an

ANTI-CHRISTIAN

thing, not a “pro-homosexual” thing.

The homos are simply being used by the left/state to criminalize their Greatest Enemy - Christ and His Church.

The State will not suffer the existance of those that use the Ultimate Authority to judge its arbitary authority.

[fso301]

If same sex marriage is made law of the land, any church refusing to perform a ceremony can lose it's tax-exempt status.

And I don't see losing, or giving up tax exemption as being a bad thing. Tax exemption was FDR's means of keeping churches from interfering with his socialist agenda.