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To: Ransomed; old and tired

//I think what’s going to eventually is that those faiths that will never accept whatever impossibility the state is deciding to call marriage at the time will quit acting as the state’s representative in civil marriage.//

And probably lose their tax exempt status. That is where the threats will start in order to get churches to cave.

Frankly, if as a church, you are more concerned about your tax status than the truth...you have bigger issues than you think.


127 posted on 01/27/2014 11:36:02 PM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian. I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.)
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To: reaganaut

“The Oklahoma Democratic Party released a statement Monday opposing a Republican representative’s bill about marriage. The statement said the bill promotes “hatred, bigotry and discrimination.”

From here:

http://www.ktul.com/story/24560097/possibly-no-marriage-in-oklahoma-democrats-speak-out-against-shell-bill

Freegards


164 posted on 01/28/2014 7:21:19 AM PST by Ransomed
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