Here’s an interesting take on how the government might force churches to accept homosexuality.
Many churches have accepted the IRS classification of being non-profit. To stay non-profit, they cannot discriminate according to the federal guidelines. At some point, the IRS may enforce this rule to force churches to allow unrepentant homosexuals to preach at the pulpit.
Any non-profit church that continues to discriminate may find their non-profit classification yanked and could be forced to pay up all the taxes they would owe for the entire time that they were a non-profit organization, which for denominations could be millions or even possibly billions.
One potential way around this is for churches to not do any “legal” weddings in the church. The the homosexual lobby will not have a suit in court.
Given that the state has usurped a religious sacrament this is, I think a logical position.
No wedding in the church of any kind.
No weddings by a minister of the church if there is a “legal” Wedding license.
The only location where these type services would be performed are public ones available to everyone (hotel Ballrooms and such)or private homes.
I am of the opinion that at this point no Christian or Jewish or even Muslim couple should be legally wed by the state. It is no longer illegal to live together in the eyes of the state without being “officially” married so why pay the cost of a marriage license. Have a ceremony that is valid in the eyes of God but not the state. You no longer have to show you are married to receive EIC/Wick/other government payments. So let State sponsored marriage die a slow agonizing death.
Notice I am advocating this not because I want to destroy marriage but because I want to save it. This would not even be an issue if the State had stayed out of the wedding business in the first place.
Let the State have it’s legal weddings.
BUt being a for profit vs. non-profit has never hinged on being/supporting/tolerating homosexuality, therefore, no law, ruling, nor regulation can penalize people for something which was not. (NO ex post facto law.) The only thing the IRS could do is make the churches lose their non-profit status in the future.
If the church is engaged in charitable endeavours, it could even show a loss.
Another side to that would be (hopefully)...
Any non-profit status savings a church might hope to hang onto would be offset by the cessation of tithing/contributions by church members upon the first gay wedding.
I know we’ll stop writing monthly general fund checks and making end-of-year building campaign donations.
I doubt that RETROACTIVE fines could LEGALLY be imposed.
Certainly they will try this route but by this same standard, muslims and atheists should be allowed to be scout leaders/preachers as well. Just because they don't subscribe to the same values system that is being preached is by no means a reason to discriminate against them (by liberal activist judge standards).