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Ohio LGBT Group Announces Plans to Target Churches for Homosexual Weddings
PJ Media ^ | February 23, 2017 | Tyler O'Neil

Posted on 02/25/2017 2:39:41 PM PST by lowbridge

An LGBT organization in Ohio has announced plans to target churches if they refuse to offer their property to be used in a homosexual wedding. In opposing the Ohio Pastors Protection Act (HB-36), the group Equality Ohio announced that they would target churches, forcing them to rent church facilities to groups which oppose that church's beliefs. This despite the fact that all the Roman Catholic bishops in Ohio support the bill, and Catholics make up approximately 20 percent of the state's population.

When asked "if a church community has a church hall that they rent to couples who want to have that wedding reception in that hall ... should that church hall and church community be forced to rent that to someone who wants to use that building for something that's against that church community's belief system," an Equality Ohio spokeswoman said, "Sure, I would say that if that space is open and generally available to the public for a fee, yes that should be available to everyone."

This statement may seem innocent enough, but to Representative Nino Vitale (R-Urbana), the author of HB-36, it is a declaration of war. "If you have property rights and religious freedom, shouldn't you have religious freedom, at least on your own property?" Vitale asked in an interview with PJ Media.

Specifically, Vitale suggested that the ACLU of Ohio, which he described as "a large cash cow organization that exists to sue people," and which opposed the Ohio Pastors Protection Act last year, would target churches if HB-36 does not pass. "That's what they aim to do," he explained.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; ohio
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To: Kid Shelleen

Philly Italians are nuts too but they tend to lean liberal.

Or maybe that’s changed.

Odd that NYC Italians mostly lean right while philly italians mostly (or at least used to) lean left.

Still a tough bunch and I wouldn’t mess with their churches.


41 posted on 02/25/2017 3:18:20 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lowbridge

You mean it was never about love? I’m so shocked. /s


42 posted on 02/25/2017 3:18:41 PM PST by Trillian
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To: lowbridge

Governor John Kasich: “Bake the cake! Rent the hall!”


43 posted on 02/25/2017 3:19:07 PM PST by DLfromthedesert
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To: lowbridge
Oh, don't worry people of faith: John Kasich has your back.


44 posted on 02/25/2017 3:23:05 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: I want the USA back
Revealing their ultimate goal: destroying the Catholic church.

Ah, let me get this straight--are the churches dependent on the profits from renting real estate? Or are the social halls the property of members who only offer the meeting rooms as a non-profit convenience to the community, and could restrict the usage to members-only?

(rhetorical, of course)

45 posted on 02/25/2017 3:27:23 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: lowbridge

Social wars that will rack and probably shatter this nation are inevitable.

The only question is how soon. Not yet, but this century probably. It all depends on solvency and the appearance of prosperity.


46 posted on 02/25/2017 3:28:31 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Ace McCain, the Songbird. Nearly soloed an aircraft carrier, now midwife to ISIS.)
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To: lowbridge

I’m sure there’s a basement or some storage area that can be used.


47 posted on 02/25/2017 3:29:20 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: dp0622
Philly Italians are nuts too but they tend to lean liberal <<

They vote Democrat but are not liberals. Remember Frank Rizzo? Liberals hated him.
48 posted on 02/25/2017 3:30:18 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: lowbridge

These people all have addresses.

Just saying.

L


49 posted on 02/25/2017 3:30:24 PM PST by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: lowbridge

Totalitarians on the march - they will not rest until everyone believes exactly as they do......


50 posted on 02/25/2017 3:49:27 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

The corrupt church is doing a good job of destroying themselves,

take the Pope out of your rant, and all the points you tick off could easily be said about any modern mainline Protestant church...just saying...


51 posted on 02/25/2017 3:51:06 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: lowbridge

The idiot governor of GA recently said he would not sign the Religious Freedom bill if it were sent to him to sign.


52 posted on 02/25/2017 3:53:48 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: I want the USA back

The rcc by not dealing with the hosmosexual priests in its ranks is only aiding and abetting the situation.


53 posted on 02/25/2017 3:57:15 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: lowbridge

Gay coercion bump


54 posted on 02/25/2017 4:00:57 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Point of ... that was the point.)
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To: lowbridge

I saw this a good while back & kept the link:

Religious Liberty Protection Kits
https://firstliberty.org/kits/

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Inside these kits, you will find Religious Liberty Templates and Guides to assist you in crafting statements of faith for your church, ministry, or religious school. These templates and guides offer suggested wording for addressing key, controversial issues such as marriage, sexuality, and abortion in such a way that will help protect your organization from potential legal attack.

You will also find real, helpful facts and legal information regarding your religious rights as a teacher or student in school, an employee or employer, or as a member of the United States Military.

In a world where hostility toward religion is on the rise, it’s not a matter of if, but when your faith-based organization or rights as an individual will be faced with damaging legal attacks. Please educate and arm yourself with these free-of-charge kits exclusively from First Liberty.

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Students & Teachers
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Teachers


55 posted on 02/25/2017 4:02:05 PM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

BRILLANT!!!


56 posted on 02/25/2017 4:04:48 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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To: Bryanw92

>>Their goal is to destroy the entire catholic (universal) church, not just the capital-C Catholic church.<<

If the LGBTQ community is set on destroying the church, then the church must focus on destroying the LGBTQ community.


57 posted on 02/25/2017 4:13:00 PM PST by Demanwideplan
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To: lowbridge

Next up - “We want to hold a seance in the meeting room of your church, you aren’t allowed to refuse.”

To test a liberal’s tolerance - “Then we get to demand mosques that rent out space let us hold Bible studies.”


58 posted on 02/25/2017 4:39:57 PM PST by tbw2
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To: lowbridge

“open to the public” is actually only on the choice of the private property owners - the church. It’s their property and they are not an arm of the government. The government can say “same sex marriages” are legal under the law, but that does compel any private citizen or any private property to be part of them.

Just like smoking is legal, & so is gambling, & so is abortion (and apparently (for now) “same sex marriage, but while controversial things may be “legal” under the law, the law cannot mandate EVERYONE participate in them, in their own private lives, with their own private property.


59 posted on 02/25/2017 4:40:38 PM PST by Wuli
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To: Demanwideplan

>>If the LGBTQ community is set on destroying the church, then the church must focus on destroying the LGBTQ community.

That’s a hard one to square with loving your enemies enough to heap coals of fire on their heads.


60 posted on 02/25/2017 4:41:24 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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