Hello Bud.
Ok I don’t think the Supreme Court is going to rule in our favor.
However there is no way that the gays can force the Catholic Church to perform a marriage. They turn away divorced people all the time. They will not perform a marriage on someone who has been divorced. So they DEFINITELY won’t perform a marriage on a gay wedding.
Never say never.
Personally I think it's only a matter of time before a pair of lesbos see the cutest little church that they just HAVE to get married in. Of course when the pastor says no, they file a lawsuit, etc., etc.
They will not perform a marriage on someone who has been divorced. So they DEFINITELY won’t perform a marriage on a gay wedding.
you overlook that fact that divorcees are not, and probably never will be, a federally ‘protected’ group like homosexuals will soon be...
and the Church may soon come to schism over such matters, when the tax laws change, and the ramifications of those changes are felt...
personally, I’d love to join up with a church practicing pre-Vatican II ecclesiology, regardless of its size and influence,, which is something the RCC of today cannot provide me...
Divorced people are not a constitutionally protected group
They aren’t going to go after churches that don’t perform same sex marriages. Directly anyways.
Roberts and Alitios questions get to where this is going: targeting religious schools and other religious institutions that don’t accomidate homosexuals who are already married.
Married housing is one area. Another is in hiring - for instance Catholic schools that refuse to hire a teacher on the basis of that teacher being in a same sex marriage will lose their tax exemptions. The same is true of a religious based institution like the Boy Scouts.
Which can be done ADMINISTRATIVELY, through the IRS rather than going to the courts.