In my opinion, that is the reason behind the same-sex “marriage” agenda. Once the courts have decreed the “right” to marry, there will be thousands of lawsuits against churches popping up all over the country. The CA judge was very explicit in his ruling that they are going to try to abolish Christianity in this country.
They’ve already fired enough warning shots.....
(July,2004) — The pastor of a Swedish Pentecostal church in Kalmar, Sweden,was sentenced to one month in prison by a Swedish court, for “hate speech against homosexuals” for a sermon he preached citing Biblical references to homosexuality.
July ,2008 -A homosexual man is suing two major Christian publishers for violating his constitutional rights and causing emotional pain, because the Bible they publish refers to homosexuality as a sin.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69147
(December, 2007) — The pastor of an Alberta Canada Church wrote a letter to the editor of his hometown newspaper in which he said homosexuality is immoral and physically dangerous for those involved in it. The Humans Rights Commission ruled to silence the pastor and prevent him from any further speech against Homosexuality.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/dec/07120306.html
In New Jersey,a lesbian “couple” sued a Methodist organization because it would not allow them to celebrate their civil union ceremony on its property.
http://www.lawandreligion.com/sites/lawandreligion.com/files/Dave%20Estes%20FINAL.pdf
-In Massachusetts, Catholic Charities, the largest provider of adoption services in the commonwealth, was forced to end this aspect of its work because it refused to arrange for children to be adopted by homosexual couples. Thus an affiliate of the largest church in America was prevented from doing vital work because it would not go along the absurdity that children placed for adoption don’t need a mother and a father.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/11/catholic_charities_stuns_state_ends_adoptions/