Posted on 10/18/2014 4:09:39 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
Two Christian ministers who own an Idaho wedding chapel were told they had to either perform same-sex weddings or face jail time and up to $1,000 in daily fines, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.
Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Donald and Evelyn Knapp, two ordained ministers who own the Hitching Post Wedding Chapel in Coeur d’Alene.
“Right now they are at risk of being prosecuted,” attorney Jeremy Tedesco told me. “The threat of enforcement is more than just credible.”
The wedding chapel is registered as a “religious corporation” limited to performing “one-man-one-woman marriages as defined by the Holy Bible.”
However, the chapel is also a for-profit business and city officials said that means the owners must comply with the local nondiscrimination ordinance.
That ordinance, passed in 2013, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and it applies to housing, employment and public accommodation.
City Attorney Warren Wilson told The Spokesman-Review in May that the Hitching Post Wedding Chapel likely would be required to follow the ordinance.
“I would think that the Hitching Post would probably be considered a place of public accommodation that would be subject to the ordinance,” he said.
He also told television station KXLY that any wedding chapel that turns away a gay couple would in theory be a violation of the law “and you’re looking at a potential misdemeanor citation.”
Wilson confirmed to Knapp in a telephone conversation that even ordained ministers would be required to perform same-sex weddings, the lawsuit alleges.
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“Nope”
The good thing is, that this isn’t going to go anywhere. I’m sure if I were faced with this that I could come up with a clever work-around.
That didn’t take long.
Of course it is only about what two people do in the privacy of their own bedroom. /s
Homosexuals are looking for people to force to comply. It will eventually be churches. Probably sooner rather than later.
“Is there a legal requirement for a ceremony to accompany a marriage? If not, I’d just ask to see the gay couple’s marriage license and then sign it and say, “OK, you’re legally married in the eyes of the state. Have a nice day.” Then send them away.”
I like that...
So Christians have to not own businesses anymore huh? Sorry but this will not end well for the Gaystapo. The First, 8th and 13th are at play and a lot more specific then the 14th. The rights of gays ends at the door of the rights of Christians.
Whats at issue is the FORCED labor and violation of religious laws. Its not like the Gays lack other options.
The city needs to be sued for deprivation of rights under color of law.
Good heavens!
Here we go...
“Have a nice day.”
Better yet, “have a nice eternity in hell”.
gays have asked how their marriage would impact heterosexuals...guess this is one example how it will
I know a lot of folks in North Idaho.
Solid, uncompromising, conservative evangelical folks.
I think they will fight back.
If they won’t?
The country is probably completely gone.
All that is left is Judgment.
Anyone who thinks this has all been about marriage hasn’t been paying attention.
Religious liberty and our very form of government are under vicious attack.
There is less than 2% (66.5 Million) of them and over 98% (343 Million) of us. Can’t we do something about this mess?
The fairies can just go to a JOP or a minister of some denomination that will perform the ceremony.
Maybe they should go to an imam and insist on pigs-in-a-blanket for the reception eats. For some reason I don’t think the PTB will crack down on the muzz the way they are cracking down on these Christian ministers.
Yes. There is something we can do, if we have the wisdom and the will.
Send home any politician who won’t fight the judicial supremacist coup d’etat.
Let me put it another way:
We can’t save the country until we learn to tell the judges to go to hell.
BUMP!
It’s now approaching the time in which the only answer is going to be through the barrel of a rifle. Nothing else will stop these deviant bastards. They have the same level of determination as jihadists do, with their goal of outlawing Christianity and forcing everyone to bow down and celebrate their depravity. This is a clear fight against pure evil.
Well, if there is anywhere in the country left that is likely to garner such a reaction, it’s North Idaho, to be perfectly frank about it.
Ping list?
ID and WY are big “gay-friendly” states. They just happen to have a conservative reputation.
They won’t fight back because there is no way to do so without going to jail.
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