Mark of the Beast
Yup. Believe the lie or die.
Besides, citing "religious beliefs" frames the argument in a way that the enemy can conveniently use to pounce and destroy. "Religions" are subjective believe systems that can be very free and loose with the truth. Easy to attack religious beliefs as bigoted and hateful constructs.
The persecuted need to start with the right premise.
Natural order - the basic biological reality inherent in human nature - is simply REALITY. There's no "religious" argument in stating obvious truths. Truth is its own defense. The bullying is no different than government demanding that we call a dog a cat or a apple an orange, or else..
These "marriages" are fake constructs dependent upon the *government* definition of truth. We see how well *that* works, as beast.gov gets more freakish and delusional by the minute.
The mark is the abject rebellion of God's truth and by close extension the rejection of His created order of the universe. Those who think they can redefine truth have put themselves in the place of God.
Reality is under attack, but too many think they can will it away by force of forced consensus.
No wonder the modern culture can be described as an Obamanation of desolation, standing where it ought not— in place of the truth. (The Holy Temple was the repository of the God's Law, after all).
Yes, you understand what this actually is part of.
And still everyone is looking for a bar code or implant when the truth of how it is going to be mandated is being illustrated right in front of our eyes.