Posted on 06/27/2015 1:12:57 PM PDT by artichokegrower
A hot question in conservative circles for months gained steam Friday with the Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage. The concern: Could a church-related institution, such as a college, lose its tax exemption for refusing to give equal treatment to same-sex couples?
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They don't go after Muslims as they will kill them. Rather simple self preservation there.
As for the article’s question, not only will they lose their tax exempt status, they’ll be fined into bankruptcy.
All they need to do is take the power of civil unions away from religious institutions. The religious institution can still “marry” people under their religion and hold the ceremony, but the license would be signed at the courthouse by a judge or notary public.
This would protect churches from being forced to do gay or other marriages that they do not want, and would have a surprising side benefit of getting the Freedom from Religion Foundation out of the issue.
Of course they will.
Of course it will. Maybe not today or tomorrow but I will bet you it will start before Zero slithers out of office.
It will not stop at affiliated entities either. Eventually it will mean churches.
Fined and sued.
Silly question. That’s what this was designed to do. Anybody that thinks that this was about fairness to 2.5% of the country has a screw lose.
Why stop there?
There are punitive “sin” (or jiza) taxes established on businesses that the government frowns upon (e.g. a “rape tax” on strip joint admissions with the money targeted to certain causes).
If churches opt to go the “for profit” (as opposed to non-profit) route, could they be compelled by government to fund pro-homosexual causes with additional “industry focused” taxes?
Goodbye freedom of religion.
Only demos could get gay and muzzie voters. Jewish and muzzie voters. Poor and limo liberals. Unions and Wall Street. Blacks and Hispanics.
Some folks are willing to sell their souls for a little cash.
Easy one-word answer, "yes". Maybe not tomorrow, but soon.
Church marriages, which involve clergy who refuse to marry gay couples, may not be recognized by the State. A prediction from Michael Savage.
No. This will have to do with hiring and also in the case of schools, student rules and acceptance.
Look what king zero tried to do to Hobby Lobby and other Christian businesses just over the abortion issue. He is cut-throat. His representative already said tax-exempt status would be an issue. The court liberals did not care. The framework has been set.
Liberals are evil.
And just think it was an anti-Catholic klansman Democrat on the Supreme Court (in the 20th centurey) who “found” this whole ‘separation of church and state’ thing in the first place.
But think of the positive consequences. If it becomes too expensive to run a mosk there will be fewer mosks.
Maybe, if the plan wasn’t to punish churches in America all along.
But the mosques won’t be targeted - only the Christian churches. All that will be left is the mosques.
It s gonna happen. Just a matter of when.
Churches can just stop doing weddings.
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