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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If that happens, homos will soon learn the ISIS lesson that #Gravitywins. Muslims do not play nice
Serious question, why do the second part? I mean what benefit comes to my family by my "legal" marriage?
If I were doing it over again I would ask the priest to do a sacramental only marriage.
Married, filing jointly on your income tax return.
All just distractions. The Real issue is that the subPreme Court has gone outside of the Constitution and relegated to the Federal Ghoul authority that was reserved tot he states under The Constitution. The end of America as a Constitutional Republic came at the issue of legitimizing sexual degenerates, done by a count of at least two sexual degenerates and possibly a third, and an old dead soul catholic named Kennedy.
LOL, so I can pay MORE in taxes?
By that time, we will be gone or driven into hiding. There will be no one left to come to their aid. They will finally see the consequences of their actions, but the rest of us get to suffer them as well.
I think if the church, especially the phony Pope want to dictate how the rest of us should live (and I don’t mean marriage or abortions) they should lose tax exempt status.
Obama already said everyone must conform or else
The mega name it and claim it churches will pay the cost to keep raking in the cash. Time for Jesus Christ’s Real ekklesia to stop meeting in the pews and start meeting in homes. Then when the federal ghoul tries to come into the private homes where not one red cent is collected for maintenance, we can shoot a few of the fools who would try to enforce such Anti-American crap as this regime foists upon the people. yeah, some Christians will get killed int he defense of privacy, but there is no future for us here anyway if we allow this demonic filth to continue to rule over us.
The wedding takes place on the roof of the mosque....
The trip to the reception will be most memorable ";^)
IMHO....Since most religious institutions seek the federal exemption so they be exempt from state and local taxes. States should come with their own vehicle for implementing exemptions and with some the application of some accounting procedures no fed tax would apply.
Social Security bennys as well.
We need more O'Keefes, that's all.
Our denomination did this several months ago. We will not longer “sign” marriage licenses, but will celebrate “Holy Matrimony” as a church service.
Well see how this works out . . .
They have a Constitutional right to marry.
If you refuse, you can be sued (and they’ll win.)
Welcome to Obamaland. :)
Rule #1 - Never let your enemy choose the battle site. - Gen George S. Patton
Rule #2 - Do not forget what these people did at Waco #1.
Isn’t that what the Scots do? You get married in a church, and then you go down to city hall for your civil union stuff.
Clergy performing religious duties for religious institutions would still be allowed to choose who they could perform marriage ceremonies for. But if they rented out their facilities for events like wedding receptions then they would probably have to rent them out for any couple who could pony up the fee.
Religious schools would no longer be permitted to discriminate against same sex married couples when hiring, firing, granting housing, offering benefits, and selecting admissions.
It is possible as well that any materials used in teaching or in publicizing the mission of the school could not be discriminatory against same sex marriage but would have to be neutral.
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.
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This is how they do it in France. A small civil ceremony occurs at the city hall (mairie? can’t remember what it’s called) and you’re officially married. The ceremony at church or wherever is up to you. Many couples do both on the same day. I agree, I think that’s what we need to do here in the U.S.
One solution: If any church or synagogue (or any other real religious institution) loses its tax exempt status, we should make sure that all charities and tax exempt organizations lose that status. We might be better off without the constraints that the IRS puts on houses of worship.
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