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.
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.
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.
It s gonna happen. Just a matter of when.
Churches can just stop doing weddings.
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
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.
They have a Constitutional right to marry.
If you refuse, you can be sued (and they’ll win.)
Welcome to Obamaland. :)
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.
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.
The AME Church in Charleston SC. You don’t really think that those substantial Christian folks would be for that do you?
YES.
This is why the Pope is pushing Global Warming.
They think its a payoff to keep the Gay Mafia off their back.
It won’t work.
The short answer is: No.
There are religious groups in this country that already do things that would get anyone else in trouble with the law. There are Orthodox Jewish groups in New York, for example, that run regular commuter buses to the city that are segregated by gender (the women and the men aren't allowed to look at each other). This may jeopardize any public funding they might get for this bus service, but it doesn't put them on the wrong side of the law in any way.