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No the way around it is do like the Jew’s did in the days of the inquisition when Jew’s weren’t permitted to own business and were overcharged at the “lawful” businesses. They created an entire underground economy. One Jew might bake bread and trade it to another Jew who made clothes, then trade the clothes to another Jew who had grain. Thereby circumventing the entire tax structure and economy. Then were so successful that the “lawful” businesses were losing so much business that petitioned to get the laws repealed.

No. Your way requires an avoidance of the tax structure - which is illegal.

It also sneaks around in the dark.

My way is open and aboveboard, allows bakers (or whomever) to advertise they are Christians, and not violate tax laws. And that openness is extremely important, because it brings the idea of religious freedom right into customer's faces, where it needs to be.

The idea is not to hide in America - it's to RESTORE America, and that takes openness, not hiding.

No. Your way requires an avoidance of the tax structure - which is illegal.

Fine by me. I no longer care about the laws of this ungodly nation, when they start infringing on my religous liberties and my right to earn a living, I feel no obligation to play by their rulebook any longer.

I think your idea has merit. I especially like that it is completely out in the open.

I have two questions: Would it still allow businesses that supply the wedding industry to stay in business? The percentage of business that bakers do for weddings might be relatively small. However, I imagine that florists make a lot of money off weddings. If most of the dues from a Christian Wedding Flowers Club don't end up in the hand of the florist then he might go out of business anyways. And if most of the club dues end up in his hands then there might be cause for the feds to decide it really isn't a club.

Also if your idea is workable for bakers & florists, is there a way it can be adapted for organizations that own property and need to rent it out in order to pay for the property taxes, etc.?

For example, a chapter of The Knights of Columbus that rents their hall out for wedding receptions, etc. Is there any hope that a similar strategy like yours could allow them to continue to host anything from bingo nights to wedding receptions without having to host gay receptions? I don't think those organizations could keep their properties if they only rented it out to club members and their associated friends and acquaintances.