Gay Marriage; Now comes the battle...

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(a) I don't 'preach'.

(b) all wisdom does not reside in the 'bible belt'.

(c) Who knows, some godly person might show me the error of my ways and earn a jewel in their crown ?!
 
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(a) I don't 'preach'.

(b) all wisdom does not reside in the 'bible belt'.

(c) Who knows, some godly person might show me the error of my ways and earn a jewel in their crown ?!
All wisdom abides in Jesus Christ ...those who reject Him, reject wisdom .
 

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Psalms 2:1-6 (KJV)
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
 
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Idaho's gay marriage ban remains in state constitution...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states, but nestled in the Idaho Constitution remains the provision that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.

Idaho is one of 30 states that amended their constitutions to ban gay marriage that have not yet take steps to repeal their amendments, even though they have been rendered unenforceable by the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision.

Idaho's gay marriage ban remains in state constitution : News
 

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Idaho's gay marriage ban remains in state constitution...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states, but nestled in the Idaho Constitution remains the provision that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.

Idaho is one of 30 states that amended their constitutions to ban gay marriage that have not yet take steps to repeal their amendments, even though they have been rendered unenforceable by the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision.

Idaho's gay marriage ban remains in state constitution : News
I think SCOTUS has given 3 weeks from it's decision date for States and others to state their objections before the ruling is finalized.
 
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I think SCOTUS has given 3 weeks from it's decision date for States and others to state their objections before the ruling is finalized.
They are going to be disappointed ...because some of these state are not going to pretend their decision is legal.
 
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County Clerk Resigns Instead of Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses

Linda Barnette has issued marriage licenses in Grenada County, Mississippi for 24 years. On Tuesday, she resigned.“I choose to obey God rather than man,” Mrs. Barnette wrote in her one paragraph resignation letter to the Grenada County Board of Supervisors.

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarne...instead-of-issuing-gay-marriage-licenses.html
Blessed are the pure in heart :) She can run and win a Senate seat now
 
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Gay Marriage; Now comes the battle… Will churches have the right to refuse to marry gay members without it being classified as discrimination... The precedence for this fight has already been heard in our legal system when a bakery refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay wedding... thoughts?


1 Kings 18:21 -And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, how long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
2 Kings 17:41 -Even while these people were worshiping the LORD, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did












I'm an atheist. I don't see why Christian churches should be forced to perform gay marriage ceremonies against the tenets of Christianity. I also don't see why two gay people should want to get married in a Church of a religion that sees them as faulty.
 

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I'm an atheist. I don't see why Christian churches should be forced to perform gay marriage ceremonies against the tenets of Christianity. I also don't see why two gay people should want to get married in a Church of a religion that sees them as faulty.
Glad to have you join our community. Welcome to CC.
 
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I'm an atheist. I don't see why Christian churches should be forced to perform gay marriage ceremonies against the tenets of Christianity. I also don't see why two gay people should want to get married in a Church of a religion that sees them as faulty.

Have one question, do you believe that gays are somehow more ethical then the average person? That they will not test the limits of the law? when the bakery was sued the couple that sued them did not say to the judge, "we do not need compensation, we were proving a point".... they did not, the Christian couple on the other end had to sell that business along with their home. To cover legal fees and the court reward. It became about the money, not the discrimination... Do you believe they should of been rewarded financially?? That's what most law suites are about, the dollars, not ethics...
 
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Have one question, do you believe that gays are somehow more ethical then the average person? That they will not test the limits of the law? when the bakery was sued the couple that sued them did not say to the judge, "we do not need compensation, we were proving a point".... they did not, the Christian couple on the other end had to sell that business along with their home. To cover legal fees and the court reward. It became about the money, not the discrimination... Do you believe they should of been rewarded financially?? That's what most law suites are about, the dollars, not ethics...
I believe that a business serving the general public has got no right to deny service because of a particular customer's private life choices; I believe a business that does so, doesn't fit the bill for a public-serving business. Let them open a church next time, then they'll have legal grounds to deny services to gays. Cause you can't serve God and money, ain't that right?
 
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I believe that a business serving the general public has got no right to deny service because of a particular customer's private life choices; I believe a business that does so, doesn't fit the bill for a public-serving business. Let them open a church next time, then they'll have legal grounds to deny services to gays. Cause you can't serve God and money, ain't that right?
Of course they have the right to live in accordance with their religious and moral beliefs...let the gays folks find some other ungodly person to celebrate and approve their sin.
 
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Of course they have the right to live in accordance with their religious and moral beliefs...let the gays folks find some other ungodly person to celebrate and approve their sin.
Ever heard of business law?
 
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I believe that a business serving the general public has got no right to deny service because of a particular customer's private life choices; I believe a business that does so, doesn't fit the bill for a public-serving business. Let them open a church next time, then they'll have legal grounds to deny services to gays. Cause you can't serve God and money, ain't that right?


Churches are not safe from discrimination laws because of a little thing called "Separation of Church and State"... Every church is a "nonprofit business" and a business can be sued, even a non-profit. Religion will be taken out of the equation because of "Separation of Church and State"... its little non-profit business status (for tax purposes) makes a church a business according to Federal law... And because of "Separation of Church and State" any court will disregard religion... religion only becomes the cause, not the argument...
 
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Churches are not safe from discrimination laws because of a little thing called "Separation of Church and State"... Every church is a "nonprofit business" and a business can be sued, even a non-profit. Religion will be taken out of the equation because of "Separation of Church and State"... its little non-profit business status (for tax purposes) makes a church a business according to Federal law... And because of "Separation of Church and State" any court will disregard religion... religion only becomes the cause, not the argument...
Seperation of church and state has NOTHING to do with or can it infringe on a individuals right to exercise their faith according to their own conscience ...
 
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Churches are not safe from discrimination laws because of a little thing called "Separation of Church and State"... Every church is a "nonprofit business" and a business can be sued, even a non-profit. Religion will be taken out of the equation because of "Separation of Church and State"... its little non-profit business status (for tax purposes) makes a church a business according to Federal law... And because of "Separation of Church and State" any court will disregard religion... religion only becomes the cause, not the argument...
Then I stand corrected. American law is more sensible than I thought.
 
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Seperation of church and state has NOTHING to do with or can it infringe on a individuals right to exercise their faith according to their own conscience ...
Apparently it can. Specifically when someone's extorting money out of people.