The Marriage Act is up for a vote in the U.S. Senate tomorrow or Wednesday. This Act is an assault on Christian Churches that refuse to recognize marriage other than that of being between one man and one woman.
The Respect for Marriage Act threatens religious freedom and the institution of marriage in multiple ways:
• It further embeds a false definition of marriage in the American legal fabric.
• It opens the door to federal recognition of polygamous relationships.
• It jeopardizes the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that exercise their belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman.
• It endangers faith-based social-service organizations by threatening litigation and liability risk if they follow their views on marriage when working with the government.
The IRS could rely on this congressional declaration supporting same-sex marriage to strip non-profit organizations of their tax-exempt status if they adhere to their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman.
This Act effectively deputizes activist groups to sue religious individuals, organizations, and businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs that marriage is between one man and one woman. This could include faith-based foster care providers, religious social service organizations that work jointly with the government to serve their communities, religious organizations and businesses that provide services under contract with the government, and any other persons or organizations that act “under color of state law.”
The deceptively titled "Respect for Marriage Act" attempts to make marriage genderless, standing in direct contrast to Christian values, threatening traditional morality, and undermining states’ ability to determine their own standards based upon the beliefs and mores of their society.
The Respect for Marriage Act threatens religious freedom and the institution of marriage in multiple ways:
• It further embeds a false definition of marriage in the American legal fabric.
• It opens the door to federal recognition of polygamous relationships.
• It jeopardizes the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that exercise their belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman.
• It endangers faith-based social-service organizations by threatening litigation and liability risk if they follow their views on marriage when working with the government.
The IRS could rely on this congressional declaration supporting same-sex marriage to strip non-profit organizations of their tax-exempt status if they adhere to their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman.
This Act effectively deputizes activist groups to sue religious individuals, organizations, and businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs that marriage is between one man and one woman. This could include faith-based foster care providers, religious social service organizations that work jointly with the government to serve their communities, religious organizations and businesses that provide services under contract with the government, and any other persons or organizations that act “under color of state law.”
The deceptively titled "Respect for Marriage Act" attempts to make marriage genderless, standing in direct contrast to Christian values, threatening traditional morality, and undermining states’ ability to determine their own standards based upon the beliefs and mores of their society.
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