Guest Teditis Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I agree that there's too much focus by many church-leaders, in this situation, on money. Both the tax-exempt status that might change and the process of making money off of weddings (instead of viewing them as performing a sacrament). If church-leaders would focus on only marrying Christians (to the Glory of God) and therein ensuring that the couple getting married are involved in serving their Lord, there would be no problem with the "gay agenda"... it would be a non-sequitur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Losing tax exempt status won't change the fact that churches will be required to do gay weddings. Taking away the 501c3 will only be the first phase of their punishment of churches. if that doesn't force a church to comply, other measures will be taken. Once they go down this road, the State will be hell bent on forcing compliance. This was bound to happen whether we had the 501c3 or not. So, start looking at more pastors be fined or going to jail, churches incurring huge fines so big that they will not be able to pay them and be forced to close down... It's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Teditis Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 But pastors are not required to marry anybody by law... they're not forced into that role, right? So they can give up that role in the legal sense and only marry according to Biblical mandates/traditions. Then they can pick and choose who they marry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 But what's to stop the State from saying at some point, "You will marry gay people, period. Whether you want to marry anyone else or not, you WILL marry gay people if they request it?" They are already trying to force it on Christians in Idaho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Teditis Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 What I'm saying is that the Christian "comeback" to this whole fiasco is to simply quit "legally" marrying people altogether and only perform Religious Ceremonies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yes, I understand that. What I am saying is that the State could if it wanted to, mandate that pastor could not refuse a gay wedding if he is approached to perform one, whether or not he is 'legally' performing weddings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Teditis Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Maybe, but I doubt it... forcing someone do perform a ceremony or doing a "civic duty" against their will would be a big step towards Fascism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 1, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.20 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2015 Maybe, but I doubt it... forcing someone do perform a ceremony or doing a "civic duty" against their will would be a big step towards Fascism. Have you paid attention to the news? Lol. Since when has the feds, under this administration, ever tried to adhere to the law? They are willingly taking that road to fascism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 And we are headed for fascism. That's my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 1, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,163 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,887 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2015 you might find this intreresting...... we are working on a fix. http://newsok.com/oklahoma-bill-would-put-an-end-to-marriage-licenses/article/5386633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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