Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

[2012 in Denmark] Churches Ordered to Perform Sodomy-Based Wedding Ceremonies
article from Telegraph June 7, 2012 and BarbWire ^ | Bryan Fischer

Posted on 06/12/2014 4:15:22 PM PDT by jimluke01

I’ve often made the point that every advance of the homosexual agenda comes at the expense of religious liberty. We as a society must choose between homosexuality and liberty because we cannot have both. Where homosexuality advances, liberty retreats.

For example, I have already written about the cop in Utah who essentially has been fired because he did not want to literally lead a gay pride parade. His reservations about homosexuality are religious in nature, but regardless of the Constitution’s guarantee of the “free exercise” of religion, he was forced to choose between homosexual pride and his own conscience. He chose conscience, and now he’s looking for work.

But the threat of what Bill Maher calls the gay mafia is not confined to the world of law enforcement or commerce. Of course, virtually every piece of gay “rights” legislation carves out special exemptions for religious organizations, especially churches, as a sop to the First Amendment. But these crumbs from the master’s table are flimsy protections at best, for the simple reason that people will start to argue that churches should not be allowed to break “laws” that everyone else has to obey.

Why, we will be told, should Christians be allowed to be homophobic bigots if nobody else is?

(Excerpt) Read more at barbwire.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homofascism; homosexualagenda; sodomy; tyranny
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-26 next last

1 posted on 06/12/2014 4:15:23 PM PDT by jimluke01
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

There will be Hell to pay - literally.


2 posted on 06/12/2014 4:17:55 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

This is exactly what gay marriage proponents say will not happen if they get their way. But it is, of course, exactly what will happen. They just know that telling the truth does not work in their favor.


3 posted on 06/12/2014 4:20:37 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

so much for religious freedom


4 posted on 06/12/2014 4:23:09 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyDancer

Yeah. A lot of lamps going out.


5 posted on 06/12/2014 4:24:57 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

Bump


6 posted on 06/12/2014 4:32:34 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NormsRevenge

This is one of the reasons why I regard the EU as perhaps the most malignant government entity on earth. They have swan dived into the culture of death, and the reservations or opposition of Europeans matters not a whit.


7 posted on 06/12/2014 4:33:11 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

The gaystapo can attack churches in a couple of ways. They can argue the church doesn’t deserve a tax-exempt charity status and then members will have to decide if they give to their churches because they have actual faith or to get tax deductions. Costs will go up and income goes down.

The other attack will be on a state level, being an argument that if a person licensed to perform marriages won’t marry gays, then they should have no power to legally marry anyone. In Russia, all couples had to get civil marriages in addition to their religion ceremonies. It would be the same here. Either way, the gays would have their revenge and churches would be challenged to continue their missions. Some churches won’t survive.

Now, if that happens to my church, it would not change my contributions. I appreciate the tax deduction but that isn’t the reason I give.


8 posted on 06/12/2014 4:35:49 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

bkmk


9 posted on 06/12/2014 4:36:06 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

Any anti-church ruling affects all religions.

Liberals are afraid to piss off Muslims.

Muslims don’t accept homosexuality or gay weddings.

End of Subject.


10 posted on 06/12/2014 4:46:15 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01; All

I don’t know the details about this Utah incident. But since the police department is reasonably regarded as an agent of the state, it appears that the state has violated Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. Section 1 prohibits the states from making policy which unreasonably abridges constitutionally enumerated personal protections, the cop’s freedom of religous expression in this example.


11 posted on 06/12/2014 4:48:46 PM PDT by Amendment10
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #12 Removed by Moderator

To: caseinpoint
The other attack will be on a state level, being an argument that if a person licensed to perform marriages won’t marry gays, then they should have no power to legally marry anyone.

That could actually work in our favor. If marriage becomes a purely secular institution, robbed of all its spiritual dimension, then churches are free to perform any other kind of "bonding" ceremony they choose (in effect, the sacred -- and true -- ceremony of marriage).

Then, religious people will be free to reject secular marriages and insist that their services are available only to those who are united in a SACRED ceremony, i.e., a church wedding.

Sure, the fags will whine and pout, but the courts will then have to decide whether or not religious liberty truly exists. And if it doesn't, then all the institutions deriving from moral law cease to have any weight either, including our system of justice.

We can't be told that we have to obey the law because "it's the right thing to do," while we're also being told that "there's no such thing as right and wrong." The fags can't hide behind the very ethic they're negating.

At least in a sane world ...

13 posted on 06/12/2014 5:06:16 PM PDT by IronJack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

I’ve been saying for a long time that churches will be forced to allow gay marriages. I blame the preachers. They should have been standing up to the government for a long time instead of worrying about their tax exempt status. Now it’s too late to stand up.


14 posted on 06/12/2014 5:20:25 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: caseinpoint

Attacking the tax exempt status of the Church will not work.

The Church is under no obligation to take on the values of the State, and the State can not demand that they do, because that WOULD be a direct violation of the Establishment clause.


15 posted on 06/12/2014 5:21:17 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

Sadly, probably half of the congregation of the churches along with half of their preachers are all in favor of gay rights.


16 posted on 06/12/2014 5:22:13 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01

laws’repugnant to the constitution are null and void and it’s our duty as real citizens to ignore, refuse and reject them any way we can or have to.


17 posted on 06/12/2014 5:25:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: caseinpoint
.

Case-In-Point ...


Just for you ...


IRS & Church Marriage vs. "Render Unto Caesar" ...

IRS & Church Marriage vs. "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)



18 posted on 06/12/2014 5:54:17 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: G Larry
.


Larry,


With (genuinely) all due respect, you don't understand the "Federal Contractor" status of IRS 5601-C3 tax-exempt churches.


Point-A : IRS 501-C3 has been recogized by the US Supreme Court as a "contract"


Point-B : IRS 501-C3 is issued by the Federal Government, and is hence a "federal contract"


Point-C : Church "secular corporations" that accept the Terms & Conditions of IRS 501-C3 as hence "Federal Contractors"


Point-D : All "secular corporations" that accept the Terms & Conditions of U.S. Government Federal Contractors MUST OBEY the Government's WISHES



Take a look at the video link I posted (above) ...


THEN DOWNLOAD (free from the IRS) "Pamplet P1828" ... to discover the FULL "terms and conditions" of church tax-exempt status.

I'm discussing a TRUTH that's VERY difficult to accept ...

And ANY pastor or "Christian Lawyer" who says that church tax-exempt status is a "free gift" from Uncle Sam is an "Obama-Clinton LIAR" ...



Best Regards,

Patton-at-Bastogne





IRS & Church Marriage vs. "Render Unto Caesar" ...

IRS & Church Marriage vs. "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)



America's Spiritual Revival and Healing - The Obstacle ...

.America's Spiritual Revival and Healing - The Obstacle ... - (click)




Pro-Life Victory vs. "Render Unto Caesar" ...

Pro-Life Victory vs. "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)




Tea Party Christians and "Render Unto Caesar" ...

Tea Party Christians and "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)


.

19 posted on 06/12/2014 6:04:21 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: jimluke01
Why, we will be told, should Christians be allowed to be homophobic bigots if nobody else is?

Aye, there's the rub. The above is a specious argument.

EVERYONE in this country is free to be a bigot against homosexuals. If they choose to speak out against it then they should be prepared to deal with a backlash from such free speech. But EVERYONE is free to believe whatever they wish.

20 posted on 06/12/2014 6:13:42 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Proudly posting before reading the whole article since 2001.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-26 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson