[Conscience of a Conservative]

“Because, you see, what is going to come next -- and this is part of the danger of what may happen out of the Supreme Court in June -- is that if marriage of anybody-with-anybody becomes a civil rights issue,” he said, “then they are going to come to churches and force pastors to violate their religious convictions.”

I disagree. Here's one example why: It would clearly be unconstitutional for a state to prohibit interfaith marriages. No court would uphold such a law. But, at the same time, no court would force a pastor to perform an interfaith marriage.

I think the same thing is likely to happen here. Even if the Supreme Court rules that it is unconstitutional for a state to prohibit same-sex marriage, I don't think that any court would force a pastor to perform a same-sex marriage.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Twenty years ago did you think that same-sex marriage would one day be a "civil right?"

[Yaelle]

Agreed. I don’t believe a clergy can be forced to marry ANYONE. Some clergy have standards the couple must meet, whether that is months of counseling or personality tests, or even his feeling that this is a good Union. Orthodox Jewish rabbis will not marry to someone not Jewish by birth or orthodox conversion.

Gays will find clergy to marry them. (I don’t know about Islam though)

This is a stupid tyrannical quest if it gets started.

[DiogenesLamp]

I think the same thing is likely to happen here. Even if the Supreme Court rules that it is unconstitutional for a state to prohibit same-sex marriage, I don't think that any court would force a pastor to perform a same-sex marriage.

After they punish people for refusing to arrange flowers or bake a cake for a "gay" wedding, you don't think they will force people to perform same sex "marriage"?

And what makes you believe the coercive power of leftist judges won't go so far?