[ansel12]

Since Catholics have been voting for it for years as democrats, it probably won’t mean anything to most of them.

[humblegunner]

So..
Both you and this dude in the video figure we are so stupid that we need y’all to explain things to us?

Well to hell with that.
Who exactly do you think you ARE anyway?

[RnMomof7]

The only answer to this might be that Ministers of the Gospel give up being representatives of the state.. and cease doing the states work..

Let the JPs marry people ... and then have wedding recognized by the church a separate event ..

Of course the state might not like that much because I suspect there will be some that will choose to skip the state wedding

[humblegunner]

Why do you think we are dumbasses that need you to explain things to us?

[miss marmelstein]

It means bad things for the Church. Of course, the Protestant Church in France is rushing to embrace this.

[Salvation]

No, the Catholic Church will not change. What will probably happen is that there will be a challenge of a gay wedding somewhere, then a lawsuit, then the Catholic Church will drop its tax exempt status and stand firm for traditional marriage. Or there might be only legal marriage — and no more Holy Matrimony.

Our priest spent nearly 20 minutes on this at a daily Mass today. He won’t be here this weekend since he is traveling to Chicago for the weekend to be with an aunt who is dying. So we will get our Sunday sermon on this next week.

Watch it play out.

Think back to the sexual abuse and how it insidiously began with one case.

Same thing will happen here....they hate the Catholic Church because it stands for truth. So they (the homosexuals) will attack.

[Chicory]

I don’t think the Catholic Church will lose its tax status, but I do think that the CC will withdraw priests from being the state agents for marriage. So we will end up with the same situation as exists elsewhere.

[jmacusa]

It means the Catholic Church is irrelevant.

[G Larry]

Use the term “Holy Matrimony”, or “The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony” and the Feds no longer have any say in the matter.

[Mad Dawgg]

After listening to Pope Francis this last week or so I figure he will sanction Gay marriage before the end of the year.

[Joe Boucher]

what difference does it make?
All the Catholic Church is interested in money/

[Resettozero]

I would like to point out the current religious affiliations of each member of the U. S. Supreme Court:

There are six Roman Catholics currently serving on the court (Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, and Clarence Thomas) and three Jews (Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagen).

Nary a Protestant Christian.