Posted on 06/26/2015 9:16:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
So long as you don’t do it in public and you surrender your tax-exempt status.
Burn, baby, burn
Get married in the Church and dispense with the government paperwork.
As a bonus, you get to bypass the marriage penalty.
Zero’s words are similar to his claim to be the first Jewish president. Watch out when he says something sounding charitable. It means you are about to be slaughtered by his next move.
First Amendment. The State can’t touch the church in this issue.
The State, however, can say that the church can’t issue marriage (or civil union) licenses because that is a church/state issue.
Until we can’t. I hope I’m not executed before I can see them all strung up. It will be some consolation.
You're joking, right?
“The Constitution, however, does not permit the State to bar same-sex couples from marriage on the same terms as accorded to couples of the opposite sex. “
THEN WHICH ONES CAN BE BANNED, YOU DOUCHEBAG!?
If you allow for one, then you must allow for ALL OF THEM no matter what the configuration is!
Like what will be your excuse to not allow it?
The state can make up all sorts of excuses. As long as they know that they will get away with doing something and still remain popular and elected, they will do it.
A Piece of Paper?
Oh gee. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. /s
In the Obamacare case, the justices seemed concerned about the havoc if they ruled against Obamacare subsidies.
In the ssm case, not so much.
“Boycott civil marriage.”
Your masters are way ahead of you. To be legally (common law) married you only have to live with a woman for 4 years or refer to her as your “wife” in front of witnesses.
I’ve said it many times, and I’ve been slammed for it. But I still believe that in our lifetime churches will be shut down for refusing to marry gays. I stand by it.
Kennedy’s comments are dicta. Not legally binding. No protection for churches.
Freedom of religion will become freedom of worship. You can be a Christian in the church but not outside of it.
Right, they did not redefine marriage. They undefined it.
The supreme court has just recently taught us that words don’t matter.
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