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Same-Sex Marriage Thought Police?

stereotypo Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 1:55 PM
If homosexual marriage is good, does it preceed that homosexual promiscuity is bad? If marriage is a man-made institution, then man has the right to define it however he wants. If marriage is a Divine institution, the homosexual agenda, by necessity, is an attack on religious freedom and even marriage itself. That this latter is the case is manifest by the following link: http://www.annoy.com/features/doc.html?DocumentID=100722
David3036 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 2:02 PM
Nobody wants to change your idea of what you call a "divine institution." It would not even be possible for governments, judges or voters to do that.

Proponents of gay marriage propose to amend the LEGAL definition of marriage, not the religious ones. If they simply wanted a divine blessing for their unions they can already do that in MANY churches. What they CANNOT do is enjoy the rights, privileges and financial benefits that are contained in more than a thousand federal laws and hundreds of state laws.
James2517 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 2:15 PM
What Church has been successfully sued? Has the Catholic Church been successfully sued for not marrying divorced people are non Catholics? Ocean grove, NJ was not about Church property but public property to be used for a same sex commitment ceremony as gay marriage is not yet legal in New Jersey.
sean242 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 2:28 PM
Gay people can certainly legally marry in any state of the union and enjoy any rights attendant thereto, just as straights can. What's the problem? That gays cannot marry the same sex is just like mothers not being able to marry their sons, or sisters their brothers. What's different? A gay can marry another gay of the opposite sex and have all the legal rights attendant thereto. My God, (perish the thought) they may even have children!
David3036 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 2:31 PM
That has happened in Canada, but not in the U.S., where freedom of religion is practically carved in stone. No Catholic church has ever been forced to marry divorced people, and no church will ever be forced to marry gay couples.

I assume you're referring to the New Jersey church that lost its property tax exemption for not allowing gay marriages in its own facility, The facts of the case have been wildly distorted. The facility in question was a boardwalk pavilion, for which the church had applied for the exemption on the basis that it was available for public use. When the church refused to allow gay couples to hold marriage ceremonies there, the tax exemption was revoked -- not for the church itself, but only for the pavilion.
James2517 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 2:34 PM
You are wrong, the Ocean Grove case is about not discriminating on public property. The boardwalk and beachfront were held in a 1908 ruling to be exempt from property tax because they "had been dedicated years ago by the association as a public highway". WHat other case do you know of aside from Ocean Grove.
Mother of 4 -- the original Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 2:52 PM
Among others, some photographers in Arizona who were sued for damages after refusing to work a same-sex "commitment ceremony".
James2517 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 3:15 PM
The photographer is not a Church.
James2517 Wrote: Aug 18, 2012 3:15 PM
The photographer is not a Church.
stereotypo Wrote: Aug 19, 2012 9:30 PM
You can say that nobody wants to change my idea of a "divine institution" but you know that is not true.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Activists would have us believe that the issue of marriage is about the “rights” and “equality” of homosexuals. But in reality, the push to redefine marriage is about demanding public approval and celebration of homosexuality. There is a difference. Slot machines are legal in some areas, but if the COO of Chick-fil-a had expressed a personal disapproval of gambling, would slot-machine supporters have demanded a boycott of his restaurants? What about smokers? Would they have lambasted Dan Cathy for expressing that he personally does not approve of smoking?

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