On 6/28/13 1:26 AM, Tim wrote:
On Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:48:28 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 6/27/13 8:53 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 6/27/2013 6:29 PM, Tim wrote:

On Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:05:42 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:





What we will get is activists going from Church to Church suing those



who will not marry them. The long term is to drive the Churches from



their business... They just do it so much better than the Govt, the

left



hates that.







More absurdities.



Not really, Harry.



I have a friend who is a pastor of an old line denomination who's

beliefs have been steering towards social 'gay rights' for some time.

He doesn't believe in 'gay marriage' but stands on the core of 'man

and woman'. However, he is afraid that if the deciding powers of the

church's national, or state (or even regional) council says he must

perform same-sex marriages, then he feels he will be forced to abide.

OR, he feels that there is a chance that he could be civilly charged

in a discrimination suite, maybe lose his retirement and/or possibly

forfeit his ordination license to preach in that denomination.



Seriously.





The folks on the other side of that know what they are after, they are

just not honest enough to face it up front...





Face what...that you shouldn't be discriminating against gays? If you

work for a company and it sets a policy that applies to the company and

is legal and you don't like the policy, your choices are simple...either

go along or get out. Is there something about being an employee of a

church that allows you to thumb your nose at church policy?

Harry, call it what you want, but this is a matter of religious freedom being possibly jeopardized by being forced into compliance.


Is there religious freedom involved when the folks who run the church
tell the pastor what to do?