Coeur d‘Alene, Idaho has created an ordinance that forces pastors to marry gays or go to jail and get fined.
This follows the legal battle in the same town with ministers Donald and Evelyn Knapp, who refused to marry a gay couple last year and now face a $1000 per day fine and up to 180 days in jail.
With this the government has decided that religious freedom is subservient to the sexual preference of others.
A federal judge recently ruled that the state’s ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, while the city of Coeur d‘Alene has an ordinance that prevents discrimination based on sexual preference.
The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to take on gay rights’ appeals from five states has opened the doors for same-sex marriages to go forth.
The Knapps were just asked by a gay couple to perform their wedding ceremony, The Daily Caller reported.
“On Friday, a same-sex couple asked to be married by the Knapps, and the Knapps politely declined,” The Daily Signal reported. “The Knapps now face a 180-day jail term and a $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding.”
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a suit in federal court to stop the city from enforcing the fine and jail sentence, saying in a statement from senior legal counsel Jeremy Tedesco that the government has overstepped its bounds, The Daily Caller reported.
“Many have denied that pastors would ever be forced to perform ceremonies that are completely at odds with their faith, but that’s what is happening here — and it’s happened this quickly,” Mr. Tedersco said, The Daily Caller reported.
But the city sees it differently. As far back as May, city officials were insisting that their ordinance is indeed in line with law.
“If you turn away a gay couple, refuse to provide services for them, then in theory you violated our code, and you’re looking at a potential misdemeanor citation,” said Coeur d‘Alene City Attorney Warren Wilson, to KXLY months ago.
This is outrageous !!! Why do the gays insist on this ??? I quit my church when they condoned gay marriage and gay priests !!
I think we will see a lot pastors going to jail before they go against God’s will!!!!
Pastors tell them to do themselves
NO.
Don’mess with our pastors much more our Christian religion. Just mind ur own bussiness
n we won’t mind yours regardless of where u r connected with.To each his own.
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There is such a thing as gay Christians, who would probably want to get married inside a church.
They have been twisted into we have no right to put our religious beliefs into any government area….(this means everywhere) “Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena, or that morality derived from religion should not be permitted to shape our laws,” author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza once wrote. “Somehow freedom for religious expression has become freedom from religious expression.”
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it’s called the cons$#%&!@*ution bring it back use it against them
David Kamka because government is out of control and special interest groups get attention and support. I do not push my moral and religious convictions on anyone else. I will talk to those who want to listen and I will defend them if lines are crossed. Marriage used to be a union of a man and woman blessed by God. Then the government got involved and it became a legal contract and a licensed affair. I will copy paste here about the separation disagreement…. “Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena, or that morality derived from religion should not be permitted to shape our laws,” author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza once wrote. “Somehow freedom for religious expression has become freedom from religious expression.”
Key words are “for, of, from” OF indicates an $#%&!@*ociation between two en$#%&!@*ies, typically one of belonging. FROM indicating separation or removal. FOR used as a function word to indicate an intended goal.