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.
that’s because she is a lizzie
Wow. What happened to the freedom of choice. American LAW lost its mind and ability to judge right from wrong.
How about Idaho City goes to hell? STOP INFRINGING ON CHRISTIANS’ RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t believe any of this….
People should fight against all wrongdoing and whatever is evil before God. No moro silence. God is with those who are righteous.
Why do cities & judges take the side of the gays? I have nothing against gays as a whole. I don’t understand why Christians are being pushed to the side just to make gays happy. This is wrong. Seems like some cities bend over backward to please the Muslim population & then slap the Christians in the face.
wrong answer they need to go to JP if against religious beliefs
I woild go to jail before I would do anything I thought was wrong in God’s eyes!
FIRST AMENDMENT & such as Sec. 8 of the Oregon Bill of Rights, protects freedom of expression–but NOT the ABUSE thereof! ABUSE includes (See dictionaries) Vandelism, Criminal Mischief, $#%&!@*ault & Battery, Libel, Slander, Har$#%&!@*ment, Vindictive Acts, Persecution for having exercised Cons$#%&!@*utional rights, etc. In the Mid-1990s had a friendly type Pro-Life bumper sticker on my vehicle parked at a K-MART, & when I came out some malicious (pro-abortion activist) criminal had kicked in both front doors on my vehicle! HERE IS my PIC of silver “$” COIN advertised some years ago on website http://www.iccoin.com HERE follows word for word the ad: “www.iccoin.com America’s ‘Eight Bits’ First Silver Dollar. 1772-1825. Struck in silver-rich New Spain, this famous 8 reales was America’s favored silver dollar during the American Revolutionary War period. Later it became official $1 legal tender of the United States and remained so until 1857. The obverse portrays the reigning Bourbon king and the reverse his royal crest (the pillar scroll is the origin of the U. S. dollar sign, $). Its silver content was larger than U. S. silver dollars that circulated in American commerce. Our nicely preserved Fine quality is a collecting treasure. 7144AW Regular price: $119.00 Sale price: $95.20 [bottom of webpage read: http://store.yahoo.com/iccoin/amebifisdo1.html ] Years later I found this coin in book: “THE MINT AND COINAGE ACTS OF THE UNITED STATES” AND ON FRONT COVER “INCLUDING: the mintage act of 1792″…as reproduced FROM: THE STATUTES at Large of the United States of America, PLUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONEY IN AMERICA…BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES OF MONEY…SOME THOUGHTS ON “PAPER MONEY” BY CHARLES WEISMAN 2nd. page: Copyright 1987 ISBN 1-929205-01-5 IN PART HERE follows from pg. 16. ACTS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS…in part, pg. 17, Sec.1. , Sec. 9. Dollars or Units–each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar as the same is now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver. [[other shown as in GOLD: EAGLES, HALF EAGLES, Quarter Eagles…Half Dollars, Quarter Dollars, Dismes, Half Dismes, Cents, Half Cents…Sec. 18. re responsibilities of the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, Atty. General, etc. Sec. 19. DEATH PENALTY re of less weight or value, thro default or with the connivance of any of the officers or persons employed…re fraudulent intent or embezzle…shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death. [[[NOTE. 2nd. death penalty in the CURRENCY ACT of 1792 “…suffer the pains and penalties of death, without benefit of clergy…” ]]]. Money of account to be expressed in dollars, &c. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the money of account shall be expressed in dollars or units, dismes or tenths, cents or hundredths, and milles or thousandths, a disme being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth part of a dollar, a mille the thousandth part of a dollar, and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation. Approved, April 2, 1792. [[on back cover is statements by Pres. Andrew Jackson, from his FAREWELL ADDRESS, March 4, 1837. & others. In my past activity as a 1-800-TEL-JURY activist, tried many times over the years to expose the cesspool in Wa. D. C. & was put under FALSE IMPRISONMENT. here is my multiple blogspot: re same, http://l00kingforattorney.blogspot.com
0 verses found
Our wonderful country has gone too far all because of that idiot living in out White House. What has happened to our freedoms, I say it’s time for a lynching.