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 $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding.”
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a suit in federal court to stop the city from enforcing the fine and jail sentence, saying in a statement from senior legal counsel Jeremy Tedesco that the government has overstepped its bounds, The Daily Caller reported.
“Many have denied that pastors would ever be forced to perform ceremonies that are completely at odds with their faith, but that’s what is happening here — and it’s happened this quickly,” Mr. Tedersco said, The Daily Caller reported.
But the city sees it differently. As far back as May, city officials were insisting that their ordinance is indeed in line with law.
“If you turn away a gay couple, refuse to provide services for them, then in theory you violated our code, and you’re looking at a potential misdemeanor citation,” said Coeur d‘Alene City Attorney Warren Wilson, to KXLY months ago.
We The People say it is the other way around. Idaho city stop violating their religious are face prison time that is to include any judge that would allow this. Did they forget about tart and featherIng?
How long will it be before Christians and Jews are hiding behind closed doors and practicing their religion in hiding? We have got to get control of these things and turn this around. Before its too late. Already feels like we are slipping and sliding, a little faster each day down into hell itself.
BOO
I would die in jail be for i would violate my religious faith.
maybe this is why girls don’t want to represent this state in the miss American pageants …. “I am from I DA HO !!!”
There was a reason America voted to separate church and state. Now the state wants to violate that. Bunch of Hypocrites.
Got to take back our Cons$#%&!@*ution. Bill or rights. This is insane. We are being robbed blind, for everything we ever had and stood for.
Please Americans we need to brush up on the Cons$#%&!@*ution of the United States of America we need to know what it says so we have something to stand on when they come after us stand on your 1st amendment.
So very wrong-Stick with God-Don ‘t give in!!
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