What is Really Threatened by Gay Marriage?
What is Really Threatened by Gay Marriage? As a Soldier and someone who will soon be applying to become Chaplain, I am forced to write this article under a pseudonym. It isn't because I am afraid that …More
What is Really Threatened by Gay Marriage?
As a Soldier and someone who will soon be applying to become Chaplain, I am forced to write this article under a pseudonym. It isn't because I am afraid that my beliefs or convictions are wrong but it is entirely possible that this could be used by some to keep me out of the Chaplains Corps where I think I can do such good for the Soldiers of the United States.
I am worried about how gay marriage will affect Americans ability to practice their religion. Many will argue that this is not really an argument and that the First Amendment's reading of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." simply won't be affected by gay marriage.
Not only do I disagree that the First Amendment won't be affected, we have already seen test cases where individuals have been found guilty of "discrimination" because they wanted to practice their First Amendment rights. Take the case of the Aloha …More
As a Soldier and someone who will soon be applying to become Chaplain, I am forced to write this article under a pseudonym. It isn't because I am afraid that my beliefs or convictions are wrong but it is entirely possible that this could be used by some to keep me out of the Chaplains Corps where I think I can do such good for the Soldiers of the United States.
I am worried about how gay marriage will affect Americans ability to practice their religion. Many will argue that this is not really an argument and that the First Amendment's reading of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." simply won't be affected by gay marriage.
Not only do I disagree that the First Amendment won't be affected, we have already seen test cases where individuals have been found guilty of "discrimination" because they wanted to practice their First Amendment rights. Take the case of the Aloha …More
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It's disgusting to think that homos could enter into a bread and breakfast and expect the Christian owner to take them in with open arms! Goes for anything else where Christians are being taunted with these sodomites. Stay Firm to God's laws! 
If we're being made to pay for planned 'parenthood' with our tax dollars and now with the pill also that they want us to pay for, the evil within the government will side also with the homosexuals as they have been. We should not to made to go against our religious beliefs..and alot of this is the same thing with priests who refuse to speak the truth from the pulpit, for fear of 'offending' anyone …More
If we're being made to pay for planned 'parenthood' with our tax dollars and now with the pill also that they want us to pay for, the evil within the government will side also with the homosexuals as they have been. We should not to made to go against our religious beliefs..and alot of this is the same thing with priests who refuse to speak the truth from the pulpit, for fear of 'offending' anyone. One has to ask why this has been allowed to go on for so long, so that it reached the point to where we are today. I believe what one poster wrote..it's the break-down of the family.
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Our First Amendment Rights, especially freedom of the press is next in line to go when it will be made illegal to speak ill of them. It happened in Canada and Pastors were hauled off to jail by quoting the Scriptures regarding it.
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The goal is to criminalize Christian beliefs and to be able to use the power of the State to punish Christians. …More
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Our First Amendment Rights, especially freedom of the press is next in line to go when it will be made illegal to speak ill of them. It happened in Canada and Pastors were hauled off to jail by quoting the Scriptures regarding it.
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The goal is to criminalize Christian beliefs and to be able to use the power of the State to punish Christians.
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The problem with homosexual marriage is actually not government, but that orthodox religions have ceded a religious rite to the government.
Seriously (using the Catholic sacraments), how many of these should the churches recognize the government authority to administer (and to determine who is worthy of receiving them)?
Baptism.
Confirmation.
Holy Eucharist.
Penance (Confession).
Anointing of the Sick.
Holy Orders.
How about “none of them?” So why cede the sacrament of Marriage one iota?
The only way for the Orthodox and conservative churches to stop this nonsense is to take back marriage as a sacrament, and refuse to recognize it outside of it being a sacrament, by what is in effect a treaty between them.
That is, for example, a couple who say they are married go into a Catholic church and identify themselves as “Mr. and Mrs. Jones”. Unless they can provide documentation that they were legitimately married by the Catholic church, or another Orthodox church, they will not be considered married until that status is verified. If they cannot be verified as married by the rules, or cannot be married according to the rules, then they are treated as single people. Until such time as they have an authorized marriage.
When this is done, it does not matter *who* the government says is married. The government can marry a goat and a dog for all that matters. Likewise the government cannot divorce a married couple, either, as least as far as the orthodox churches are concerned.
On the surface this does not seem like a great change, but in truth it is. Once the orthodox and other conservatives take back marriage, it strips secular marriage of much of its legitimacy.
It also brings back some discipline to Catholics who are CINOs. Unless they follow the rules, they cannot have the legitimacy of couples that do.
Our First Amendment Rights, especially freedom of the press is next in line to go when it will be made illegal to speak ill of them. It happened in Canada and Pastors were hauled off to jail by quoting the Scriptures regarding it.
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The goal is to criminalize Christian beliefs and to be able to use the power of the State to punish Christians.
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The problem with homosexual marriage is actually not government, but that orthodox religions have ceded a religious rite to the government.
Seriously (using the Catholic sacraments), how many of these should the churches recognize the government authority to administer (and to determine who is worthy of receiving them)?
Baptism.
Confirmation.
Holy Eucharist.
Penance (Confession).
Anointing of the Sick.
Holy Orders.
How about “none of them?” So why cede the sacrament of Marriage one iota?
The only way for the Orthodox and conservative churches to stop this nonsense is to take back marriage as a sacrament, and refuse to recognize it outside of it being a sacrament, by what is in effect a treaty between them.
That is, for example, a couple who say they are married go into a Catholic church and identify themselves as “Mr. and Mrs. Jones”. Unless they can provide documentation that they were legitimately married by the Catholic church, or another Orthodox church, they will not be considered married until that status is verified. If they cannot be verified as married by the rules, or cannot be married according to the rules, then they are treated as single people. Until such time as they have an authorized marriage.
When this is done, it does not matter *who* the government says is married. The government can marry a goat and a dog for all that matters. Likewise the government cannot divorce a married couple, either, as least as far as the orthodox churches are concerned.
On the surface this does not seem like a great change, but in truth it is. Once the orthodox and other conservatives take back marriage, it strips secular marriage of much of its legitimacy.
It also brings back some discipline to Catholics who are CINOs. Unless they follow the rules, they cannot have the legitimacy of couples that do.