A city council is weighing a proposed ordinance that would force churches in the Kansas town to rent their facilities for gay weddings.
This kind of thing nationwide is inevitable. Folks who are for gay marriage see it as a civil rights issue. And may see the Catholic Church and conservative Christian organizations as the enemy. Do you really think they’d fight for civil rights and then agree that the institutions they hate don’t have to acknowledge those civil rights? Of course not. Like I said, this kind of law is inevitable everywhere.
Todd Starnes of Fox News reports:
The Hutchinson City Council will consider adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the protected classes in the city’s human relations code. They are expected to vote on the changes next month.
According to the Hutchinson Human Relations Commission, churches that rent out their buildings to the general public would not be allowed to discriminate “against a gay couple who want to rent the building for a party.”
Meryl Dye, a spokesperson for the Human Relations Commission confirmed to Fox News that churches would be subjected to portions of the proposed law.
“They would not be able to discriminate against gay and lesbian or transgender individuals,” Dye said. “That type of protection parallels to what you find in race discrimination. If a church provides lodging or rents a facility they could not discriminate based on race. It’s along that kind of thinking.”
Matthew Staver, chairman of the Liberty Counsel Action, told Fox News the proposed law is “un-American.”
“It is a collision course between religious freedom and the LGBT agenda,” Staver said. “This proposed legislation will ultimately override the religious freedom that is protected under the First Amendment.”
He argued that churches cannot be forced by the government to set aside their religious convictions and their mission. And, he warned, some churches could even be forced to rent their buildings for drag parties.
Hey, if religious institutions can be forced to cover abortifacients and sterilization procedures, what’s the problem with forcing churches to rent their halls to folks celebrating a gay marriage. Come on, what’s a little drag party between friends?
I’d suggest that churches start decorating their halls in very drab colors to avoid interest from gay marriage celebrations. And maybe put up lots of sports memorabilia. Wait, the lesbians might like that. How about a wall of inspirational posters with pictures of sunsets and lakes and stuff with quotes from Maggie Gallagher saying things like, “Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.”
April 25, 2012 at 12:34 am
The homosexuals will not quit until we surrender our faith. Eventually they will kill those who oppose them. It has happened before.
April 25, 2012 at 9:30 pm
When they say "facilities" do they mean church basements for reception or churches for marriages..the latter would just never work..in order to be married in a Catholic church, one needs to undergo months of preparation, take classes, etc. And sorry to say, there is not "valid matter" here (i.e., man and woman) so it's not even a real marriage. Who would go have a reception at a church they weren't even married in? Unless someone is deliberately stirring up trouble.
April 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm
The problem is that gay relationships are being made legal. If it was illegal, there would be no problem. Example-would you book a hotel room if there was a possibility the person would be using illegal drugs such as cocaine or smoke a joint or consuming vast amounts of alcohol, then driving in the wee hours of the morning intoxicated? Would you own a bed and breakfast if the same sex couple were going to have sex or a man and woman having sex outside of marriage?
April 26, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Hey, Rover, I think on some level even you are vaguely aware—if we can call your dim flickers of cognition "awareness"—that you're attacking a strawman.
But then again, I'm not sure you can actually tell a strawman from a person. I'm sure the differences seem vague and indistinct to (what we flatter lavishly by calling) your mind.
April 27, 2012 at 3:46 am
"Get rid of your public accomidations, huddle in your church, and you'll be free from us 'others' you apparenly like to dislike."
First, learn how to spell "accommodations." Second, disagreeing with someone does not mean disliking them. Third, you're an idiot.