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In reply to the discussion: Todd Starnes: ministers who don't perform gay weddings should prepare for hate crimes charges [View all]PRB
(139 posts)A kid is in the cub scouts. He's--in your words--accepted. He grows to become a boy scout and maybe an eagle scout. He and his parents believe in scouts. They like everything about them, except when they discriminated. What to do? Throw out the baby with the bathwater? Leave the organization? NO! You call them on discrimination.
There are people who belong to churches. They don't necessarily believe in Leviticus. Not everybody in a church will agree on doctrine or interpretation. You grow up and/or grow in that church, and all the sudden you get shafted because of discrimination. Again, NO! Churches have tax exempt status. That means they are part of society. They can't conveniently exempt themselves from the law of the land.
And you're right. Courts will never make churches marry people. Not, of course, until people demand it. Plessy v Ferguson meant people of color would never sit next to whites in class. UNTIL PEOPLE DEMANDED BETTER. That's what this week's court decision was about. Nothing happened until a majority demanded it. Democracy in action, I say.