Protecting your church from the Gay Gestapo

First off Bryan, her name was Vanessa Collier; she was a 33-year-old wife and mother of two. How despicable of you to remember the name of Lana Rusev, an individual who willfully violated the law, but couldn't take the time to find out about a woman you chose to vilify.

Second there is no law suit, as far as I can tell. Not only have the courts generally not interfered with a church's ecclesiastical decision making [cf. Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 724-25 (1976); Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. 679 (1872). Serbian Orthodox Diocese v.Milivojevich, 426 U.S. at 710; Maryland & Va. Churches v. SharpsburgChurch, 396 U.S. 367, 368 (1970); Presbyterian Church I v. Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 (1969)], it is a violation of the First Amendment. Ruling on such matters would foster excessive government "entanglement" with religion and, thus, violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause and/or free exercise clause. [Diocese v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 709, 713, 1976] But keep in mind that a civil trial may result as the church in question allegedly did not return the rental fee(s) for the space in question; that is a whole different issue

Although, since this so-called church does receive federal monies in support of their rehabilitation facility, maybe someone should suggest a legal challenge. But that would be too easy. And, talk about pushing an agenda, this family and their friends have been hurt enough by "your" christo-fascist beliefs as it is. What purpose does it serve, other than to facilitate your own gestapo-like agenda as outlined by Wayne Besen article, The Religious Right’s 10-Point Playbook For Hijacking Nations. You and your cronies have aptly demonstrated two points as outlined by Besen:

• Find inflammatory wedge issues and scapegoats to divide people and force them to choose sides.
• Constantly agitate and manufacture havoc, because theocracy can only be attained amid chaos. Without a functioning central government, the shadow infrastructure created by fundamentalists makes them the best situated to fill a vacuum, restore order at the price of liberty, and install their regime

Sorry to say Bryan you have a very short memory as it wasn't to long ago y'all were bitching about a mall in Georgia who shut down a prayerful group of power-walkers. If I remember correctly a bunch of your minions decided to demonstrate publicly for feeling they were unjustly wronged.

Your church may be next. Do not think for one minute that the First Amendment all by itself will guarantee your church's protection from rabid gay activists and their minions in the court system. The courts have already shredded the First Amendment virtually beyond recognition, and as far as protecting your church's religious liberty, it may be hardly worth the parchment it's printed on.

A church in Lakewood, Colorado, is under fire from the gay lobby for canceling a funeral for a lesbian when her family insisted on including in the service pictures of her kissing her lesbian lover. The family is considering a lawsuit against the church, and given the predilection of the courts and its "Gay Rights Uber Alles" mindset, we can expect such a lawsuit to find a sympathetic ear.

What can your church do to make its stance abundantly clear and head off possible lawsuits at the same time? The elders of my church have formally recommended to our church family an amendment to the Constitution and bylaws that spell out in no uncertain terms the church's stance on homosexuality and gay marriage. (The elders have wisely provided church members with a 30-day comment period before the statement becomes official.)

In part, the intention here is to anticipate the possibility that the church will be approached to host a gay wedding and its pastor asked to perform a same-sex ceremony.

Protecting your church from the Gay Gestapo