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what does this mean for ministers and churches? Our Church has married gay couples before, so It doesnt really affect me, but Im curious what this means for churches who are little more Old Testament????
Me. Gonna expatriate. Stop paying taxes.are moving to another country. i know a bunch of you must have promised at some point that if same sex marriage gets legalized you'd move. how many of you can i count on to keep your word?
are moving to another country. i know a bunch of you must have promised at some point that if same sex marriage gets legalized you'd move. how many of you can i count on to keep your word?
The good news is: "legal" and "Christian" do not mean the same thing. It's "legal" to commit adultery. There will be no church service honoring adulterers and celebrating adultery before God. The fact that gay marriage is "legal" does not...cannot compel a Christian church to participate in a gay marriage or to allow its facilities to be used for one.what does this mean for ministers and churches? Our Church has married gay couples before, so It doesnt really affect me, but Im curious what this means for churches who are little more Old Testament????
Facts, facts, facts.The good news is: "legal" and "Christian" do not mean the same thing. It's "legal" to commit adultery. There will be no church service honoring adulterers and celebrating adultery before God. The fact that gay marriage is "legal" does not...cannot compel a Christian church to participate in a gay marriage or to allow its facilities to be used for one.
Me. Gonna expatriate. Stop paying taxes.
Which is better? Cost Rica or Thailand?
Well I'm on a waiting list to move, but they're still trying to relocate all the idiots like Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin and Gwyneth Paltrow and half of Hollywood that said they would flee the country if Bush got elected to a second term.are moving to another country. i know a bunch of you must have promised at some point that if same sex marriage gets legalized you'd move. how many of you can i count on to keep your word?
Well I'm on a waiting list to move, but they're still trying to relocate all the idiots like Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin and Gwyneth Paltrow and half of Hollywood that said they would flee the country if Bush got elected to a second term.
The good news is: "legal" and "Christian" do not mean the same thing. It's "legal" to commit adultery. There will be no church service honoring adulterers and celebrating adultery before God. The fact that gay marriage is "legal" does not...cannot compel a Christian church to participate in a gay marriage or to allow its facilities to be used for one.
I'm still working on whether I am Parent 1 or Parent 2 since there is no longer a mother and father designation.
Possibly. A lot of denominations and congregations are already prepared for that. The fact is that if 95% of churches didn't have tax exempt status, it wouldn't matter. Very, very few churches take in more money in a given year than is absolutely required to operate the church. The groups that would suffer would be mission-orientated groups because congregations wouldn't be able to give as much due to accounting for the tax liability associated with the funds.could they threaten tax-exempt status?
Possibly. A lot of denominations and congregations are already prepared for that. The fact is that if 95% of churches didn't have tax exempt status, it wouldn't matter. Very, very few churches take in more money in a given year than is absolutely required to operate the church. The groups that would suffer would be mission-orientated groups because congregations wouldn't be able to give as much due to accounting for the tax liability associated with the funds.
It seems like keeping the government out of people's personal lives (which this decision does) would be an instance of less government intrusion, no?It is a symptom... the more government is in our lives the more taxes you will pay or the more they will control what you can say or do.
New Zealandare moving to another country. i know a bunch of you must have promised at some point that if same sex marriage gets legalized you'd move. how many of you can i count on to keep your word?
Choices would be highlighted in red.. Good luck
So, you have no specific names and you're not even sure that a single person even said this...but you're going to call out people that may not exist and hold them to their word even though they might not have said it?
You should have just said, "the SCOTUS legalized gay marriage in all 50 states and I want to gloat about it on the internet, but I'm not real creative." Much more to the point.
It seems like keeping the government out of people's personal lives (which this decision does) would be an instance of less government intrusion, no?
Maybe you are just ok with selective government intrusion?
Who knows? I think it's funny that in a conversation about gay marriage, the Christian Church even comes up. A "marriage ceremony" where we gather up a bunch of people, get a license, etc. is something WE created. In bible times you would simply "take" or "claim" a wife. In most denominations(other than Catholic), the marriage ceremony isn't even a sacrament.Would there be any impact on hospitals with religious affiliations?
Liberal minority got their way through corrupt judges. I don't think a single state had a majority vote for gay marriage. Liberals will still be miserable people whether they get way or not. They do love failure and moral decay.
Congrats on your victoryare moving to another country. i know a bunch of you must have promised at some point that if same sex marriage gets legalized you'd move. how many of you can i count on to keep your word?
could they threaten tax-exempt status?
Call me ignorant but can gay spouses be on each others insurance at work? If so, what's to keep buddies, male or female, from getting "married" for insurance purposes? And finally, would that be insurance fraud if they did? Just curious.
would totally bang a Na'viHow long before we push to allow marriage across species?
My question exactly esso.What's keeping straight people from doing it now?
My question exactly esso.
How long before we push to allow marriage across species?
Desparate people do desparate things. My question was purely hypothetical and not what I think nessecarily. That's why I asked. To see what others thought. I guess my question should be 'can gay marriage lead to a national insurance scandal?'. I'm a straight engineer not an insurance guy. It is just something I have wondered recently and this seemed like a good place to ask.You think someone would marry their buddy for benefits ?
What, exactly, is this map representing?are moving to another country. i know a bunch of you must have promised at some point that if same sex marriage gets legalized you'd move. how many of you can i count on to keep your word?
Choices would be highlighted in red.. Good luck
Places where there are laws against homosexuality.What, exactly, is this map representing?