He's right about the persecution (in a not-being-fed-to-lions sort of way) part, but not that it will be some judgement from God.
Oh, the persecution has already started. In the broad sense, persecution is targeting someone for his beliefs. See the effort to drive a mom & pop pizza joint out of business just because they said they wouldn't cater a gay wedding if asked to do so. Such efforts will only get worse now that gay marriage is legal everywhere. Of course, a lot of churches will go ahead and fall on their own swords and start marrying gays to avoid the hassle.
Yes, that is what is happening. The ill-liberal Left (thank you, Kirsten Powers) is aggressively targeting anyone who disagrees with its dogma in an attempt to kill opposing views. What's weak is demanding that a baker bake a glorified birthday cake when there are probably dozens more who would have no problem doing it. As I've said before, there's no question from which side of the political spectrum fascists are coming in 21st century America.
Yep. It's no longer, "live and let live," it's "live and live as we tell you to." As someone else aptly put it, the gay marriage warriors won, now they're walking around the battlefield shooting survivors.
Its not enough that everyone tolerate the behavior, we also have to CELEBRATE it. I could care less what somebody does, just don't push it in my face, and don't cost me money. The fact is that the government should not have anything to do with the institution of marriage. As for the churches and businesses, just wait to see what happens next. They'll start with the traditional places, Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian. Every time they find a church that won't marry them, they'll file suit. Every florist, baker, and photographer will come under attack. Waaaaaaaaaaa............Bob's Photography wouldn't come take pictures at the wedding between Derek and Steve!!!!!!!!! We're being persecuted!!!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaa.
That is exactly right. Gov't participation in marriage is a hold-over from when gov't and the church were one in the same. These days, gov't has no more reason to be involved in marrying people than it does to be involved with a home owner and a painter.
You don't see a lawsuit about a damn cake, not being tossed as frivolous, as "systematic". Of course it is. The system, by allowing it, is promoting it. The "system" that intentionally fails to protect one's first amendment rights is engaging in persecution. That's one of the main reasons the first amendment exists is to preclude religious persecution.
Since you are the defender of all things gay you might take it easy on the "queen" remarks. I'd bet there's a good chance you've been some dude's "queen" based on your insistence that we respect your right to take it up the ass with a certificate of marriage.
The first amendment says also,"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." That the system allows a lawsuit to move forward that explicitly abridges such is frivolous on its face, and much different from a suit where fact or its lack is the central question. See the difference? IMO, there is no argument about freedom of speech. You're right about that.
