Religion & Law

How Does Same Sex 'Marriage' Affect You? How Does It Affect Religious Freedom?

By Alliance Defense Fund

Yesterday's Weekly Standard Online carried an article by Maggie Gallagher of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy titled Banned in Boston: The Coming Conflict Between Same Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty.  The article includes interviews with several legal scholars across the political spectrum, who are in agreement that a clash between homosexual demands and religious freedom is imminent:

Just how serious are the coming conflicts over religious liberty stemming from gay marriage? "The impact will be severe and pervasive," [Anthony Picarello of Becket Fund] says flatly. "This is going to affect every aspect of church-state relations . . . Can a group--a church or religious charity, say--that opposes gay marriage keep its tax exemption if gay marriage becomes the law? "That," says [Marc Stern of American Jewish Congress], "is the 18 trillion dollar question." . . . Right now, [Jonathan Turley, George Washington U. Law Professor] notes, there is no clear federal public policy against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But such a policy is imminent, he believes, most likely within the decade. Once that occurs, he agrees with Robin Wilson: "Any organization that engaged in such discrimination as a matter of faith would be in a position similar to Bob Jones University."

ADF Attorney David French confirms the accuracy of this analysis on the National Review PhiBetaCons Blog: Universities Prove Maggie Right. 

The book, The Homosexual Agenda: The Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today, by ADF President Alan Sears and Sr. Vice President Craig Osten is proving prophetic.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 09, 2006 (boomark / email).