Can the Government Require Religious Marriages to be Opposite Sex?

Maybe we can hoist them on their own petard

Law • July 2014 • Views: 1,240

Everyone has been freaking out about Hobby Lobby, but I’m wondering if progressive can’t put it to good use as well. Take same-sex marriage. There are churches which perform same-sex weddings. What is the compelling government interest in refusing to recognize religious same-sex marriages when it recognizes both religious and secular opposite sex marriages? I can’t think of any. What do you think?

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7 comments

Mich-again Jul 4, 2014 10:24:49am

Two ways to look at the issue. If the Government lets anyone claim their set of beliefs is a *religion* it opens the door to legitimizing Pastafarians or other obviously fabricated religions. On the other hand if the Government said only official religions can be recognized by the law, then they could possibly require the religious group to publish their official Creed and Policies and then require the religious Organization to abide by their own rules lest they lose their official status.

Romantic Heretic Jul 4, 2014 10:46:17am

No, but they probably will.

kg7u Jul 4, 2014 1:44:07pm

Some Religions, no doubt, will say “our creed is the Bible.” Which translation? Well, uh, King James, yeah, that’s the ticket. So: No shrimp, no clothing with two kinds of thread, see the priest if you have strange skin lumps,and meanwhile ring a bell to warn everybody. Stone your kids to death if….. And this Jesus character: love your neighbor, feed the poor, sell your possessions and don’t be rich [it is to laugh!] etc. etc. And nothing definitive about teh ghey

Rocky-in-Connecticut Jul 4, 2014 3:03:48pm

this ruling as I’ve said before is a Christian Supremacist ruling. Right wing Christians will be far be the largest recipient of favorable rulings now that precedent has been set giving SCOTUS the power to invent law and give particular (favorable) groups of people exception to law. This Conservative-dominated SCOTUS will not give any hearing to any case proposing gay marriage on religious grounds. It simply does not fit their preconditioned religious and ideological agenda.

The War TARDIS Jul 4, 2014 4:22:08pm

re: #4 Rocky-in-Connecticut

But, boy will this create a backlash.

I wonder how many of the Supreme Court justices on the Conservative side have massive conflict of interest issues. Might want to be keeping a running record of these for the future.

J A P Jul 5, 2014 10:36:15pm

Yup.

United Church of Christ sues over North Carolina gay marriage ban

The liberal denomination of some 1 million members is the first in the country to attack a same-sex marriage ban on religious freedom grounds, taking a cue from religious conservatives who used the same argument over the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

Islamo-Masonic Conspirator Jul 6, 2014 1:06:47am

I don’t like it at all. Religious freedom is never above other democratic laws. It’s Pandora’s box. But it wasn’t us who opened it. So that’s just playing by their rules.

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