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What many people are missing is the reason why suddenly now a number of states are rushing to enact RFRAs (Religious Freedom Restoration Acts).
The current spate of RFRA enactments is a subtextual message to the SCOTUS judges who will be deciding the matter in June that 1) no, there is no long-standing reasonable and customary tradition of the oxymoronic "gay marriage"/"same-sex marriage" upon which to base any related decisions, and, in fact, obviously, it's just the opposite, and 2) with the religious texts of the three social religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) clearly stating that homosexuality is a sin against God, and, because there is a considerable majority of people in America who adhere to one of these three religions, a SCOTUS decision on the matter affirming the oxymoronic "gay marriage"/"same-sex marriage" will be a threat to religious freedom and justice.
Since the matter is upon the SCOTUS now, the RFRAs are coming out now.
This is a very relevant and strong message, that, in truth, there is no such thing as "gay marriage", "same-sex marriage", or, "traditional marriage". All three terms are distortions of reality. There's only "marriage", and, it simply means "between a man and a woman as husband and wife".
In the case of Memories Pizza, they have stated that they will allow a gay customer to come in to their establishment and eat, but, they won't cater a gay .. wait for it .. .. wedding.
Yes, the difference is the presence of what these religious practitioners experience as a religious sacrament.
That's where the line is being drawn here.
If a known homosexual comes into the Muslim's restaurant and wants to order a meal, and, there is no religious sacrament being either consecrated against the owner's religion or desecrated of the owner's religion, the argument is that the owner's refusal to serve the homosexual is unacceptable and constitutes non-religious discrimination.
But, if the owner considers, in this case, "marriage", to be a sacrament of their religion, and, of course, marriage means "between a man and a woman as husband and wife", then for the owner, as a caterer or whatever to participate in the function of the wedding between two people of the same sex is a desecration of the owner's religion's sacrament "marriage", and, thus, the owner has every religious liberty-justice right to refuse.
Some say that these RFRAs are in case the SCOTUS erroneously sides in favor of the oxymoronic "gay marriage"/"same-sex marriage", that those who are adherents of religions in opposition will not be forced to participate or actively condone desecration of their own religious sacraments.
The current spate of RFRA enactments is a subtextual message to the SCOTUS judges who will be deciding the matter in June that 1) no, there is no long-standing reasonable and customary tradition of the oxymoronic "gay marriage"/"same-sex marriage" upon which to base any related decisions, and, in fact, obviously, it's just the opposite, and 2) with the religious texts of the three social religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) clearly stating that homosexuality is a sin against God, and, because there is a considerable majority of people in America who adhere to one of these three religions, a SCOTUS decision on the matter affirming the oxymoronic "gay marriage"/"same-sex marriage" will be a threat to religious freedom and justice.
Since the matter is upon the SCOTUS now, the RFRAs are coming out now.
This is a very relevant and strong message, that, in truth, there is no such thing as "gay marriage", "same-sex marriage", or, "traditional marriage". All three terms are distortions of reality. There's only "marriage", and, it simply means "between a man and a woman as husband and wife".
In the case of Memories Pizza, they have stated that they will allow a gay customer to come in to their establishment and eat, but, they won't cater a gay .. wait for it .. .. wedding.
Yes, the difference is the presence of what these religious practitioners experience as a religious sacrament.
That's where the line is being drawn here.
If a known homosexual comes into the Muslim's restaurant and wants to order a meal, and, there is no religious sacrament being either consecrated against the owner's religion or desecrated of the owner's religion, the argument is that the owner's refusal to serve the homosexual is unacceptable and constitutes non-religious discrimination.
But, if the owner considers, in this case, "marriage", to be a sacrament of their religion, and, of course, marriage means "between a man and a woman as husband and wife", then for the owner, as a caterer or whatever to participate in the function of the wedding between two people of the same sex is a desecration of the owner's religion's sacrament "marriage", and, thus, the owner has every religious liberty-justice right to refuse.
Some say that these RFRAs are in case the SCOTUS erroneously sides in favor of the oxymoronic "gay marriage"/"same-sex marriage", that those who are adherents of religions in opposition will not be forced to participate or actively condone desecration of their own religious sacraments.