The very ruling on the issue is the issue here. The ruling itself is unconstitutional, or should I say, extraconstitutional. The repercussions of this ruling will be a disaster for the country. What the Court has done is Make a law (legislate) where no federal law has existed on the matter heretofore. In its grossly egotistical way, it has afforded protection to one group of people to the exclusion of another group of people. It has alienated and stripped the Church of protections guaranteed since the founding. There has always been separation of Church and State. Until now.
Now the State(the Feds) are saying that the Church must recognize and afford protections and rights to a class of people ( based purely on sexual relations, not orientation) who may or may not be religious, may or may not be in step with Church doctrine or norms, at the Church's peril.
Loss of tax exempt status.
Loss of accreditation for religious schools.
Loss of free speech by the Church.
This ruling affects and demeans and makes lawbreakers out of 270 to 300 million people for the benefit of perhaps, 10 million people.
What the law has now done is say that the Church is an illegitimate institution in the Constitution.
The ruling is inherently insane. And illegal.
I saw this day coming way back in 1998, when the far left radical gay agenda began to ramp up. Regardless of your position on Gay marriage, this ruling will make life worse for everyone, including Gays. It hasn't been thought through, neither has it been given a chance to settle differences between opposing parties.
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