Quote:How long do you honestly think that's going to last?  Activists will have to have some new cause to work their population into a frenzy over, and I have little doubt about what the next action item on their list will be.  They will go to a church, be it Catholic or some other denomination that has been very clear about their stance on gay marriage, and they'll ask to be married in the church.  When the priest or minister refuses on the grounds that their church does not support this, we've got the next great "civil rights" battle. 

 

We can talk about slippery slopes.  Activists were already out there today saying this was the next step.  They were not going to rest until they beat back this "religious intolerance" that forces the moral values of a specific faith community on others.  It'll happen, and it's going to happen very quickly.  There are plenty of activists out there just looking for the next lawsuit, just like they did when they sought out bakeries and other businesses that they knew would refuse to do business with them for religious reasons. 

 

This nation is allowing our courts to act as legislators.  In the span of 2 days, SCOTUS has rewritten one law and created another.  That's not their job, and it's a dangerous precedent to allow.

What part of my post did you misconstrue? I'm well aware that in probably a hundred different cases already, gay couples have walked into Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran and Mormon churches (and probably plenty of other religions, too) and asked to be married there. I'm sure that most religious figures in the country are already consulting with their supervisors and lawyers about how to handle such requests, and I'm sure there are already activist lawyers filling in the names of churches on lawsuits that will be filed Monday morning. I don't think anyone's under the impression that today's ruling was the end of it. There were numerous battles that continued to be fought long after Brown v. Board of Education. Hell, Jacksonville itself hadn't actually desegregated schools until the late 80's/early 90's, and one could make a strong argument that schools are still drawn up to be segregated today down there. This is the beginning of a long process that will take years to sort itself out, and I should remind you that the Justices on this court are as likely to rule in favor of religious freedom (Hobby Lobby case) as they are to rule in favor of equal rights. I don't think that forcing Catholic priests to officiate weddings between same-sex individuals is as much of a slam dunk as you're making it out to be.

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