Two Ministers Claim They Could Face 180 Years In Jail For Refusing To Do Gay Weddings

[theHandpuppet]

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This is such utter bullshit I don't even know where to begin!

Two Ministers Claim They Could Face 180 Years In Jail For Refusing To Do Gay Weddings
Lila Shapiro
10/25/2014

Less than two weeks after a federal appeals court struck down Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage, two ministers in the northwestern Idaho city of Coeur d’Alene have filed a lawsuit claiming they could face up to 180 years in jail for refusing to perform a same-sex wedding.

The lawsuit, filed Oct. 17 in federal trial court by the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, stoked long-held fears among opponents of marriage equality...

...The lawsuit argues that Coeur d’Alene’s non-discrimination ordinance -- which was passed last year and bars businesses and public accommodations from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity -- will “unconstitutionally” force the Knapps to either “violate their religious convictions and ministerial vows” by performing same-sex weddings or face jail time and fines. According to the suit, the city has “privately and publicly threatened to apply” the ordinance to the Hitching Post.

However, according to city officials and the lawsuit itself, the Hitching Post filed papers with the Idaho Secretary of State identifying itself as a religious corporation on Oct. 6, the day before the 9th Circuit struck down Idaho’s ban. The city’s ordinance explicitly states that religious corporations are exempt from the law....

MORE (if you can stand it) at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/25/gay-marriage-jail_n_6044214.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. What magic secret do they have

that's going to let them live past 200 years old? (Since I am guessing they're already both at least 20.)

[louis-t]

2. They will surely die someday but their idiot ideology

will live on.

[Scootaloo]

3. So they run an operation called "The Hitching Post," but they take marriage very seriously

[theHandpuppet]

7. Almost as good as the Elvis wedding chapels in Vegas...

... saying they wouldn't marry LGBTs because it's against the Bible.

[shenmue]

4. Utter horseshit

They don't even give that to murderers.

[LostOne4Ever]

5. ^This (nt)

[theHandpuppet]

8. Plus they're just outright lying

"However, according to city officials and the lawsuit itself, the Hitching Post filed papers with the Idaho Secretary of State identifying itself as a religious corporation on Oct. 6, the day before the 9th Circuit struck down Idaho’s ban. The city’s ordinance explicitly states that religious corporations are exempt from the law"

[Downwinder]

6. They could face an eternity in Hell.

[procon]

9. sounds more like a tax dodge

Use the cover of religion to make money-- whatta world!

[valerief]

10. If they don't do gay marriages, take away their license to marry. Why would

the punishment be more than that? Granted, they're assholes, but prison time?