The day the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down its decision regarding same-sex marriage, I called my home church pastor, Scott Eynon, of Community Christian Church in Tamarac, Florida. Pastor Scott is a true man of God; his messages, based on God’s word, are empowering for the spirit.
I’ve listened to the arguments of the liberal progressive left and radical gay activists, who compare freedom of religion to slavery — and even the Holocaust. I’ve heard all the outrage about hate speech. Since when was it hateful to support marriage as it’s always been traditionally — how is that bigotry?
Funny, here’s the gay community ranting about same-sex marriage opponents; meanwhile, how many Christians live in Mosul, Iraq today? Let’s talk about the real persecution.
Separation of church and state was not intended to ban our Judeo-Christian faith heritage from the public sphere. It was meant, as written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist convention, to preclude an establishment of religion — church — by the state, so the state would never be in a position to persecute citizens for their religious belief and coerce them otherwise.
As reported by Fox News:
A family bakery owned by a Christian cannot refuse to make wedding cakes for homosexual couples, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The court affirmed the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s order that Jack Phillips, the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) when he refused to make a wedding cake for Charlie Craig and David Mullins.
“CADA prohibits places of public accommodations from basing their refusal to serve customers on their sexual orientation, and Masterpiece violated Colorado’s public accommodations law by refusing to create a wedding cake for Craig’s and Mullins’ same-sex wedding celebration,” the court wrote.
Jack, a devout Christian who honors God through his baking, had argued that he could not participate in same-sex ceremonies because it would violate his religious beliefs. The appeals court ruled otherwise.
“By selling a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, Masterpiece does not necessarily lead an observer to conclude that the bakery supports its customer’s conduct,” the court wrote in its ruling.
Alliance Defending Freedom, a law firm that specializes in religious liberty cases, represented Phillips. They argue that the court is denying their client his fundamental freedoms.
“Jack simply exercised the long-cherished American freedom to decline to use his artistic talents to promote a message with which he disagrees,” ADF attorney Jeremy Tedesco said. “Government has a duty to protect people’s freedom to follow their beliefs personally and professionally rather than force them to adopt the government’s views.”
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