A conservative religious
rights commentator believes if the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decides in favor
of proponents of same-sex ‘marriage,’ religious schools could be at risk of
losing their tax-exempt status.
During arguments before SCOTUS
regarding same-sex ‘marriage,’ Solicitor General Donald Verrilli admitted that
religious colleges could lose their tax-exempt status if the high court rules
in favor of same-sex ‘marriage.’
Travis Weber, with the
Family Research Council, says that observing religious principles should not be
considered discrimination. Weber says, “Now
of course this is silly because these schools just support traditional marriage
and it’s their religious view of marriage that drives this. There’s no discrimination at all. But nevertheless it’s conceivable that the
courts could buy the government’s argument in this case.”
Weber believes if this
trend continues, those refusing to endorse same-sex marriage could face fines
and potentially even imprisonment. “There
is a way around this,” he adds. “The
clearest way, the best way, is for legislation to be passed at the federal-level
and the state-level around the country protecting people who support
traditional marriage from the government, from the government discriminating
against them, intruding into their affairs and penalizing them because of their
beliefs.”
The SCOTUS justices are
scheduled to hand down their decision regarding the constitutionality of same-sex
‘marriage’ sometime in June.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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