Same-Sex Marriage vs. Religious Liberty?Apr 7, 2008 With momentous court decisions on the definition of marriage pending in California and Connecticut, an op-ed appeared in today's DC Examiner discussing the threats to religious liberty posed by the legalization of same-sex marriage. It was authored by Roger Severino, Legal Counsel of the Becket Fund. In the piece, Severino uses the lessons learned from Massachussetts to say that:
Simply changing the definition of marriage opens the door to a flood of lawsuits against dissenting religious institutions based on state public accommodation and employment laws that prohibit marital status and sexual orientation discrimination.
Additionally, religious institutions that refuse to recognize a new state-imposed definition could be stripped of access to government programs, have their tax exemption denied and even lose the ability to solemnize civil marriages.
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