Name:   architect - Subject:   Kim Davis Date:   9/9/2015 8:40:31 PM (updated 9/9/2015 8:49:43 PM)

Hound I think most people don't even realize that marriage is a government issued legal contract between 2 people as evidenced by the license and is not a religious ceremony. The license comes first and without the government issued license a preacher cannot marry you. You don't need a preacher to get married but you do need the license.  Nothing the SCOTUS has said will force any clergy person to complete a marriage contract if they don't want to nor will it require any religious group to change their dogma regarding marriage.  Now, will it mean a church must offer the same benefits to a gay couple...I hope so.  It is the same as a business serving the public being required to serve all the public.  If a church is going to offer benefits to its married employees, it must offer them to all employees that are recognized as married by temporal authority charged with issuing the license.

Now, I wonder when all these folks demanding religious freedom will be expressing their support of the Muslim flight attendant who was fired because she refused to serve alcohol claiming to do so violated the tenants of her religion.  None other than the Rev Michael Huckabee passed on an opportunity to do so today.