A decision that should deeply grieve and concern all Christians, but especially Catholics

[JonNC]

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Er, the Social Security Amendments of 1965. Hill–Burton Act. The Affordable Care Act. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. All Federal laws impacting healthcare.

I left out a few.

Also, the enumerated powers were basically nullified by the elastic clause.

This is exactly why we have a $16 trillion debt, because government has granted unto itself powers not authorized in the Constitution. AKA, tyranny.

Marriage is solely a religious rite? I recall the priest saying “by the power invested in me by the state of New York” when I married my wife. We have a marriage license from the state, and a certificate from the Church.

Why do we have marriage licenses from the state? What purpose do they serve?

What if we had been married by a justice of the peace? What If I wanted to marry a man in a civil ceremony? What business it of the church?

Then call it a civil union, because that’s what it is. In that case, it is no business of the Church. And if I want to marry, what business is that of the government’s?

The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law, so what basis is there for a religious body in tampering with same-sex civil unions? remember, various faiths worked hard to kill proposition 8 was it California?

Again, call it a civil union. ISTM civil unions are a great idea, let’s say, for siblings who want the insurance and tax breaks that come with it. But it isn’t marriage, by definition.

By that logic, since churches do not pay into state coffers they should not be allowed to use public roads, courts, airspace, utilities, hospitals, etc.

By that logic, individuals who make too little to pay income tax shouldn’t get to use government services, interstate highways, either. But the fact is that churches are made of of people, and they do pay into the coffers.

Jon

 

[JonNC]

Too much to respond to, but I stand by my assertion separation of church and state works both ways, and I notice the church side seems to invade the state side more than the reverse. I like living in a secular nation and will do whatever it takes to keep it that way.

Obviously, according to the administration, it doesn’t, because they want to dictate what kinds of benefits the CC offers to its employees, and what kinds of services it offers in its attempt to obey Christ’s command that we care for the least of God’s children.

Jon