Yesterday’s Weekly Standard Online carried an article by Maggie Gallagher of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy entitled Banned in Boston: The Coming Conflict Between Same Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty. The article includes interviews with several legal scholars across the political spectrum who are in agreement that a clash between homosexual demands and religious freedom is imminent:
Just how serious are the coming conflicts over religious liberty stemming from gay marriage? “The impact will be severe and pervasive,” [Anthony Picarello of Becket Fund] says flatly. “This is going to affect every aspect of church-state relations . . . Can a group–a church or religious charity, say–that opposes gay marriage keep its tax exemption if gay marriage becomes the law? “That,” says [Marc Stern of American Jewish Congress], “is the 18 trillion dollar question.” . . . Right now, [Jonathan Turley, George Washington U. Law Professor] notes, there is no clear federal public policy against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But such a policy is imminent, he believes, most likely within the decade. Once that occurs, he agrees with Robin Wilson: “Any organization that engaged in such discrimination as a matter of faith would be in a position similar to Bob Jones University.”
ADF Attorney David French confirms the accuracy of this analysis on the National Review PhiBetaCons Blog: Universities Prove Maggie Right.
The book, The Homosexual Agenda: The Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today, by ADF President Alan Sears and Sr. Vice President Craig Osten is proving prophetic.
