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To: Katelew who wrote (112050)	5/27/2009 3:45:23 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541599

So many people all over are getting bent out of shape these days on fears of what something might become, even when there is no legal basis for so many things I hear are going to happen whether it's church, guns, speech, whatever. It has become a popular pasttime. Fact is, churches will have to live in a world where homosexuality is legally sanctioned by the majority, and married gays will be all around you. You can choose to exclude them from your religious activities if you choose, but the days of being able to get the state to abet the prejudice will be over. Just a matter of time and tolerance, like all the progress we have made in civil rights the last 50 years.

To: Katelew who wrote (112050)	5/27/2009 4:11:48 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541599

The fear is that gay marriage provides the legal basis for future litigation. We're talking about eligibility for church membership and sacraments, here. There's no way that could ever become the subject of litigation. Sure, if the church is doing adoptions or housing or other civic things there could be an issue, but it would be utterly unconstitutional for the state to force a church to marry or not marry people in violation of the tenets of their religion.