re: #672 BigPapa

Are Catholic churches under a legal obligation to marry Catholics who otherwise abide by the rules of being Catholic?

The worry is that although there’s no legal basis for it now, a lawsuit to marry a gay couple may happen. Some groups have more rights than others is today’s political reality. That religious groups discriminate now has no bearing: can they legally discriminate for whatever reasons they want? If they cannot, then they can likely be forced to not discriminate. That seems to be the issue.

going by what happened in Massachusetts with Catholic Charities and their adoption services - no, they cannot discriminate based on religious beliefs that go against what the state has mandated. And so they simply closed.

I find that frightening.