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Ben Johnson<\/a> – July 26, 2022<\/p>\n Senate Republicans are feeling the pressure to defend marriage and the natural family, as two large grassroots coalitions warn them that a controversial bill will fuel frivolous litigation and subject the most fundamental unit of society to an infinite variety of experimentation and tampering.<\/p>\n H.R. 8404, which proponents of redefining marriage have dubbed the \u201cRespect for Marriage<\/a>\u201d Act, would require states to accept any marriage legally recognized in any other state \u201cwithout any parameters whatsoever,\u201d one of the coalitions notes. \u201cThis would include plural marriages, time-bound marriages, open marriages, marriages involving a minor or relative, platonic marriages, or any other new marriage definition that a state chooses to adopt, including through undemocratic imposition by a state Supreme Court,\u201d wrote 83 grassroots organizations led by the Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a> in a letter<\/a> to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).<\/p>\n Another letter cites 10 lawsuits that have already targeted Christians for living according to their biblical values, stating if the hastily introduced legislation passes, far-left activists will take Christians and observant Jews to court for living out their faiths.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Court\u2019s decision in Obergefell unleashed religious freedom violations across the land, launching a new era of harassment and coercion of millions of Americans who hold a sincere religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is, or ought to be, between one man and one woman,\u201d wrote<\/a> the Conservative Action Project, which was founded by Reagan administration Attorney General Edwin Meese and is now chaired by former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. \u201cThe Respect for Marriage Act will further usher in this new era of oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis legislation will only hasten and intensify hostility\u201d against \u201cthose who decline to openly embrace extreme views regarding marriage and human sexuality,\u201d agreed ADF. \u201cH.R. 8404 effectively deputizes activist groups to sue religious individuals, organizations, and businesses that operate according to their sincerely held religious belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.\u201d<\/p>\n The law could also give birth to draconian federal regulations designed to force Christian and other traditional religious organizations out of the public square. \u201cThe Internal Revenue Service could rely on this congressional declaration requiring full recognition of same-sex marriage to strip 501(c)(3) organizations of their tax-exempt status if they continue to adhere to their belief that marriage is only between one man and one woman,\u201d ADF wrote.<\/p>\n https:\/\/washingtonstand.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ben Johnson – July 26, 2022 Senate Republicans are feeling the pressure to defend marriage and the natural family, as two large grassroots coalitions warn them that a controversial bill will fuel frivolous litigation and subject the most fundamental unit of society to an infinite variety of experimentation and tampering. 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