6. Neither of the Supreme Court’s rulings questioned or limited the right of churches to deny use of their facilities:
For the performance of same-sex or any other form of marriage in violation of church doctrine.
7. Nothing in either of the Supreme Court’s two rulings suggests that churches that are doctrinally opposed to same-sex marriages should add a provision to their bylaws.
Or other governing document defining marriage as a union between a man and woman. Doing so is not inappropriate, and may be warranted based on future rulings by the Supreme Court and other state and federal courts, but for now there is no compelling reason to do so based on existing precedent.
Being aware of the details of the rulings will help church leaders’ perspectives when deciphering reality from emotional reaction to this weeks’ rulings, and future ones.
