I think the last sentence says it all.

RFRA ... sorta riff-raffy?

If the tax preparer attended our denomination, she might not agree, but she'd find that they'll marry gay couples.

We have quite a large number of gay clergy, and various leaders, as well. Quite a few of our clergy and leaders are female, as well.

Maybe we'll be shunted to a different territory in heaven? (If we may be lucky/pure/legitimate enough to get in the gate)?

Can't offer any info re U. S. income tax, but if the couple who got service from their preparer prior to marriage were in Canada, maybe I could offer a suggestion or two to enable them to pay less, next year.

o j

Geez.... "really"!? It's a tax business.

(I need to lower my expectations of peoples behavior)

Like Alisande said.

It's no different than that woman in Kentucky who refused to sign a marriage license for a gay couple - which is legal for them to get. If your work has you dealing with the general public, you should treat everyone equally. Period.

You would think that people would want as much business as possible, they are now going to not only lose all the gay people who might have used their business but everyone else who thinks they are backwards in their thinking. If you don't want to do your job, like in the woman from Ky mentioned above, you shouldn't be working in a government job.

Geez, I never understand this sort of discrimination.

If she believes same sex marriage is wrong, then she shouldn't get married to someone of the same sex. That's the only place her religious beliefs should come into play.

How is having one's tax return done not respectful of the preparer's religious beliefs? Strange.

I can be sympathetic to someone who doesn't want his/her work to support or be a part of a religious rite that his/her own beliefs condemn -- but this doesn't fall into that territory. I don't support this refusal. I wonder if they would refuse to prepare the return of an unmarried mother as well. I doubt it.

"a religious rite that his/her own beliefs condemn"

Wow, this brought me out of the grandstands. I agree with raee, this doesn't exactly fall into that territory, but that territory doesn't exist. Are you talking about the Taliban or other Muslim extremists, like Wahhabists, who condemn people of other beliefs?

I don't think there's any role of religion in this question, these two women weren't seeking a religious experience or practice.

There's also no place in the modern world for intolerance. Especially not to lead someone to think their arbitrary religious belief permits them to condemn others, discriminate against others, or to think they have the right to tell others what they should or shouldn't do.

I hope the good thinking people of this area demonstrate and boycott this business.