Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is prepared to protect churches in Maine from the opposition of homosexual advocates.
Earlier this month, voters in Maine overturned a bill passed by the legislature to legalize homosexual "marriage." ADF attorney Erik Stanley tells OneNewsNow what some activists have been murmuring in retaliation. "Maine Marriage Equality, which is a primary supporter of same-sex marriage in Maine, has recently asked its supporters to file IRS complaints against churches and religious organizations that were involved in defeating the same-sex marriage legislation in Maine just recently," Stanley reports. ADF issued a press release to churches in the state urging them not to be afraid of the Internal Revenue Service. Attorneys are also offering free legal assistance to any Maine church that is targeted by IRS complaints. Stanley says his legal firm is doing this "because pastors and churches have a right to speak freely about biblical truths and to even support directly legislative efforts such as Question 1, which was on the ballot in Maine and rejected same-sex marriage in that state. So churches and pastors have nothing to fear from the IRS or from any other state agency on this issue." The ADF attorney wants churches to know that they do not need to be concerned about this strategy because it amounts to nothing more than a frivolous intimidation tactic.
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