This has always been the end game in the Democrat’s radical left agenda. Why did so many evangelicals vote for Trump in 2016 despite his obvious and disturbing moral flaws and racial insensitivity (81% among white evangelicals)? This is why. O’Rourke was not alone in this insane attack. Cory Booker and Julian Castro voiced the same opinion.
Churches barely staying above water, unable to pay their ministers a living salary and often unable to provide them with desperately needed medical coverage, will then have to pay taxes on all offerings and on their property and purchases. Donors supporting the great work of the Church will no longer be able to write off their charitable donations. This was checkmate from the start.
There is NOW OFFICIALLY an open declaration of war on all houses of faith: Christian, Muslim, Jewish - all who philosophically oppose same sex marriage on religious grounds. As the threat is now existential, clergy will now be UNABLE to remain silent. You ever heard of a red line? It has just been crossed.