Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
Sorry, I didn't realize that you were limiting your statements to the U.S. But I still believe your fears are far-fetched. I think that in the U.S. in particular, that "wall of separation between church and state" that many conservatives rail against as being artificial and not interpreted correctly would actually work in their favor in such a court case. I think any U.S. judge would be loathe to start ruling that churches must alter their theology to suit law.
I disagree. There's plenty of precedence of the courts stepping in and dictating to private organizations what they can and cannot employ as policies. This is the whole segregation argument, and courts have never respected the difference between public and private organizations when ordering an end to segregation (I would argue they have a responsiblity in the former, they have no standing in the latter).