re: Indiana Religious Freedom Bill

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Churches can refuse to perform wedding ceremonies for anyone, with impunity. If, however, a licensed wedding business is being operated out of churches, it is subject to taxation and civil rights laws as is any other enterprise. "Donations" rather than payments are usually used to get around the legalese. I can't see that changing after the Supremes rule on gay marriage in June.

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You have far more faith in the Court taking a strict-constructionist view of this than I do. With the right mixture of justices (and I dare say we are close to such a group), the Court would be willing to move to set precedent that churches cannot discriminate in any way. There is already a significant push to tax churches - I see this as a natural extension of that line of thinking.