1. As author Stephen Bransford has observed, at best these kinds of allowances for church impunity against enforcement of "gay rights" laws place churches and religious organizations in an unflattering public light. Gay militants are able to continue attacking the church as "the only institution in society that is allowed to `discriminate against gays,'" and other such disinformation.
2. Parachurch ministries are usually not protected at all under "gay rights" bills with "religious exceptions." Non-compliance clauses customarily written into these bills by gay militants most often say something like: "Religious organizations need not hire individuals not of their denominations. Most parachurch organizations are non-denominational, i.e., denominational affiliation is not a condition of employment. Therefore, these organizations have no real protection from the threat of "discrimination" lawsuits for refusing to hire gay individuals.
3. Anyone may conceal his/her "sexual orientation," meet membership requirements in a denominational church, then suddenly claim to be gay and demand church employment. As most "gay rights" laws' "religious exceptions" are phrased, denominational churches thus enjoy no real protection against the threat of gay militancy.
4. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Bob Jones University vs. Simon (1983), ruled that the beliefs of any tax-exempt religious organization must be "approved by public policy" in order for an organization to retain tax-exempt status. According to Constitutional attorneys, this may well mean that, under the guise of "preventing religious subsidies" the Federal government has the power to completely regulate religious beliefs according to Federal dictates. If gays gain inclusion in the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- or some other new gay-protective federal legislation is enacted -- promotion of the militant gay political agenda will be the "public policy" of the United States. In that event, any "gay rights" bill "religious exceptions" will splinter like balsa-wood in a hurricane.

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