How? It’s political suicide. Even if you win, you’d lose in the public’s eyes because you’d be labelled bigots and intolerant.
I’ve got to give props to California, they’ve said from the start that churches wouldn’t lose any of the tax benefits for refusing to perform same-sex marriages. It’s smart to head the issue off early but most don’t believe it because New Jersey said the same thing and now revokes tax-exempt status for refusing to perform the ceremonies.
It’s easier to prevent legislation than it is to reverse it which is why religious groups in California are fighting so hard. The first couple same-sex states really screwed it for the rest by pushing their beliefs and ways on others and suing for intolerance and discrimination when they met any form of honest and legitimate resistance. Had they just gone for unions with the same benefits and left it at that they’d have won nationwide recognition years ago but they just had to call it marriage and they just had to poke the religious-sector with a stick after winning and because of that they’ll probably never win nationally. You can’t royally *edited* off the largest groups of tax-exempt organizations in the country and honestly expect to still win <_>