Following his interview with Franklin Graham this morning in which Graham warned that the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage will lead to persecution of Christians and, ultimately, God unleashing His judgment upon America, Fox News commentator Todd Starnes shared his own dire predictions about what is to come.

“Gay rights now trump religious liberty,” Starnes stated, utterly ignoring the actual language of the ruling. “If you think the cultural purging of the southern states has been breathtaking, wait until you see what the activists are about to unleash on the American Christians. Churches and faith-based organizations should prepare to be hit with lawsuits and government investigations. Pastors who refuse to perform gay marriage and preach from the Bible should prepare for hate crime charges. All dissent will be silenced.”

Starnes went on to predict that Christians all over the nation will rise up in defiance of the ruling because if they are “given the choice of obeying God or the government, I believe Christians will obey God even if there is Hell to pay.”