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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
so if someone asks a liscensed minister (that is not necessarily a pastor of a church) to marry them..and gay marriage was legal...and the minister refused...are u saying he could not be sued and his license would still be intact??
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Well.. the way I think it SHOULD be is that gay marriage is not outlawed, and each church can decide whether they will marry gay couples. The churches should not be forced to marry people, and they should not be able to be sued because once again, I believe in a separation of church and state. If the churches want to discriminate against people they can -- it's their business. However, the government should stay out of it and should remain neutral. The gay couples can then get married in a different church, in a different state, at a temple or at a neutral locale. Their marriage would be recognized by the state.
(Well, that's what I think would have the best chance of working. What I *really* think should happen is that gay couples are given all of the same rights as straight couples and interracial couples. Gays can get married anywhere straight/interracial marriages would be able to, and should be given the same respect as straight/interracial marriages should. Religious beliefs have zero place in government, regardless of whether they are the majority or not. Then again.. that's just my [radical, as of the results of this 2004 election] opinion.....
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