Not going to debate this too much as I don't have strong feelings on it one way or another...
If the church allows the religious ceremony to those not of faith (which I am sure they disapprove of) then they should allow the ceremony to gays. This fact makes it hypocritical and exclusionary. If they revoked the ceremony for people not of faith then there shouldn't be an issue but I am fairly certain it would persist.
Economics say this won't happen. Churches have far less to lose by excluding gays than non-believers.
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