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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
My first thought - Good! Catholic priests have been forcing all kinds of crap on people for a thousand years. Time for a little payback. If a priest is going to be a bigot, they should be forced to deal with it.
A more rational thought is - why would anyone want do this? Because they want to make a life long bond with a loved one in a church where they wouldn't be welcomed? I doubt it.
People get married for a lot of reasons. Love being the big one. It may not last, but most weddings are a time of celebration.
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I honestly don't see it as the priest being a bigot. It is against the Catholic faith to have same sex marriages. There will be plenty of places that will perform these ceremonies, why should the priest/rabbi/etc... have to perform a service against their beliefs. Many priests won't marry people who have not had prior marriages annulled by the church should we force them to do those marriages too? The priests still have the same rights as before...