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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Dec 9 2004, 07:10 PM
BleedingRed said:
They can argue that since gay marriage is legal, refusing to perform the ceremony is descriminatory and illegal (they will lose since for example RC priests can refuse to marry a couple where one spouse is not RC)
That covers that argument right there. Churches, all of them, have always been allowed to refuse to marry people. I'm not even allowed in the building in Cardston if I want to get married (to a woman) there, let alone convince someone to marry me to another man.
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I think the difference is that you won't take them to court. I do not know if the "Church's right to refuse" has ever been challanged in court. Most people think ok he won't marry us and we can't get married there - we will just get married by a JP in the park. Then there is the issue of religious grounds (two different faiths) vs sexuality (same religion and same sex).
Just because we would never think of going to court over this don't think someone else has - just so they can get headlines and make a point.