The Supreme Court clearly stated that no Church would be forced to marry a gay couple. Any priest or pastor should indeed have the right to turn away any couple they or the church don't feel comfortable marrying (gay or straight). Straight couples get married by JofP all the time. Shouldn't a gay couple have the same right? I'm just wondering (Familia) if this would be considered an alternate method of uniting, or do you just mean it should have a different name? I'm assuming they still technically call this marriage, even though they were not married in a church, but if they changed the name of a JofP marriage would that make you happy? Two consenting adults who want to commit their lives to each other, should have that right and I personally don't see any problem with that. I don't care if a church chooses not to marry them (that's their right), but they should be given some option.
I think we're all better off once we realize that not everyone has the same beliefs. It's not my right to judge and it's not my right to tell others what to believe. People have the right to believe that gay people shouldn't marry. People have the right to believe that my wife and I shouldn't be married because we're an interracial, interfaith couple, but more importantly, we still had the right to choose to get married. That may not have been the case had we lived during a different period of history, when traditions were different.
If a gay couple were to get married it wouldn't change the way I feel about my wife, my marriage or my faith. It wouldn't really affect me, other than I may be asked to attend a couple more weddings (unions) next summer.
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