re: Govt tells Christian ministers: Perform same-sex weddings or face jail, fines

quote:

---

There is no way that story is true. Toddy assured us for years that churches and ministers would not be forced to marry homosexuals.

---

It hasn't happened. This isn't a church. And no gay couple has asked to be married by these ministers or in their "chapel".

The city attorney told them that since they run a for profit business and the city has a public accommodation law the chapel may fall under it:

quote:

---

“If you turn away a gay couple, refuse to provide services for them, then in theory you violated our code and you’re looking at a potential misdemeanor citation,” Wilson said.

---

It's not clear if he meant they'd have to officiate. But in any case it's an opinion of a city attorney attempting to give advice on his interpretation of the law and he used the words "in theory". I think the plaintiffs here are jumping the gun. And I doubt any judge would force a minister to perform a gay wedding... And that's what we said.