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re: Govt tells Christian ministers: Perform same-sex weddings or face jail, fines
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:02 pm to Cruiserhog
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:02 pm to Cruiserhog
If the issue is whether the chapel must allow for gay weddings and there is no history of a particular religious service at the chapel (meaning Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, atheists are welcome), do they rent it out for parties, festivals etc.? then I can see how a court might require that the building itself must be available to gay weddings as well since their argument that a gay wedding conflicts with their beliefs loses it's credibility. Even if that's the case I believe the ministers themselves wouldn't be required to officiate.
But I don't know the history of the chapel.
It will come down to a balancing tests of the chapel owners 1st Amendment rights and governmental interest. Sort of like when when the Catholic Church runs an adoption agency. They're not treated the same when they're operating as an adoption agency as they are when they're strictly church.
But again, I can't see how a minister would ever be required to perform the ceremony. The building itself is a question (again I don't know what kind of hall it's is) and that may be what the city atty was referring to.
I still think in these cases both the bigots and the pushy gays are trying to get attention and have agendas. Life's too short. You want to make a statement, streak down Main Street, hang a banner from a building or just post on a message board.
But I don't know the history of the chapel.
It will come down to a balancing tests of the chapel owners 1st Amendment rights and governmental interest. Sort of like when when the Catholic Church runs an adoption agency. They're not treated the same when they're operating as an adoption agency as they are when they're strictly church.
But again, I can't see how a minister would ever be required to perform the ceremony. The building itself is a question (again I don't know what kind of hall it's is) and that may be what the city atty was referring to.
I still think in these cases both the bigots and the pushy gays are trying to get attention and have agendas. Life's too short. You want to make a statement, streak down Main Street, hang a banner from a building or just post on a message board.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 8:05 pm
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