With Gay marriage now being made legal in 6 states, what should be the reaction to a minister refusing to perform the ceremony?
With Gay marriage now being made legal in 6 states, what should be the reaction to a minister refusing to perform the ceremony?
I posted this to see what reaction it would have. So far I'm getting some interesting answers.
I posted this to see what reaction it would have. So far I'm getting some interesting answers.
The question is uninteresting. You do know that ministers are allowed to refuse to marry someone based on religious discrimination? They can't be forced to perform any ceremony from baptism to a funeral.
To be fair, I think his question is more what do you think should happen and not what would actually happen. I think he's looking for your personal opinion as to whether or not a church should be forced to perform gay marriages, which is a different question from what you believe would or would not actually happen.
Not an issue as long as we have a first amendment.
all it takes is making this group a protective class, and the 1str amendment doesn't apply. I highly doubt clergy could openly use race as a factor in not performing a ceremony any longer, so I could see this eventually coming to pass too.
With Gay marriage now being made legal in 6 states, what should be the reaction to a minister refusing to perform the ceremony?
all it takes is making this group a protective class, and the 1str amendment doesn't apply. I highly doubt clergy could openly use race as a factor in not performing a ceremony any longer, so I could see this eventually coming to pass too.
You're comparing apples to oranges.
Plus, the last thing we need in this country is another protected class. Damn!!
Orientation is already protected in the same manner as race and gender.
But not on the level of what ARealconservative is suggesting.
Nobody is, nor can be.
which church today outlaws interracial ceremonies?
all it takes is making this group a protective class, and the 1str amendment doesn't apply. I highly doubt clergy could openly use race as a factor in not performing a ceremony any longer, so I could see this eventually coming to pass too.
The question should be "which church can refuse to perform an interracial ceremony?".
You are wrong. Age, faith and sex are all protected classes yet churches are allowed to discriminate against them if the discrimination relates to the practice of their religion. There have been cases of age discrimination dismissed based on the ministerial exception. Why do you think Catholics are allowed to discriminate against women in choosing priest? Or for that matter, why would they be allowed to discriminate against priests of a different faith?
This is not a controversial matter and is well established in the law.