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Originally Posted by Wagner
Well you can't force people to commit a religious ceremony with something that defies their religion. Sometime liberals can take a chunk out of their own rear.
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Agree and Disagree.
Yes, Marriage can be a religious ceremony. But it is not exclusively a religious ceremony. It is also a state recognized contract between two people.
Like it or not, as much value as we want to put on marriage as it pertains to being this RELIGIOUS affair, it is EQUALLY a business contract.
If it were not a business contract, then there would be no state recognized divorce, alimony, prenuptial agreements, etc.
So my question is, if an official who is against the religious idea of gay marriage is allowed to, opt out. Then what is to keep a judge from opting out of performing a gay divorce?
And also, the officials who handle the marriage, are not the officials who handle the religious part. That would be a priest, rabbi, etc. who does the religious ceremony, which is different than what happens in city hall.