Writer's Block: Church and State
Jan. 4th, 2009 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Absolutely not.
Now, I fully support the right of a Church choose who they perform a religious marriage ceremony for. The church has the right to deny a ceremony to whomever they please, and I support that right. If a church wants to refuse to have a wedding in their church because they don't like the bride's dress, they can. That's fine.
However, I don't believe the government should dictate who enters into a legal marriage contract and gets a marriage license with all the rights and privileges that go with it.
These are two different things.
Absolutely not.
Now, I fully support the right of a Church choose who they perform a religious marriage ceremony for. The church has the right to deny a ceremony to whomever they please, and I support that right. If a church wants to refuse to have a wedding in their church because they don't like the bride's dress, they can. That's fine.
However, I don't believe the government should dictate who enters into a legal marriage contract and gets a marriage license with all the rights and privileges that go with it.
These are two different things.
