(May 20, 2013 at 5:14 pm)ideologue08 Wrote: Well, the main reason I'm against gay marriage is the potential effect it might have on religious freedom, as I outlined in the first post. It is not acceptable for a gay couple to marry in mosques or to force an Imam or other religious figures to conduct such a ceremony. People can argue all they want how that isn't going to happen, but I see that happening, it's a very real possibility. The government have so far rejected all attempts by Muslim activists to apply the Church of England's exemption laws to Mosques.You realize the only reason the government can make exemption laws for the Church of England is because the Church of England is controlled partly by government, as in, the head of the Church is the head of state, right?
Besides, I'm not sure you quite understand the law being proposed. When passed, no religious organisations are required to host gay marriages. In fact, any religious organisation must choose to "opt-in" before being allowed to do so. So, mosques are exempt by default.
