(January 4, 2014 at 11:49 pm)là bạn điên Wrote: I'm going to break ranks here and state that there IS a chance that Christians will be forced to marry Gay people in churches. I don't know about the USA but the UK submits to the European court of Human rights which acts 'legislating' from the bench. It is a distinct possibility that once Gay marriage becomes The norm throughout Europe that a group will bring a case to the ECHR demanding an end to discrimination by churches against gay people and the case will be upheld which will lead to certain unwanted circumstances. I think churches SHOULD be able to refuse gay marriage BUT in the UK Anglican(episcopalian) churches should have to allow gay marriage even if certain Ministers may refuse to conduct them.
If I was a Christian minister, I would have to refuse to marry a gay couple or whomever I believed to be marrying against my beliefs and accept the consequences. I could allow for others to do so, but shouldn't be forced to do so myself.
