RE: Ministers Threatened with Jail/Fines For Refusing to Officiate at Gay Weddings
October 23, 2014 at 2:39 pm
(This post was last modified: October 23, 2014 at 2:41 pm by Jenny A.)
(October 23, 2014 at 1:20 pm)Chas Wrote: Everyone seems to have lost sight of the fact that this wasn't a church, it was a business open to the public.
And it was a business that offered civil (non-religious) ceremonies.
The point of law that is being invoked is that a business cannot discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation.
No one is suggesting that churches must allow anyone to marry in their churches. They are not businesses and not subject to the same regulation.
It a business engaged in religious services conducted by two ministers. I don't see how or whether they are paid or not has much of anything to do with it except that the Idaho Anti-discrimination law takes that into account. The Idaho RFRA does not. Why should religious practice, or freedom from religious practice depend upon profit?.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
