@townie_guy Said
You know and I know you aint talking about Christian Marraige. Same as your not talking about Islam Marraige. Or a Wiccan Marraige(Im sure they exist).
And I think the church need to learn the seperation as well. As I said earlier I think its this little point where all the tension lies.
There is actually someone mentioning on this thread about Churches being forced by law to perform Civil Marraiges in a church, if they dont they will be shut for discrimination.
If someones belief dosnt agree with something, it cant really be changed. I know that the CHurch break other christian values however that is THERE business.
If you walk into a church that you're not a member of, and it's a different denomination than yours, and the minister, or preacher, or priest has never met you and the woman you've got on your arm, does he have to marry you?
Of course not. Churches deny marriage all the time, and it's perfectly legal for them to do it. In order to have a ceremony in a church you have to abide by the rules of the church, and if you don't, they won't perform the ceremony.
So, if a church doesn't recognize same sex marriage as valid, then they're not going to marry same sex couples. s***.. churches here can still refuse to perform interracial marriages if they want.. They can refuse to perform a ceremony simply because they don't get a good "vibe" from the couple.
All this "Gays are going to sue the church and put them out of business" is bulls***, because it won't and CAN'T happen.. The people who say things like that simply don't have a big enough pair of balls to say what they really mean, which is "Gay can't get married because I don't like the thought of it".