Saturday, June 28, 2003

I have no problem with putting a clause in the same-sex marriage legislation that will allow religious institutions not to perform same-sex marriages if they don't want to. But it would be so much classier not to mention the genders or sexual orientations of the happy couple when legislating this. Instead of specifying that this is intended specifically for the case of same-sex marriage, they should put a more broadly-worded clause that a religious institution does not have to marry a couple if they feel that performing this particular marriage would not conform to the moral or community standards of their religion. Yes, this does allow the religious institutions to not perform marriage for a myriad of other reasons, but there are always civil marriages, and why would you want to be married by a religious institution that doesn't support your marriage anyway?

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