Spaceman_Spiff
Active member
- Joined
- May 16, 2009
- Messages
- 275
- Reaction score
- 107
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Moderate
Whenever the issues of gay marriage and the freedom of religion are discussed it is always in the context of whether allowing gay marriage will infringe on the beliefs of a church that may find it sinful. But with this thread I want to go in another direction.
Growing up I attended a church that was a member of the United Church of Christ, one of the more liberal branches of Protestantism. A few years the UCC as an organization declared that it would recognize gay marriage and churches could perform them if they chose to do so. Yet I live in Illinois, a state that recognizes many rights to gay couples but still has a law that makes gay marriage illegal. So even if my minister wanted to have a wedding ceremony for a gay couple, the law would prohibit them.
Can this be considered an infringement on my church's religious freedom?
Growing up I attended a church that was a member of the United Church of Christ, one of the more liberal branches of Protestantism. A few years the UCC as an organization declared that it would recognize gay marriage and churches could perform them if they chose to do so. Yet I live in Illinois, a state that recognizes many rights to gay couples but still has a law that makes gay marriage illegal. So even if my minister wanted to have a wedding ceremony for a gay couple, the law would prohibit them.
Can this be considered an infringement on my church's religious freedom?
Last edited: