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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket
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There is an important difference between religious marriage and civil marriage. Religious groups and clergy members have a constitutionally protected right to recognize or refuse to recognize religious marriages based on the tenets of their particular faith. That has not changed and will not change (if Prop 8 is voted down). But the government can't treat same-sex couples differently when issuing civil marriage licenses or solemnizing civil marriages.
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Thank you. While it is not an official, cited source, it does provide a solid answer.
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
That's not what is at issue, however. The point is that the church of LDS retains the right to refuse to perform a marriage if they don't want to.
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To be honest, I believe that churches (not just LDS) should be able to retain the right to refuse to perform a Constitutionally legal marriage.