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Originally Posted by wolf
If the government makes gay marriage the law of the land, then they are getting into the business of religion, because what happens to my hypothetical church if I refuse to perform ceremonies for gay couples because it's against the tenets of my religion?
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Nothing. Any church can refuse to marry anyone they want.
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Originally Posted by wolf
The point I'm trying to make is that individual religions will likely NOT be permitted to make a definition different from what the government legislates.
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They already do. Churches refuse to marry plenty of people. Catholics, in particular, won't marry divorced people. The government will.
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If gay marriage is the law of the land, and a church denies that status, then the church would be liable to charges of discrimination, accused of hate crimes, etc.
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Liable, perhaps, but only in the court of public opinion.
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Would enforcement of gay marriage within a church also apply to Muslims?
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There would be no "enforcement of gay marriage within a church". There would be recognition of gay marriage, whether it was performed in a church or not. And if a progressive Mosque performed gay marriages, then they would indeed be recognized.