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bioemerl  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Religious Freedom - HELP ME

    Should a minister be compelled to perform what they believe is a sacred ordinance?

I don't think so.

The argument I gave in a different area is the idea that you cannot selectively give service to X group, but not Y.

However, in this case, the "service" is the people in some way. A religious ceremony is tied to belief, and tied to the church, the moral system, and so on. To mandate they act a certain way, within a church, isn't right.

So long as the state will provide a courthouse and a secular leader to mandate the marriage, and gay people are allowed to form their own churches that can perform the ceremonies, then I think this is fine to allow discrimination on.