Churches seek legal protection from same-sex activists
Allie Martin
OneNewsNow
7/15/2008
Pastors in California are learning how to avoid lawsuits in the wake of the legalization of same-sex "marriage" in that state.
Legal briefings being conducted by the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) are meant to give practical counsel to pastors to limit legal liability to churches as they face requests to perform same-sex ceremonies. PJI president Brad Dacus says the Supreme Court's ruling caught many pastors by surprise.
"Pastors need to amend their policies and their statement of faith on a number of different issues, including events that are put on, who puts them on, the qualifications of the people participating in those events or marriage ceremonies, the usage of their facilities," Dacus contends. "They need to have real tight policies in place." the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 2:12 PM
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This is ridiculous alarmism. The Catholic church has been prohibiting divorced couples from marrying in their churches for years. Mormons allow only members in good standing to marry in their temples.
Churches will still be able to deny marriage to anyone they wish, as long as we are talking about private church facilities, not public accommodations that may happen to be owned by churches.
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