No Christian clergyman should ever sign a state marriage license. (Yes, perform the religious ceremony...but keep it distinct from the State registration process)
If they don’t, there is going to be some court case at some point in time ordering clergy to perform “same sex marriages”. The justification being that they act as an agent of the State when they sign the licenses and, therefore, are not allowed to discriminate against that “protected class.”
I am 100% certain about the above happening within the next 5-10 years. I am almost as certain that the same court will not allow them to stop signing licenses, as in doing so, they would be attempting to thwart the court’s decision.
And, no, I’m not holding my breath waiting for any clergyman (much less Catholic clergy) to take my advice.
I’ve wondered if we will wait for “the other shoe to drop” so to speak, on marriage and churches.
Now that we are on the way to institutionalizing homosexual marriage, will they start suing churches which don’t perform such marriages?
Are there any mainstream Judeo-Christian religions which perform homosexual marriages???
Once the liberals have forced 50 state homosexual marriage on us, I would expect that’s when they will make their move and start suing churches. I hope I am wrong, and that they leave churches alone. But the liberals, who have disdain for religion for other reasons, may not let this issue alone. They may want to force homosexuality on every area of society including churches.
Yes, especially since they normally include saying ‘by the power invested in me by the state of ...., I know pronounce you man and wife.”