I don't know how to use big type, so I'll try all caps.
DO PUBLIC OFFICIALS INCLUDE ALL CLERGY, INCLUDING CATHOLIC PRIESTS, OR DOES IT REFER TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS? IF IT REFERS TO CLERGY, THEN WHAT WAS THE EPISCOPAL PRIEST TALKING ABOUT?
In any case, America is both much more religious than Canada and has the 1st Amendment. I repeat my question: can you conceive of the government forcing a Catholic priest to marry a Catholic and a Jew within a Catholic church? Why or why not? Note that discrimination on the basis of religion is illegal in public accommodations right now by federal law.
He wanted to have a law passed forcing all clergy to perform "gay marriages".
Also, why should public officials be forced to perform a marriage for anyone? Just because someone has the authority to perform an offcial act should not imply that they have no discretion. Are the only people who have any right leftist activists?