ULC Ordination, part 2
Nov. 21st, 2011 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Joanna Grossman has posted the second part of her column on the (in)validity of ULC marriages, which I first mentioned a bit ago.
New York state is one of four states identified as having challenges and potential legal problems for ULC marriages.
Joanna Grossman has posted the second part of her column on the (in)validity of ULC marriages, which I first mentioned a bit ago.
New York state is one of four states identified as having challenges and potential legal problems for ULC marriages.
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Date: 2011-11-21 04:00 pm (UTC)But these cases also raise an important question: Should state legislatures be in the business of delegating a legal function to religious officials in the first place? And, if they do, should they pick and choose among religions or among “ministers” within those religions? Arguably, the answer to both questions is no.
is one that I think will terrify people on the religious right side of the gay marriage fight.
They have, from what I have seen (but not able to cite it) expressed a lot of concern about a requirement for civil marriage in addition to clergy based ones, fearing this is the road to the godless communism of France.