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1. No religious organization or religious official (that is a person holding a religious office, not an official who happens to be religious) will be forced, by law, to officiate a wedding that violates the religion of the organization or the religion.
We know this to be the case not only because of our constitution, but because we have a prior example to show the contrary. We have Loving-v-State of Virginia. Since that ruling, force of law has not forced any church to perform an interracial marraige against the will of either that church or the officiating cleric. The law will not force this on you.
To counter this, churches that have refused to officiate interracial marriages have lost members, lost social standing, been marginalized as bigoted, etc. But, these are social costs, not legal costs. Social costs are a part of living in a society. If you do not want to pay the social costs for your position, make a better case for it.
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We know this to be the case not only because of our constitution, but because we have a prior example to show the contrary. We have Loving-v-State of Virginia. Since that ruling, force of law has not forced any church to perform an interracial marraige against the will of either that church or the officiating cleric. The law will not force this on you.
To counter this, churches that have refused to officiate interracial marriages have lost members, lost social standing, been marginalized as bigoted, etc. But, these are social costs, not legal costs. Social costs are a part of living in a society. If you do not want to pay the social costs for your position, make a better case for it.
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