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The Danish Folketing is expected to approve equal marriage laws today with majorities in both its left-wing and centre-right parliamentary blocs.
Gay couples will be able to marry in churches of their choice but priests will not be obliged to perform weddings. They would, however, need to help the couple find a priest who would marry them at the church.
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Originally Posted by LindavG
That's great, about time! We have a similar arrangement in the Netherlands (priests not obliged to marry but need to find someone who does).
No you don't: NL only recognizes civil marriages and they don't recognize religious marriages.
Church marriage doesn't hold any legal value in NL, and as such, priests have all the right to not marry you, as it is just a private little ceremony between you and the higher power of your choice.
As such, you're mixing the priests up with civil servants, who actually do the legal marriage in city hall. Every municipality is obliged to have at least one civil servant working for them who has no moral objections against marrying two people of the same gender.
The Danish Folketing is expected to approve equal marriage laws today with majorities in both its left-wing and centre-right parliamentary blocs.
Gay couples will be able to marry in churches of their choice but priests will not be obliged to perform weddings. They would, however, need to help the couple find a priest who would marry them at the church.
I would have thought that Denmark would have long ago passed something like this?
They were one of the first to recognize civil unions about 23 years ago. My favorite country of all time and they just beat Netherlands (second favorite) in the Euro Cup.
They were one of the first to recognize civil unions about 23 years ago. My favorite country of all time and they just beat Netherlands (second favorite) in the Euro Cup.
They were lucky we missed like 20+ chances, hit the bar and were denied a clear penalty
The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage, doesn't that count for something?
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Originally Posted by Proterra
No you don't: NL only recognizes civil marriages and they don't recognize religious marriages.
Church marriage doesn't hold any legal value in NL, and as such, priests have all the right to not marry you, as it is just a private little ceremony between you and the higher power of your choice.
As such, you're mixing the priests up with civil servants, who actually do the legal marriage in city hall. Every municipality is obliged to have at least one civil servant working for them who has no moral objections against marrying two people of the same gender.
Sorry, you're correct. I seemed to remember something about officials not being obliged to marry gays but needing to find someone who does and I always assumed this referred to priests but it's actually about registrars.
They were lucky we missed like 20+ chances, hit the bar and were denied a clear penalty
The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage, doesn't that count for something?
I don't have cable TV but I have a Danish and a Dutch colleagues and the one that was giggly today was...guess who? It was hilarious because on Friday, my Danish colleague thought they were in a very tough bracket and he even made fun of his own team.
I think the Netherlands are the coolest country in the world. You are very fortunate to live there.
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We have a similar arrangement in the Netherlands (priests not obliged to marry but need to find someone who does).
