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Regardless of your views on whether same-sex "marriage" should be legal or not, if a law passes granting same-sex couples the right to marry, who should be able to refuse to perform such marriages based on their moral objections?
Anyone except any person who is paid by the state to perform the duty, if gay marriage is legal in a state then a state employee shouldn't be able to refuse performing that service for them since it's a legal matter and not a religious matter. Nobody is being forced to attend a religious ceremony but if a gay couple comes to a justice of the peace or any gov. office for a marriage cert. then whoever is working there should be force to provide them that service or they should be fired.
Yes. With the exception of emergency medical services.
At least you're consistent.
I think it would be a very bad idea. Some races wouldn't be allowed to eat with others in some restaurants. Some religions wouldn't be excluded from some stores.... Not a good precedent to start.
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Who should be able to refuse to marry same-sex couples?
