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12 Jun 2012, 1:59 am by Adam Wagner
Gay marriage on the way… but not quite yet Will churches really be sued for not allowing civil partnerships? [read post]
19 Jun 2011, 12:52 pm by Associated Press
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A growing number of pastors in the United Methodist Church say they’re no longer willing to obey a church rule that prohibits them from officiating at same-sex marriages, despite the potential threat of being disciplined or dismissed from the church. [read post]
24 Mar 2019, 5:52 am by Russell D. Knight
In the old days, folks would just get married in a church, jump a broom, or just start living together. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:39 pm
Which raises the question: why is the Church even bothering to have anything to do with civil marriages? [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 5:37 am
(In case you're wondering, this has nothing to do with oil and gas. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 4:25 am by Timothy P. Flynn
 In addition to the above, which a good litigator can fit to almost any circumstance, there is the possibility of an annulment, set forth at §1629 of the catechism:For this reason (or for other reasons that render the marriage null and void) the Church, after an examination of the situation by the competent ecclesiastical tribunal, can declare the nullity of a marriage, i.e. that the marriage never existed. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 2:21 pm
If you have a church, a mosque, or a synagogue, and you're following your faith, and you refuse to perform a same-sex marriage, because it's outside the tenets of your faith. [read post]
27 Apr 2022, 5:01 am by Lael Weinberger
What mattered was whether particular substantive issues—theft, marriage, baptism—belonged in the jurisdiction of the church or of the state. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 10:38 pm
That would have meant authorizing same-sex partnered clergy and bishops, same-sex marriage blessings and church ceremonies, and all the miasma that ensues from such endless appeasing of the current culture. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 6:04 am by Family Law
From The New York Times: Facing millions of divorced Catholics around the world, many of whom express frustration over their status in the church, the Vatican has begun a remarkable re-examination of the church’s treatment of worshipers whose marriages have... [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 8:23 pm by Mae Kuykendall
  Licensing emerged in the U.S. as an improvised replacement, given the lack of a state church to supervise a regime of banns. [read post]
19 May 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
A specific provision in the legislation we're going to bring in if and when the referendum is passed would mean a Catholic priest, for example, will not be required to solemnise for example, the marriage of a same-sex couple. [read post]
31 Mar 2013, 10:13 am
And sometimes there is a disconnect – between what they’re going through and what Jesus and his Church is teaching. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 6:00 am by Family Law
From USA Today: Pope Francis on Sunday opened a three-week meeting of world bishops divided over divorce, homosexuality and cohabitation by re-affirming marriage as a sacred bond between a man and woman, while also gently saying the church should "seek... [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 6:04 pm by Irene C. Olszewski, Esq.
NOM is hopping mad at the Republicans who voted for gay marriage in New York and they’re  going after them in force. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Our country’s founding principles speak of rights given by God, not invented by government, and certain noble values – life, home, family, marriage, children, faith – that are protected, not re-defined, by a state presuming omnipotence.Please, not here! [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 8:30 am by azatty
Later, to complicate things, the Catholic Church tweaked the calendar again, baffling us and showing what can happen in church–state mashups. [read post]