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Originally Posted by buggyone
Do the posters on here believe that a civil wedding performed by a judge or a justice of the peace between two straight people (man and woman) is a real marriage or does it have to be performed in a church to be a real marriage?
As far as I know, every state recognizes a civil wedding as a real marriage for all legal rights. This has NOTHING to do with a church.
Why not allow a gay or lesbian couple the same legal rights as a straight couple for civil weddings?
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Probably depends on the religion/culture/ethnicity of the people getting married whether or not you need a church wedding.
The US Constitution's Freedom of Religion clause should protect churches from having to perform weddings that do not agree with their various doctrines. There are various churches that perform gay wedding ceremonies.