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Legendary_Wombat t1_iydoi45 wrote

They voted against forcing churches to perform them. I thought we were supposed to honor the separation between church and state.

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LifeRocks114 t1_iydqeff wrote

because it was already in the language of the bill that religious organizations don't have to recognize them. As in, the very bill they voted against already had a religious exemption in it

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CashBanoocasBack t1_iydqx9n wrote

Except this bill doesn't force religious institutions to perform any such service. This is about legally recognizing these marriages.

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From the text of the bill:

SEC. 6. NO IMPACT ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND CONSCIENCE.

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(b) Goods Or Services.—Consistent with the First Amendment to the Constitution, nonprofit religious organizations, including churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, nondenominational ministries, interdenominational and ecumenical organizations, mission organizations, faith-based social agencies, religious educational institutions, and nonprofit entities whose principal purpose is the study, practice, or advancement of religion, and any employee of such an organization, shall not be required to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges for the solemnization or celebration of a marriage. Any refusal under this subsection to provide such services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges shall not create any civil claim or cause of action.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404/text

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