NC Official Sues To Privatize Marriage

[Rael]

Guilford Official Challenges NC Marriage Law

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Guilford County Register of Deeds has filed a lawsuit seeking to put North Carolina out of the marriage licensing business.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported that Jeff Thigpen's lawsuit contends the state has no constitutional authority to either require marriage licenses of heterosexual couples or forbid them to same-sex couples.

Thigpen, along with ministers and other residents who signed on as plaintiffs, say the current laws make members of the clergy agents of the state by requiring them to obtain licenses when performing marriage ceremonies.

The complaint says the state should have virtually no role whatsoever in marriage.

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Roy Cooper, who represents the state in lawsuits filed against it, said Wednesday the office has no comment on the lawsuit.

http://www.wxii12.com/news/29998017/detail.html

 

[BuddyRey]

Nice! My home state!

I hope this picks up some support.

 

[olehounddog]

Nice! My home state!

I hope this picks up some support.

same here

 

[Staupostek]

If conservatives really believed that marriage was a sacred institution they wouldn't insist that the secular government dictate to churches how they perform those sacred acts. What's next, the government decides who can receive communion, which is another sacred institution for most churches?

 

[jmdrake]

If conservatives really believed that marriage was a sacred institution they wouldn't insist that the secular government dictate to churches how they perform those sacred acts. What's next, the government decides who can receive communion, which is another sacred institution for most churches?

Exactly. I might add that with the growing strength of the "gay marriage" movement, you might get conservatives to sign on to kicking the state out of marriage altogether.

 

[aGameOfThrones]

Marriage Licenses: The Real Truth

 

[Rael]

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