HERE’S THE MOTHERFUCKIN JURASSIC PARK THEME TO GET YOU THROUGH YOUR DAY. ENJOY
Let me elaborate
In the US, priests and rabbis and imams and ministers CAN NOT LEGALLY MARRY YOU. The State – each State within the Union – has laws. You apply for a license; the celebrant oversees its completion – like having witnesses sign, etc.
But a Catholic priest can perform as many Sacraments of Matrimony as he wants – and not a single one of those Catholic couples is married in law until that license is legally completed.
“Marriage equality” is about making sure those licenses are available to same-sex couples.
It has NEVER EVER BEEN about forcing religious leaders to perform marriage ceremonies within their religious traditions that they do not want to.
I DON’T WANT A CATHOLIC MARRIAGE. I don’t want to go to St. James Cathedral here in Seattle and forcing the Archbishop to marry me to the guy I want to marry (when I have said guy; position is still available).
The fact that the CHIEF JUSTICE of the SUPREME COURT of the UNITED STATES didn’t know this – that priests have no legal authority, that same-sex marriage has never been about FORCING THIS ISSUE – horrifies and nauseates me and DESTROYS my faith in the court to uphold the Constitution.
