Ag Delivers a Setback for Civil Unions [Corrected 01/15/07] ; Says Clergy May Opt Not to Perform Them
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 15, 2007
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Members of the clergy can't be compelled to solemnize gay civil unions, state Attorney General Stuart Rabner said in an opinion issued Thursday.
Rabner cited the state constitution and rulings in unrelated cases that found churches led by people with "sincerely held religious beliefs" were not subject to the state's antidiscrimination law.See the full content of this document
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Ag Delivers a Setback for Civil Unions [Corrected 01/15/07] ; Says Clergy May Opt Not to Perform Them
"If those beliefs preclude recognition of civil unions, a religious figure's refusal to solemnize civil unions, even if that ...
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