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NightWatcher

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5. No church has ever been required to marry anyone

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 05:21 PM

Sep 2013

The "church" has dick to do with marriage. They are free to perform ceremonies for their members, once they obtain a state license.

The Mormon "church" hates gays and wishes to deny them civil rights. They don't care about the ceremony. They hate gays.

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