Sentences with phrase «perform same sex»

Notable mandates: Counsel for the successful appellant at the Supreme Court of Canada in Housen v. Nikolaisen; counsel for Potash Corp. in matters relating to the expansion of its Rocanville mine; ongoing work in the restructuring of the pork industry, including CCAA proceedings and receiverships; acted for Northland Power in the development and construction of two gas - powered generating plants; represented Great Western Diamonds in its recent acquisition of the Brazilian operations of Santa Elina Mines; appointed as counsel by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to argue on a reference against the constitutionality of proposed legislation permitting marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same sex marriages.

If you were being told that legally you had to perform same sex marriages I would fight with you because it goes against your beliefs.

If someone tries to take your hunting rifles, or forces women to have abortions, or forces you to perform same sex marriages, then we get involved.

If you don't believe in it, don't perform a same sex ceremony.

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Proponents say such laws are necessary to give businesses run by owners with strong religious principles a legal exemption should they be asked to perform a service — such as cater or photograph a same - sex wedding — to which they object.

Within ten years, I expect — maybe even within five — one New England state or another will strip the power to issue civil - marriage licenses from clergy of churches that do not perform same - sex marriages.

Complainants, a same sex couple, alleged that they were unlawfully discriminated against when Respondent refused to perform their marriage.

You don't have to have a woman minister or a gay minister and you don't have to perform same - sex marriages.

Had he been seeking advice on how to embrace his same - sex attractions, perform sexually as a gay man, or develop a romantic homosexual relationship, he would have been welcomed.

Moreover, equating same - sex unions with marriage would be a terrible injustice to married men and women, who perform an indispensable service to the common good of society.

Same sex relationships should not be defined as equivalent to opposite sex relationships because, first and foremost, there is not a «unitive act» — marital act — that the couple can perform.

Within a decade — I may be too optimistic to suggest as long as a decade — denominations like the ELCA will declare a normative standard that their pastors must perform same - sex marriages.

- Jewish: Reform Judaism embraces same - sex marriage and rabbis can perform ceremonies.

- United Church of Christ: The United Church of Christ was the first mainstream Christian church to fully support same - sex marriage and perform marriage ceremonies.

- Quaker: The willingness to perform gay marriages varies by meetinghouse, but there is some acceptance and performance of same - sex marriages among Quakers.

The decision nullified bans on same - sex marriage as well as bans on official recognition of such marriages performed outside a state.

• In North Carolina, the state legislature passed a new law allowing magistrates and other officials to turn down gay couples, if those officials have a religious objection to performing a same - sex wedding.

The author of «The Message» translation of the bible has retracted his statement that he would perform a same - sex marriage if asked.

He said: «I presume I was asked this question because of my former career as a pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA), which recently affirmed homosexuality and began allowing its clergy to perform same - sex weddings.

The PCUSA, the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, voted to allow their clergy to perform same - sex marriages.

Schaefer could have avoided the trial by agreeing to never again perform a same - sex wedding, he refused because three of his children are gay.

To his discredit, Sherkat, a sociologist of religion who does not appear to have done any research on family and sexuality issues (but for a single article studying how religion and political affiliation affect views of same - sex marriage), nonetheless appoints himself a final referee of the merits of Regnerus's research — not a function he was asked to perform — and opines that it should not have been published.

Many pastors support civil marriages for same sex couples but would not perform the rite themselves.

All movements except Orthodoxy (which represents about 10 % of American Jews) now ordain gay and lesbian rabbis, and perform same - sex weddings.

According to DOMA, states are not required to recognize a same - sex marriage performed in another state, meaning these couples are not eligible for Social Security survivors» benefits, insurance for government employees, immigration status, filing of joint taxes and more.

By contrast, the Conservative seminaries now ordain homosexual men and women and some Conservative rabbis perform same - sex weddings.

Washington (CNN)- A preliminary U.S. Navy plan to allow its chaplains to perform same - sex marriages in military chapels after the end of «don't ask, don't tell» has fired up congressional opposition.

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters)- A U.S. appeals court on Friday denied Utah's bid to further block legal recognition of about 1,300 same - sex weddings performed after the state's gay marriage ban was briefly lifted by a federal judge in December.

He continued, «Studies performed in later pregnancy beyond the first trimester have shown a slight sex difference in the main level of this hormone, so that female pregnancies tend to have a slightly higher level of this hormone, and we speculated... that if the same sex difference in this hormone level exists in the early part of the pregnancy, and if this hormone is truly related to the occurrence of morning sickness, then we would perhaps expect an altered sex ratio among women suffering from severe nausea.»

If a same - sex parent is not listed on their child's birth certificate, it can sometimes prevent them from doing things like authorizing critical medical treatment or performing basic tasks such as enrolling their child in daycare, school, or extracurricular activities.

And attorneys general across the country have played a prominent role in promoting marriage equality, including in New York where Andrew Cuomo has defended the recognition of same - sex marriages performed out of state.

Here's Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. explaining to Erin Billups, of NY1, why he so vehemently opposed language in the revenue bill that recognized same - sex marriages performed outside the state in New York tax law.

-- Removal of the language that would recognize same - sex marriage legally performed outside New York in New York tax law.

One prominent legal commentator has argued that the case against the church, to force it to perform same - sex religious marriage, is «reasonable»; another has claimed that the church's argument is hysterical.

Amending the Equality Act 2010 to protect religious organizations and ministers from being sued for refusing to perform same - sex weddings; and

However, although the pre-disestablishment marriage law has been retained for the Welsh Church, including the putative right to be married in one's parish church, that right is abrogated by the third lock, which grants a conscience clause (and immunity from suit) to clergy who refuse to perform same - sex marriages.

One commentator called the church's argument that it might be forced to perform same - sex religious marriages «fanciful and neurotic».

Maryland absolutely does NOT recognize same sex marriages performed in other states.

Effective today, Kentucky will recognize as valid all same - sex marriages performed in other states and in Kentucky.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the only potential 2012 candidate who would be legal to perform same - sex marriages under the New York law that passed last week, walked a delicate line today in his first public comments on the topic, per the Daily News politics blog:

Supreme Court Judge Darrel Gavrin (front l.) completes marriage documents for Darryl Wong and Michael Kandel (r.), of Douglaston, who were one of the 90 couples to get married in Queens the first day same - sex marriages could be performed.

He says that way, same - sex marriages performed in New York and other states where it is legal, could be recognized in states that do not allow gay marriages, if one member of the couple works for a federal government agency or program.

In May 2008, Paterson issued a directive requiring all state agencies to recognize same - sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions for purposes of public benefits.

«Christopher Callaghan has attacked Comptroller Hevesi on several occasions for his office's recognition that marriages between same - sex couples performed in Canada must be treated the same as any other marriage when it comes to NYS retirement benefits and obligations.»

And under Gov. David Paterson, the state began to treat same - sex marriages performed out of state like any other marriage.

The D.C. Council overwhelmingly approved a bill yesterday to recognize same - sex marriages performed elsewhere, in a vote that followed a sharp exchange between an openly gay member and a civil rights champion and set off shouts of reproach from local ministers.

In a statement released last week, the LDS Church said it «insists» on its leaders» and members» constitutionally protected right to advocate for religiously held views on marriage and noted that lay leaders may not perform same - sex marriages or allow them to occur on church property.

After Prop. 8 overturned that ruling six months later, the California court upheld the measure while also affirming the legality of 18,000 same - sex marriages performed before the election.

Due to language in the bill, it is up to the houses of worship to decide whether or not to perform same - sex marriage ceremonies, but those who choose not to may be missing out.

In Northern Ireland, same - sex marriage is not recognised or performed, following several votes against it by the Northern Ireland Assembly.